Black Musa

This article is about the Ottoman soldier and amir. For the Ethiopian Monk, priest and martyr, see Moses the Black.
Black Musa
Born1880
Ottoman Crete, Ottoman Empire
(now Crete, Greece)
Died1919 (aged 38–39)
Üsküdar, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(now Istanbul, Turkey)
Other namesSudanese Negro Musa, Sudanese Black Musa Bey, Black Moses
OccupationIntelligence officer

Black Musa (Turkish: Zenci Musa) or Sudanese Negro Musa (1880–1919) was a member of the Special Organization and a volunteer soldier in the Ottoman Empire; he participated in every war involving the empire from the Italo-Turkish War to World War I. He is known as Kuşcubaşı Eşref's aide and amir.[1] Musa was seen as one of the faces of anti-colonialism in the Ottoman Empire, and was renowned for his loyalty to the state.

  1. ^ "Kuşçubaşı, Eşref Sencer | International Encyclopedia of the First World War (WW1)". encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net. Retrieved 2021-12-12.