Ahmed Köprülü Pasha (), in contemporary sources Ahmet Coprogli Pasha, was a high-ranked official in the court of Ottoman

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who held a variety of offices. While serving as ambassador to Russia in February 1834, Pacha presented Czar Nicholas with a number of gifts, including a bridle/saddle/

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worth an estimated £50,000, bracelets, 150 cashmere shawls, a dozen

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s, and the chief gift, a jewel-encrusted sword said to have been taken from

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's corpse, following

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. By 1854, Pacha was Commander of the Ottoman naval forces in the

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, where he met with Vice-Admirals James Dundas and

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to discuss the possibility of Ottoman participation in the attack on Mykolaiv naval base. While serving as Commander in Chief and

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, Pacha was allegedly told about the ongoing 1860 Damascus massacre, but failed to mobilise his 800 troops to intervene. Banner of Liberty/ London Post, "The Massacre at Damascus", August 22, 1860.

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Year of birth missing Year of death missing Political people from the Ottoman Empire 19th-century people from the Ottoman Empire Köprülü family Ambassadors of the Ottoman Empire to the Russian Empire 19th-century diplomats {{Ottoman-bio-stub