Mehmet Akif Pasha (1822–1893), also known as Arnavut Mehmet Akif Pasha (''Mehmet Akif Pasha the Albanian'') or Kalkandereli Mehmet Akif Pasha, was an Ottoman-Albanian statesman and governor in the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...

. From 1860 to 1893, he was the governor of

Salonica Vilayet The Vilayet of Salonica () was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire from 1867 to 1913. In the late 19th century it reportedly had an area of .

, Danube Vilayet,

Bosnia Vilayet The Bosnia Vilayet (Serbo-Croatian: Bosanski vilajet/Vilajet Bosna) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire, mostly comprising the territory of the present-day state of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with minor parts of ...

, Prizren Vilayet,

Janina Vilayet The Vilayet of Janina, Yanya or Ioannina () was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire, established in 1867. In the late 19th century, it reportedly had an area of .

, Adrianople Vilayet, Baghdad Vilayet,

Konya Vilayet The Vilayet of Konya () was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire in Asia Minor which included the whole, or parts of, the ancient regions of Pamphylia, Pisidia, Phrygia, Lycaonia, Cilicia and Cappadocia. Demograph ...

Vilayet of the Archipelago The Vilayet of the Archipelago (, , "Vilayet of the Islands of the Mediterranean Sea") was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire extant from 1867 to 1912–13, including, at its maximum extent, the Ottoman Aegean i ...

.Son Dönem Osmanlı Erkan ve Ricali (1839 - 1922) Prosopografik Rehber, Sinan Kuneralp, ISIS Press, İstanbul, , 1999

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{{reflist Politicians from the Ottoman Empire 1893 deaths 1822 births People from Tetovo Albanian Pashas