Mustafa Celalettin Pasha
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Mustafa Celalettin Pasha, born as Konstanty Borzęcki (April 10, 1826 in Modrzewiec, Piotrków County – 1876 in Novoselë, Kolonjë), was a participant in Polish and Ottoman uprisings, a strategist, and a writer. He was the great-grandfather of Nâzım Hikmet[1] and Oktay Rıfat Horozcu.
He participated in the
Omer Pasha, a native Serbian who converted to Islam; they had one son, Hasan Enver Pasha
.
In the Ottoman Empire he became famous on the battlefield in numerous wars from 1852 on. He was captain of the Ottoman General Staff and the chief of the department of cartography, and received the rank of Major General.
He was killed in the
war with Montenegro
. His body was placed in a mosque in Albania, where he was buried as a Ottoman hero.
References
- ^ "Turecki generał rodem spod Piotrkowa". Retrieved 6 October 2016.