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Edhem Pasha
Birth nameEdhem
Born1851
Trabzon, Trebizond Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
Died1909 (aged 57–58)
Egypt
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
Service / branch Ottoman Army
Years of servicec. 1868–1909
RankField marshal
CommandsThessalian front
Battles / warsSiege of Plevna
Greco-Turkish War (1897)
Sword surrendered by Edhem Pasha after the defeat by the Russian Empire in the Siege of Plevna, 1877.

Edhem Pasha (1851–1909) was an Ottoman field marshal and leading figure in the propagation of the Ottoman military doctrine.

Life and career

Edhem was born in Trabzon in present-day Turkey. He was the deputy of Gazi Osman Pasha during the siege of Plevna in 1877. He was the leading commander of the Ottoman army that defeated the Greek army on the Thessalian front during the Greco-Ottoman War (1897), which would end in a decisive Ottoman victory. Edhem Pasha was especially successful in the Battle of Domokos on the front. He captured Larissa and Trikala, but other European states intervened in favor of Greece because of the danger that Turks again could once again capture the rest of the Morea. As a result, the Greco-Turkish War resulted in a strategic stalemate despite the Ottoman military victory on the field. Edhem Pasha died in Constantinople (modern day Istanbul) in 1909.