Omar Pasha

Omar Pasha

Albanian Revolt of 1843–1844
Kurdish Revolts
Bosnian uprising
Crimean War

• Battle of Oltenitza (1853)
• Siege of Silistra (1854)
• Siege of Sevastopol (1854)
• Battle of Eupatoria (1855)
• Siege of Kars (1855)

Omar Latas or Mihajlo Latas, better known as Omar Pasha (Croatian/Serbian: Omar-paša Latas, Cyrillic: Омер-паша Латас, Turkish: Ömer Paşa; 1806–1871) was an Ottoman general and governor. He was born in Austrian territory, to Christian parents, and was initially an Austrian soldier. When faced with the charges of embezzlement, he fled to Ottoman Bosnia and converted to Islam, and then joined the Ottoman army where he quickly climbed in ranks. Latas crushed several rebellions throughout the Empire, and was a commander in the Crimean War, where he defeated Russia at Sevastopol.