Activities
- Tutor in the household of Hussein Pasha, Governor of Widdin.
- 1834 - Writing master in a military school at Constantinople.
- Instructor to Abd ul Medjid, heir apparent to the throne.
- 1842 - Appointed Governor of Lebanon.
- Successfully repressed insurrections in Albania (1843) and Kurdistan (1846).
- 1850 executed Ali-paša Rizvanbegović of Stolac, plundered and abolished the respected historical aristocracy of the Bosniaks.
- 1852 defeated the Montenegrins under Prince Danilo
- 1853 - Defeated the Russians at Olteniţa.
- 1854 - Successfully defended Silistria against Russians, gaining possession of Bucharest.
Repulsed the Russians at Eupatoria, in Crimea. - 1857-59 - Governor of Baghdad.
- 1862 - Repressed the insurrection in Montenegro and took possession of Cetinje.
- 1864 - Made field marshal.
- 1867 - Fought rebels in Crete.
- 1869 - Made Minister of war.
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