| Ahmed Muhtar Pasha | |
|---|---|
| File:File:Mukhtar Pasha.jpg | |
| Wali of Crete | |
In office 1875–1876 | |
| Preceded by | Redif Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Hasan Sami |
In office 1878–1878 | |
| Preceded by | Kostakis Adossidis Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Karatheodori Pasha |
| Grand Vizier | |
In office 22 July 1912 – 29 October 1912 | |
| Preceded by | Mehmed Said Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Mehmed Kamil Pasha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 1, 1839 Bursa, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | January 21, 1919 (aged 79) Constantinople, Ottoman Empire |
| Profession | Statesman |
Gazi Ahmed Muhtar Pasha or Ahmed Muhtar Pasha (1 November 1839; Bursa — 21 January 1919; Istanbul) was a Turkish[1] Ottoman grand vizier and general.
Biography[]
He was born at Bursa in Turkey and was educated in the Ottoman military college in Constantinople. He was promoted rapidly and eventually became professor and then governor of the school.
In 1856, he served as an adjutant during the Crimean War; in 1862, as a staff officer in the extremely unsuccessful Montenegrin campaign; and in 1870–1871, quelled rebellions in Yemen. He gained the titles of Pasha and Marshal and in 1873 was made commander of the Second Army Corps. During the 1875 uprisings in Bosnia and Herzegovina, he assumed control of the Turkish forces there; and on the outbreak of the Russo-Turkish War, 1877-1878, he was sent to take charge of operations in Erzurum. Although the Russians ultimately defeated the Turks in the war, Moukhtar's victories against them in the eastern front won him the title Ghazi ("Victorious").
In 1879, he was appointed the commander of Turkey's frontier with Greece, before being sent in 1885 to serve as the Turkish High Commissioner in Egypt. His final promotion was to Grand Vizier in July 1912, largely due to his prestige as an old military hero, but he resigned on 29 October 1912, since the First Balkan War that had erupted early that month had caught his administration off-guard and he was blamed for the sudden defeats.
Ahmed Muhtar Pasha died in 1919. His son Mahmud Muhtar Pasha was also a high-ranking commander in the Ottoman Army and the Minister of Ottoman Navy.
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971 (Turkish)
External links[]
- Aydüz, Salim (2007). "Aḥmad Mukhtār: Ghāzī Aḥmad Mukhtār Pasha". In Thomas Hockey et al. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. New York: Springer. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. http://islamsci.mcgill.ca/RASI/BEA/Ahmad_Mukhtar_BEA.htm. (PDF version)
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