Mehmed Riza Pasha
Mehmed Riza Pasha or Serasker Riza Pasha (Modern Turkish: Serasker Rıza Paşa; 1844–1920)[1] was a military personnel of the Ottoman Empire. He reached the rank of Serasker what was the highest military rank of the empire.[2]
He fought in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78).
He was promoted to Serasker by Sultan Abdul Hamid II. The house owned by the Pasha can still be found on the Bosphorous.[3]
He was exiled to live in France following the end of the Ottoman Dynasty, had three sons. Sureyya Pasha[4] and Ziya Bey and Sukru Bey. Ziya Bey went with his father to France, where they lived in Nice. The home in Nice still bears a plaque to show his habitation of the property.
He had a grip upon the Ottoman Empire as the Sultan by all accounts was weak, having inherited the title from his brother Abdul Aziz.
He is buried in the courtyard where the tomb of Mahmud II is located as well as other notable gentlemen of that period.
References
- ↑ "Hüla-i hirt".
- ↑ German Staff Officer, Karl Julius W. Viktor von Strantz, Modern Warfare: as illustrated by the Greco-Turkish War By Greco-Turkish War, 1900, pp. 284-189.
- ↑ http://www.uslanmam.com/turk-kulturu/653622-serasker-riza-pasa-yalisi-uskudar.html
- ↑ Süreyya Opera House