About Hafuz Pasha
Lived 1826 – 1904 (aged 78). Hafuz Pasha was a Turkish military leader.
Hafız or Hafuz Pasha (, /Hafuz-paša or Hafus-paša; fl. 1826 - 1904) was an Albanian Ottoman official and vali (governor) of Üsküb (Skopje). In the 1870s, he had the rank of brigadier-general. Under his command, Ottoman troops and bashibazouks suppressed the April Uprising in 1876, and the Kumanovo Uprising in 1878.
Military career He led a brigade that suppressed the April Uprising. Under his command, 212 of 223 houses in Rakovitsa were burnt down, with 36 inhabitants killed; 26 of 125 houses in Popintsa were burnt down, with 66 inhabitants killed; 60 of 100 houses in Bania were burnt down, with 13 inhabitants killed; 80 of 120 houses, a church and the school in Metchka were burnt down.
On May 20, 1878, he led the brigade that suppressed the four-month-long Kumanovo Uprising.
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Who was Hafuz Pasha?
Ottoman general
When was Hafuz Pasha born?
Hafuz Pasha was born on 9 February 1826 in Macedonia.
When did Hafuz Pasha die?
Hafuz Pasha died on 14 May 1904 in Istanbul.
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Hafuz Pasha was a military leader.
What nationality was Hafuz Pasha?
Hafuz Pasha was Turkish.
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