Kurd Ahmet Izzet Pasha (1871,Constaninople -1920), an Ottoman Kurd, governor and minister, was the son of Husein Pasha, half brother of Said Pasha Kurd and uncle of Şerif Pasha and Kurd Fuad Pasha. He attended the Üsküdar Rüştiye Mektebi and later the Lisan Mektebi (Foreign Language School). Somerset Gough-Calthorpe hosted Kurd Ahmet Izzet Pasha on board the HMS Iron Duke (1912) in preparation for the allied operation in Izmir. Posts held