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Hayreddin Pasha

Hayreddin Pasha
Prime Minister of Tunisia
In office
22 October 1873 – 21 July 1877
MonarchMuhammad III
Preceded byMustapha Khaznadar
Succeeded byMohamed Khaznadar[1]
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office
4 December 1878 – 29 July 1879
MonarchAbdülhamid II
Preceded byMehmed Esad Saffet Pasha
Succeeded byAhmed Arifi Pasha
Speaker of Supreme Council of Tunisia
In office
1861–1862
MonarchMuhammad III
Preceded byOffice created[2]
Succeeded byMustapha Saheb Ettabaa
Minister of the Navy of Tunisia
In office
1857–1862
MonarchsMuhammad II
Muhammad III
Preceded byMahmoud Khodja
Succeeded byIsmaïl Kahia
Personal details
Bornc. 1820
Abazinia, Circassia
Died30 January 1890
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Resting placeJellaz Cemetery, Tunis[3]
Spouse(s)
Janina Hanım
(m. 1862; death 1870)

Two wife
(m. 1871; div. 1873)

Kamer Hanım
(m. 1873)
ChildrenMehmed Salih Pasha

Hayreddin Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: خیرالدین پاشا ) [a] (c. 1820 – 30 January 1890) was an Ottoman-Tunisian statesman and reformer, who was born to a Abkhazians family. First serving as Prime Minister of the Beylik of Tunis, he later achieved the high post of Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, serving from 4 December 1878 until 29 July 1879.

He was a political reformer during a period of growing European ascendancy. According to Dr. Abdul Azim Islahi, he was a pragmatic activist who reacted against poverty, and looked to European models for suggestions. He applied the Islamic concept of "maṣlaḥah" (or public interest), to economic issues. He emphasized the central role of justice and security in economic development. He was a major advocate of "tanẓīmāt" (or modernization) for Tunisia's political and economic systems.[4]

Tomb of Hayreddin Pasha
Tomb of Hayreddin Pasha in Tunisia
  1. ^ Guellouz et al. (2010) at 429.
  2. ^ Brown at 30, in Khayr al-Din (1967).
  3. ^ In March 1986 his body was "repatriated" to Tunisia. Clancy-Smith (2011) at 338.
  4. ^ Abdul Azim Islahi, "Economic ideas of a nineteenth century Tunisian statesman: Khayr al-Din al-Tunisi." Hamdard Islamicus (2012): 61-80 online.


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