

From Septemto July 23, 1908, he served as a serasker. On 3 September 1891 he was promoted to the rank of Ferik and then to the rank of Mushir and appointed as Serasker. Abdulhamid was assigned to the command of the 2nd Firka tasked with the guard. In 1888 he was called to Istanbul and II. He was the commander of Fırka in Edirne between 1885-1888. Abdulhamid was ordered to be promoted to the rank of Mirliva by Seraskery and continued his duty in Edirne. When the place of duty was reacted by the soldiers, he was immediately summoned to the Yildiz Palace in Istanbul.

In 1885, upon the events in Cisr-i Mustafapaşa, he transferred to Edirne with his regiment. In 1881 he was promoted to the rank of Miralay and was appointed as the Commander of the Izmit Redif Regiment. Circassian gave up his resignation at the request of Abdi Pasha. During the collision with the Greeks in Yenişehir, he resigned from the military when he received a telegram from his family in Istanbul asking him to search his home. When Emin Pasha was on the Greek border, he went to Yenişehir. Due to his good relations with Süleyman Pasha, who was detained in Istanbul, he was appointed to Liva Attorney General under the command of Emin Pasha, who was injured in Kosovo. He was captured by the Russian Army during the Battles of Ships. ĭuring the war, he was promoted to the rank of District Governor by Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha for his outstanding services and was awarded the Order of Mecidiye of the 4th rank. Müşir Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha joined his entourage in the 93 War. Upon the outbreak of the Montenegrin rebellion, he was assigned as the deputy battalion commander in Muğla in Trebin. In 1875 he was promoted to the rank of major. He took part in Şahin Pasha's retinue in the reorganization of the School of Medicine in 1874. In 1871, he took part in the suppression of the Malisör Rebellion in Shkodra. In 1870 he was promoted to the rank of captain. However, two or three days later he resigned and returned to Istanbul. Due to his successful and outstanding work, he attracted the attention of the Governor and Commander of Crete Muşir Ömer Lütfi Pasha and was appointed as the chief master. With the newly purchased rifles, the soldiers had training in Crete. At the Ministry of War, he was assigned to train the newly recruited rifles. He came to Istanbul with his battalion to be sent to Crete. At the command of the 2nd Army, the 1st Regiment in Shumen was assigned to the 3rd Battalion and 4th Division.

In 1867, he graduated from Mekteb-i Harbiye with the rank of Mülâzımı. He is buried in the courtyard where the tomb of Mahmud II is located as well as other notable gentlemen of that period. He had a grip upon the Ottoman Empire as the Sultan by all accounts was weak, having inherited the title from his brother Abdülaziz. The home in Nice still bears a plaque to show his habitation of the property. Ziya Bey went with his father to France, where they lived in Nice. He would have three sons: Sureyya Pasha, Ziya Bey and Sukru Bey. He was exiled to live in France following the end of the Ottoman Dynasty. The house that was owned by the Pasha can still be found on the Bosphorous. He was promoted to Serasker by Sultan Abdul Hamid II. He participated in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78).īorn in a family of Turkish origin. He reached the rank of Serasker, which was the highest military rank of the Ottoman Empire. Mehmed Riza Pasha or Serasker Riza Pasha ( Turkish: Serasker Rıza Paşa 1844–1920) was an Ottoman- Turkish military commander.
