2-632-227 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha', c1906, (1907). Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha (1815-1871), principal architect of the Ottoman Reform Edict of 1856, a crucial part of the Tanzimat (1839-1876) reforms. Ottoman Reform Edict of 1856 promised equality in education, government appointments, and administration of justice to all regardless of creed. From The World's History, Volume V, by Dr. H. F. Helmolt. [William Heinemann, London, 1907]