Zeki Pasha

Zeki Pasha
1299 (1883) Sv.[1]
Zeki Pasha, in January 1918.
Nickname(s)Halepli Zeki (Zeki from Aleppo)
Born1862
Aleppo, Ottoman Empire
Died1943 (aged 80–81)
Istanbul, Turkey
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
Service / branch Ottoman Army
Years of service1883–1923
RankField marshal
CommandsVardar Army, 2nd Army, 4th Army
Battles / warsGreco-Turkish War (1897)
Italo-Turkish War
Balkan Wars
World War I
Other workPrivate representative of Sultan Mehmed V in Berlin

Zeki Pasha[2] (Turkish: Zeki Paşa; 1862–1943),[3][2] known as Mehmet Zeki Baraz Kolaç Kılıçoğlu after the 1934 Surname Law,[1][3] was an Ottoman Balkan Wars and World War I field marshal of the Ottoman Army. He was of Circassian descent.[4]

  1. ^ a b Harp Akademileri Komutanlığı, Harp Akademilerinin 120 Yılı, İstanbul, 1968, p. 45. (in Turkish)
  2. ^ a b İzzettin Çalışlar, On yıllık savaşın günlüğü: Balkan, Birinci Dünya ve İstiklal Savaşları, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 1997, [page needed]
  3. ^ a b Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu name, Osmanlı Askerlik Literatürü Tarihi: History of Military Art and Science Literature during the Ottoman Period, İslâm Tarih, Sanat ve Kültür Araştırma Merkezi (IRCICA), 2004, [page needed]
  4. ^ Gürbüz, Macit (8 September 2021). "MUKATELE: Humbapetlerle Bejiklerin Savaşı". Hamidiye Alayları Başkomutanı Zeki Paşa da Çerkes kökenliydi

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