Omar aga
Appearance
Omar aga was a military leader of the Tatars in what is today Ukraine.
As an elderly man, in 1643 he was a leader on the expedition on estates of Prince Jeremi Wiśniowiecki.[1] When he was returning to Crimea, he was attacked and defeated by Wiśniowiecki at the Sula River.[1]
His two sons accompanied him on the expedition. The older son, Bajraz Kazi, died a few days after the battle due to injuries.[1]
Footnotes
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Horn, Maurucy (1962). "Chronologia i zasięg najazdów tatarskich na ziemie Rzeczypospolitej w latach 1600—1647". Studia i materialy do historii wojskowości. 8 (1): 63.
- Serczyk, Władysław A. (1998). Na płonącej Ukrainie. Dzieje Kozaczyzny 1648-1651. Warszawa: Książka i Wiedza. p. 15.