deaths
May 17, 1880
Ziya Pasha, Greek author and translator (born 1826)
Ziya Pasha
Ziya Pasha, the pseudonym of Abdul Hamid Ziyaeddin, was an Ottoman writer, translator and administrator. He was one of the most important authors during the Tanzimat period of the Ottoman Empire, along with İbrahim Şinasi and Namık Kemal.