Damad Mahmud Celâleddin Pasha (Gaddar)or Mahmut Celaleddin Âsaf (Gaddar) (b.

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1853 - d.

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1903) was an Ottoman statesman, poet and writer.

Biography

His father was the Ottoman naval officer

Damat Gürcü Halil Rifat Pasha Damat Gürcü Halil Rifat Pasha, ( ota, داماد کرجی خلیل رفعت پاشا; 1795 – 3 March 1856) was an Ottoman admiral and statesman of Georgian origin. He served in the periods of Mahmud II and Abdulmejid I. Career Halil Rifat ...

and his mother was İsmet Hanım.Belkıs Altuniş Gürsoy, Damat Mahmud Celaleddin Paşa, ''IX. Eyüp Sultan Sempozyumu (13–15 Mayıs 2005) Tebliğ Kitapçığı, Erişim tarihi:22.05.2013''
/ref> He lost his father at a young age and after special education and two years in the Paris embassy, improved himself and learned French.
/ref> His first marriage was with İffet Hanım.Belkıs Altuniş Gürsoy, Damat Mahmud Celaleddin Paşa, ''IX. Eyüp Sultan Sempozyumu (13–15 Mayıs 2005) Tebliğ Kitapçığı, Erişim tarihi:22.05.2013''
/ref> On December 28, 1876, during the reign of Sultan Abdülaziz, he was married to

Seniha Sultan Seniha Sultan ( ota, سنیحه سلطان; "''Pearl''"; 5 December 1851 – 15 September 1931) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Abdulmejid I and Nalandil Hanım. She was the half-sister of Sultans Murad V, Abdul Hamid II, Mehmed ...

the daughter of the Ottoman Sultan Abdulmecid, and became a groom to the Ottoman Dynasty. His son Prens Sabahattin and Lütfullah Bey were born from this marriage. He died on 17 December 1903 in

In popular culture

Between 2017 and 2021, he was played by actor Hakan Boyav in

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's Payitaht: Abdülhamid series.

References

Georgians from the Ottoman Empire Committee of Union and Progress politicians 1853 births 1903 deaths {{Ottoman-bio-stub