Mohammed Serif Pasha was an Ottoman diplomat. He was a leading Kurdish nationalist

Kurdish nationalism

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. He is the son of Said Pasha Kurd

Said Pasha Kurd

Said Pasha Kurd , Ottoman statesman, son of Hussein Pasha and father of Şerif Pasha, was born at Sulaymaniyah. After holding various administrative posts he became governor-general of the Archipelago , minister for foreign affairs , ambassador at Berlin and again foreign minister in 1885...

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Serif Pasha was an Ottoman

Ottoman Empire

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 Ambassador

Ambassador

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 to Stockholm

Stockholm

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 and the second documented Kurd in Sweden and one of the delegates at the Treaty of Sèvres

Treaty of Sèvres

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. Serif Pasha lived in Sweden for ten years. The first documented Kurd in Sweden was the physician Mirza Seid from east Kurdistan (Iran) who came 1893.