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Tahsin Pasha
Tahsin Pasha (1826–1916) was a senior Ottoman advisor to Abdulhamid II, who served during Abdulhamid II's Sultanate from 1876 to 1909.

Biography and career
Tahsin Pasha, not known by any other name, was a Senior Advisor and close friend to Sultan Abdulhamid II, and was briefly mentioned in The Ottoman Empire by Halil İnalcık. It was said that in 1869, when Tahsin was 43 years old, Sultan Abdulaziz brought Tahsin, who was at that time a minor Ottoman Army Pasha, to young Abdulhamid II, 7 years before he was going to ascend to the throne (following deposition of Murad V). Tahsin was ordered to keep Abdulhamid II entertained, some historians say. After successfully entertaining the future Sultan, it was said he gained his favor. According to some Historians, this action was Abdulaziz's desire to keep Abdulhamid away from the throne through his advisor. .

After Abdulhamid II's Deposition
After Abdulhamid II's deposition in 1909, Tahsin Pasha was dismissed from his Advisory position at the accession of Mehmed V, Abdulhamid II's brother, and a few months later he left his house in Istanbul and it is recorded that he went to Thessaloniki, Greece, to meet his former Monarch Abdulhamid II, but was turned down. After that, he refused to go to Istanbul and traveled in the Balkans for the following years. After World War I engulfed the Ottoman Empire, Tahsin went to Athens and lived his final years in secrecy, as Greece was a enemy of the Ottomans, and died in Athens. His remains were sent to Thessaloniki after Abdulhamid II died there.

In Fiction
In the Turkish TV Serial Payitaht: Abdülhamid, Turkish TV Actor Bahadir Yenisehirlioglu appears as Tahsin Pasha.