THE GRAND VIZIER OF TURKEY.
I The Grand Vizier is, physicially, just the opposite of what you would expect a Grand Vizier to be. There peers up at youjfrom above a little insignificant figure of diminutive stature and rather crooked build a deadly pale face with queer irregular featureß ornamented by a long black beard, and with no particular characteristic to strike your attention uutii you see I a pair of glittering, piercing black eyes closely observing you. Those eyes do everything. Ac conversation proceeds you forget all the rest of the man, and address yoursolt to the glowing orbs of the dignitary. His voice also is peculiar — cold, deliberate, passionless, every word carefully weighed and carefully spoken. Unquestionably you will have been talking with a very remarkable man of keen intellect, clear design, and immense tenacity and strength of purpose. In a country where every Minister, more especially a Grand Vizier, is looked upon principally as a target for volleys of intrigue Said Pssha has for five years with, I believe, only two interruptions of very short duration each, stood firm and un moved, and is at this time more securely rooted in power than ever. But in society he never appears, — Fortaightly Review,
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Bruce Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 1735, 26 March 1886, Page 5
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205THE GRAND VIZIER OF TURKEY. Bruce Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 1735, 26 March 1886, Page 5
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