مدحت باشا
مدحت باشا
Midhat Pasha — author of the 1876 Ottoman constitution, the first borrowed Western constitution in the history of Islamic states 1.
Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler
- Era
- The Modern Era
- Region
- Anatolia
- Review
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Overview
Midhat Pasha, an Ottoman minister, author of the constitution of 1876 CE. 2
The constitution
Al-Salabi says that this constitution was the first to be put into effect in the history of Islam and its states, and that it was taken from the French and Belgian constitutions. He adds that the constitutionalists fought against him afterwards, and he was dismissed. 2
Connections
- Participated in
- دستور مدحت باشا ١٨٧٦
People and things also explored
Sources
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001), p. 377
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001), p.377
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islam.museum contributors. “مدحت باشا”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/midhat-pasha/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.