Mehmed Said Halim Pasha was an Ottoman statesman of Albanian origin who served as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1913 to 1917. He was one of the perpetrators of the Armenian genocide and later assassinated by Arshavir Shirakian as part of Operation Nemesis, a retribution campaign to kill perpetrators of the Armenian genocide.
Said Halim Pasha
Said Halim Pasha's grave
Operation Nemesis was a program to assassinate both Ottoman perpetrators of the Armenian genocide and officials of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic most responsible for the massacre of Armenians during the September Days of 1918 in Baku. Masterminded by Shahan Natalie, Armen Garo, and Aaron Sachaklian, it was named after the Greek goddess of divine retribution, Nemesis.
An exhibition dedicated to Operation Nemesis at the genocide museum in Yerevan, Armenia
Members of the ARF Congress which put forth Operation Nemesis
The front page of the Ottoman newspaper İkdam on 4 November 1918 after the Three Pashas fled the country following World War I. From left to right: Cemal Pasha, Talaat Pasha, and Enver Pasha
Image: Fatali Khan Khoyski