Mehmed Riza Pasha

Mehmed Riza Pasha
Birth nameMehmed Riza
Born1844
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died1920 (aged 75–76)
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
Service / branch Ottoman Army
RankSerasker
Battles / warsRusso-Turkish War (1877–78)

Mehmed Riza Pasha, also known as Serasker Riza Pasha (Turkish: Serasker Rıza Paşa; 1844–1920)[1] was an Ottoman[2] military commander. He achieved the rank of Serasker, the highest military rank of the Ottoman Empire.[3] He actively participated in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78).

  1. ^ "Hüla-i hirt". stnbl. 1907.
  2. ^ Sicill-i Osmanı̂ p;178 (1996)
  3. ^ 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.[page needed]