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 Checen-Asetin immigration and served as Ottoman soldier till his death. He became an Ottoman Pasha in 1866 by the rank of Brigadier General. Musa Pasha came to Erzurum one of the most important military bases of the Ottoman Empire and his brother Hasbulat Bey died in this city. Musa Pasha was part of Ottoman Army during 1877-1878 Ottoman-Rusian War and shared his experiences and knowledge about Russians with his comrades. He took effective roles during the fights against Russia around Erzurum bastions. In the works of Ahmet Muhtar Pasha and Mehmet Arif his activities are largely told. He used his fluent Russian at peace negotiations. He was married to Kubatı Hanım and had two sons named Arslan and Bekis Sami. His memories were published. He was dead in 1888-89 and buried at Erzurum.

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