Sultan Abdul Aziz, and the matter was emphasized and forbidden, and everyone involved in that sedition was forbidden.

committed this crime. Ahmed Al-Kitab said that they were fifteen people, including Mustafa Al-Bahlawan, Mustafa Al-Jazairi, Haj Ahmed Agha, Najib Bey, Ali Bey, Nuri Pasha, and Muhammad Jalal al-Din Pasha, Sultan Abdul Majid's vizier. The Sultan at this time, and Muhammad Rushdi Pasha, and Khairallah Effendi, Sheikh al-Islam, and the Sultan's mother, Sultana Murad, and four others, and they issued fatwas against them for committing this heinous crime.

When it was the fourth of Jumada al-Akhirah in the year two hundred and ninety-three AH, a council was convened composed of four members, headed by the President of the Ottoman Council, followed by three other judges, one of whom was an Armenian named Iskandar, and the other two were Muslims. The council was appointed to investigate this case, and it was headed by Effendi, the head of the Court of Appeal, who conducted the preliminary investigations. The ambassadors and representatives of all countries attended the session, as did government officials and high-ranking individuals. Newspaper reporters were present. When the extent of the misunderstanding was investigated, the accused were summoned. A large tent had been set up next to a considerable guard, some distance from the palace.

By order, Mustafa Al-Bahlawan, Mustafa Al-Jazairi, Haj Ahmed Agha, Najib Bey, and Ali Bey were brought.

After Bey, perhaps Bey, Nuri Pasha and Muhammad Jalal al-Din Pasha were summoned. The plaintiff was their mother, Latif Bey. The council opened and began identifying the accused. The defense counsel, who were called to defend them, were examined. Then the reading of the text in the investigation report and its documents was ordered. This was done by Azz Allah Effendi, the chief clerk of the department, and the reading of these documents lasted for about three hours. The outcome was: That after the deposition of Sultan Murad and the enthronement of Sultan Abdul Majid, an order was issued for the arrangement of the expenses of the Imperial Palace. The matter of salaries was investigated, and it was found that three junior officials were each granted a monthly salary of one hundred Ottoman liras. The reason for this salary was investigated, and it was found that it was a reward for the murder of the late Sultan Abdul Aziz. These officials were Mustafa Al-Bahlawan, Mustafa Al-Jazairi, and Haj Ahmed Agha. When they were questioned about this, they confessed the truth. They stated that Muhammad Jalal al-Din Pasha and Nuri Pasha, friends of the Imperial Guard, were the ones who ordered them to commit the murder, and that Muhammad Pasha provided them with what was necessary to do so, and Nuri Pasha further instructed them to keep the matter secret and to carry out the deed. The council that approved the reading of this great act was composed of Muhammad Rushdi Pasha, the Grand Vizier, Sahabetti Pasha, Hussein Avni Pasha, and Khairallah Effendi, Sheikh al-Islam. They had inquired from Sultan Murad before his deposition, whether his decree would be carried out internally.