Time span:
1750-1799
Place:
Istanbul
Balkans
Other
Career:
Bureaucrat
Diplomat
Short biography:
Ahmed Resmî Efendi (1700-1783), of Cretan descent, was the first Ottoman ambassador to Prussia (1763), where he was shown a review of the Frederick the Great’s army. Throughout the Russo-Turkish war (1768-1774) he was the kethüda of the Grand Vizier, Halil Paşa, to whom he presented his first essay (1769) on military affairs based on his experience in Berlin.
Work:
Among other texts, he wrote two treatises, Layiha ("Memorandum") in 1769 and Makale ("Text") in 1772. The last was presented to Muhsinzade Mehmed Paşa, Grand Vizier from 1765 to 1768 and from 1771 to 1774. Avrupa’ya mensûb olan mîzân-ı umûr-ı hâriciyye beyânındadır is also attributed to Ahmed Resmî Efendi.
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