Khalil Sherif Pasha
OTTOMAN DIPLOMAT AND ART COLLECTOR (1831-1879)
Khalil Bey; Halil Serif Pasa; Halil Şerif Paşa; Halil Serif Pasha; Halil Şerif Pasha
Halil Şerif Pasha, transliterated variously as Khalil Sherif Pasha (, 20 June 1831 – 12 January 1879), was an Ottoman-Egyptian statesman, diplomat and art collector, who lived during the Tanzimat period. His collection was described by Théophile Gautier as "the first ever to be formed by a child of Islam".