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Ahmed Hifzi Pasha

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Ahmed Hifzi Pasha
Birth nameAhmed Hifzi
Born1832
Ankara, Ottoman Empire
Died1900 (aged 67–68)
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
Service / branch Ottoman Army
RankField marshal
Battles / warsBattle of Gorni Dubnik
Greco-Turkish War (1897)

Ahmed Hifzi Pasha (1832 – 1900) was an Ottoman field marshal, who was the Commander-in-Chief of the Ottoman Army that defeated the Greeks on the Epirus front in the Greco-Turkish War (1897).[1] He was also the commander in the Battle of Gorni Dubnik in October 1877, the governor of Kosovo between June 1881 and July 1898, and the governor of Ioannina between October 1889 and October 1897.[2]

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  1. ^ Barry, Quintin (2012-08-15). War in the East: A Military History of the Russo-Turkish War 1877-78. Helion and Company. p. 333. ISBN 978-1-907677-11-3.
  2. ^ States, Military Service Institution of the United (1897). Journal of the Military Service Institution of the United States. By authority of the Executive Council. p. 591.