Ali Pasa was the last of the Ottoman grandees who spent most of his life in the service of the Sultan and served in the highest posts of the Ottoman government. As one of the most competent statesmen of the 19th century he was able to understand the political affairs of his time more than any other Ottoman statesman. Ali Pasa, shortly before his death, presented to the Sultan a Political Testament in which he gave a full account of his deeds as the grand vezir, difficulties and dangers the empire faced as well as a future course of action to save the empire from its doom. His ideas were very progressive and are still valid for many parts of the world, which is probably the reason why his Political Testament was condemned to obscurity until it resurfaced in 1910 in France, where it was published in French. This book presents an English translation of Ali Pasa’s Political Testament with an introduction on the political events of the time and the life of Ali Pasa.