Ismail Selim Pasha

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Ismail Selim Pasha
Cretan Revolt
RelationsAntonios Papadakis (brother)

Ismail Selim Pasha (

Eyalet of Egypt, which was Ottoman Empire's administrative state. Selim Pasha was the brother of the Greek merchant and benefactor Antonios Papadakis
.

Early life

Ismail Selim was born Emmanouil (

Psychro village, located at the Lasithi Plateau on the island of Crete. He was a son of the priest of Psychro, Fragios Papadakis (Greek: Φραγκιός Παπαδάκης). When the priest was slaughtered in 1823 by the Ottomans during the Greek War of Independence, Emmanouil and his younger brothers Antonios Papadakis (Greek: Αντώνιος Παπαδάκης (1810-1878) and Andreas were captured by the Ottoman forces under Hassan Pasha who seized the plateau and were sold as slaves
.

Military career

Selim was sold to Egypt where he converted to Islam and was admitted to the Egyptian Military Academy. After graduating, he pursued a military career and fought with Ibrahim in the campaigns in Syria. Selim rose quickly to the rank of Ferik (major general) and was appointed the Minister of Military Affairs of the state of Egypt. Ismail Selim Pasha gifted a yacht called Feyz-i Cihat belonging to the Egyptian Khedivate to the Ottoman Sultan Abdulaziz in 1862.

Return to Crete and death

In 1866, Selim replaced Shaheen Pasha, in the command of over 20,000 Egyptian troops sent by the

Odessa where he prospered under the protection of the Sturdza family[2] and became very wealthy. Selim was aware of his brother's life and had been corresponding with him.[3]

In Crete, Selim took part in several battles as well as in the siege of the Arkadi Monastery. During the late spring of 1867, he and Omar Pasha marched towards the Lasithi plateau aiming to crush the rebels.[4][5] Soon after the destruction of Lasithi, Selim died of an unknown cause. According to one reference he died of typhoid fever, while other sources attribute his death to the complications of a gunshot wound he had received earlier in Stylos, and a third reference tells that the death of Ismail might have been poisoning. It was said that Ismail did not move enough against the villagers, and therefore, Omar Pasha punished him.[citation needed] When his brother Antonios learned about the death of his brother, he is rumored to have said that "perhaps my brother was hit by one of the weapons I sent". His body was transferred to Egypt and buried in Alexandria with high honors, whereas a cenotaph dedicated to him was erected in Heraklion and stood until 1925.[6] His bust is at the Egyptian National Military Museum in Cairo.

References

  1. ^ Book: Potamoi, by Ioannis Sotiris Alexakis chapters A to Θ, [1]
  2. ^ Further reading Mihail Sturdza, Roxandra Sturdza, Alexandru Sturdza
  3. ^ Ο εθνικός ευεργέτης Αντώνης Φ. Παπαδάκης, Πατρίς onLine, 24 Αυγούστου 2006; archived here
  4. ^ Η Μάχη του Λασιθίου: Στη μεγάλη Κρητική Επανάσταση 1866-1869, Πατρίς onLine, 29 Μαΐου 2007; archived here
  5. ^ General Ioannis Sotiris Alexakis, author, book The Alexises, Athens, 1969, pgs 102-122, 232, 321 [2] and [3]
  6. ^ Η δραματική ζωή δυο αδελφών Ισμαήλ Σελίμ Πασά και Αντώνη Φ. Παπαδάκη, Πατρίς onLine, 17 Οκτωβρίου 2007; archived here
  • Encyclopedia PAPYRUS-LAROUSSE-BRITANNICA, 61 volumes, [4]
  • Encyclopedia DRANDAKI, [5] and [6]

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