Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha was born in 1855 in Midilli (Lesbos today) and did his primary studies there, in a stressed religious focus, but he also learned good French at an early age.
Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha was born in 1855 in Midilli (Lesbos today) to a family of Greek ancestry who had formerly converted to Islam. He did his primary studies at Midilli, in a stressed religious focus, but he also learned good French at an early age.