Kara Seit Pasha was an Ottoman military officer who served as

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in the Përmeti II Government, better known as the Durrës Government.

Biography

Few records are available today in reference to Seit Pasha's life. He is thought to have had a long military career serving in the

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. During the early days of Albania's Independence movement, he served as division commander in

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and in areas of the territory that would later become Southern Albania. Seit Pasha joined the cabinet of

Turhan Pasha Përmeti Turhan Pasha Përmeti (19 December 1846 – 18 February 1927) was an Ottoman-Albanian politician, who served as the 2nd Prime Minister of Albania. He was also in service of the Ottoman state and held the title of Pasha of the Ottoman Empire. Am ...

in August of 1914 and served briefly until September 3. Later that year he transferred to Shkodër. His name is mentioned as a candidate for minister in the events that preceded the National Congress of Elbasan in 1916.

References

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