Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha

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In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Hüsrev Mehmed, the title is Pasha, and there is no family name.
Hüsrev Pasha

Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha (also known as Koca Hüsrev Pasha; sometimes known in Western sources as just Husrev Pasha or Khosrew Pasha;

Abdulmejid I. However, during the 1820s, he occupied key administrative roles in the fight against regional warlords, the reformation of the army, and the reformation of Turkish attire. He was one of the main statesmen who predicted a war with the Russian Empire, which would eventually be the case with the outbreak of the Crimean War.[2]

In Egypt

He was probably born around 1756, and it is reported that he was of

governor of Egypt Eyalet (province),[1] in which position he was charged with assisting Hüseyin Pasha in the killing or imprisoning the surviving leaders of the Mamluks. Many of these were freed by or fled with the British, while others held Minya between Upper and Lower Egypt
.

Amid these disturbances, Hüsrev Pasha attempted to disband his

Muhammad Ali's seizure of power).[1] He was later made governor again by Muhammad Ali
for 2 days, although he held no real power; he was released later.

Provincial governor and Kapudan Pasha

Before leaving Egypt, he was appointed as governor of the

Salonica. In 1806 he was governor of Bosnia Eyalet[4] (as which he features in Ivo Andrić
's novel Travnička hronika), before being reappointed as governor of Salonica in 1808.

Hüsrev Pasha held the rank of

Eyalet of Trabzon twice, during which time he conducted for the Black Sea region of Turkey the struggle the central Ottoman state was waging against local feudal rulers (Derebeys
).

On 19 January 1815, Hüsrev Pasha summoned Dr. Lorenzo Noccrola, the long-serving chief physician to the Seraglio, to attend him at the Arsenal, explaining that his own physician was absent. The next morning, Noccrola's body was found lying on a road close to the Arsenal. On examination, he was found to have been strangled.[5]

Greek War of Independence

During the

Samos, where he was joined by the Egyptian fleet. During the months of July and August, several skirmishes and constant maneuvers followed between the Ottoman and Greek fleets, culminating in the Battle of Gerontas
, a Greek victory.

Moderniser of the army

In 1826, Hüsrev Pasha played vital roles both in

European Powers. Appointed as serasker (commander of the army) of the Mansure in May 1827, Hüsrev reformed and disciplined the corps. Himself ignorant of modern military methods, he assembled a staff of foreign experts and other personnel to assist him, the "Seraskeriye", which constituted the first staff in Ottoman history. Due to his early championing of military reform and virtual control over the new Ottoman army, Hüsrev was able to install many of his protégés in senior military positions. In total, Hüsrev's household produced more than 30 generals.[6]

Adoption of children raised to become high-ranking officers

Hüsrev Pasha adopted at early ages up to one hundred children, sometimes including slaves bought at market, who, after an attentive education, later became his protégés and rose to important positions in the state structure, the most notable of these being

Turkish Army, the officer corps included a core group of 70–80 of Hüsrev Pasha's "children".[citation needed
]

Adoption of the fez to replace the turban

Hüsrev Pasha was also instrumental for the near-abandonment of the

Tunisians and Algerians during a Mediterranean journey and introduced it to the Ottoman capital, from which the custom spread to all Ottoman lands including the nominal dependency of Egypt. Dress and headgear often signified symbol-laden and politically charged statements in Turkish lands.[citation needed
]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Inalcık, Halil. Trans. by Gibb, H.A.R. The Encyclopaedia of Islam, New Ed., Vol. V, Fascicules 79–80, pp. 35 f. "Khosrew Pasha". E.J. Brill (Leiden), 1979. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  2. ISBN 978-975-05-2067-9
    .
  3. ^ "HÜSREV PAŞA, Koca". İslâm Ansiklopedisi.
  4. S2CID 165392802
    .
  5. ^ Hart, Patrick; Kennedy, Valerie; & Petherbridge, Dora (2020), Henrietta Liston's Travels: The Turkish Journals, 1812 - 1820), Edinburgh University Press, pp. 198 - 203
  6. ISBN 978-0-275-98876-0
    .

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Political offices
Preceded by
Ottoman Governor of Egypt

22 January 1802 – 6 May 1803 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Ottoman Governor of Egypt

12 March 1804 – 14 March 1804 		Succeeded by
Hurshid Ahmed Pasha
Preceded by
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire

July 1839 – 29 May 1841 		Succeeded by

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