Suleiman Pasha (Ottoman general)
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Suleiman Pasha or Husnu Suleiman Pasha[1] (modern Turkish: Süleyman Hüsnü Paşa) (c. 1838 or 1840–1892) was the chief commander of Ottoman military operations in the Balkan Peninsula during the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878). His incompetent command is considered to have been one of the main reasons for the Ottoman defeat. After that war he was sent into exile by the Ottoman authorities. He was born at Constantinople, and trained at the military school in Constantinople. He entered the army, becoming major in 1867, when he served in Crete. In 1873 he was a colonel and instructor at the military school, of which he later became subdirector, with the rank of general of brigade, in 1874. He took part in the deposition of Abdul Aziz, May 30, 1876, and was made general of division by Murad V. During the war of 1877–1878, he took over the leadership of troops who had been led by Mehmed Ali Pasha (a Prussian by birth).[2]
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- ^ John Powell, Magill's Guide to Military History: Peq-Tri, Salem Press, 2001, p. 1345.
- ^ Henry M. Hozier (2001). The Russo-Turkish War. Adamant Media Corporation. ISBN 1-4021-6514-5.
