Caucasian Commander Musa Pasha in the IVth Army of the Ottoman Empire Cover Image

Osmanlı IV. Ordûy-ı Hümâyunu'nda Kafkaslı Komutan Musa Paşa
Caucasian Commander Musa Pasha in the IVth Army of the Ottoman Empire

Author(s): Enver Konukçu
Subject(s): Military history, 19th Century, The Ottoman Empire
Published by: Serkan YAZICI
Keywords: Musa Bey Kundukhov; Caucasia; Russians; Ottomans; VIth Ottoman Army; Erzurum;

Summary/Abstract: Musa Pasha as member of Caucasian family was one of the son of four children of Alkhas Kunduk and Dölet Hanım. He was born in 1818. One of his brother Hasbulat Bey had been in the service of Sheikh Shamil and made important contributions to Muridizm movement. Musa Pasha gave military service in the Russian Army between 1837 and 1867 and became a general. In 1866, immigrated to the Ottoman Empire during Big Caucasian and Circassian-Asetin immigration and served as Ottoman soldier till his death. He became an Ottoman Pasha in 1866 by the rank of Brigadier General.

  • Issue Year: 2/2017
  • Issue No: Spec.issue
  • Page Range: 255-296
  • Page Count: 42
  • Language: Turkish
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