Emir Bey

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Charles de Schwartzenberg-Schwarzburg, also known as General Baron de Schwartzenberg, Emir Bey, and later Emin Pasha, was a French-born Belgian aristocrat, soldier, and statesman of German descent. Schwartzenberg was in the service of multiple armies of his age. He was most notably employed in the Ottoman army, which he was a part of for nearly 20 years, attaining the rank of Pasha by 1859. Schwartzenberg documented his experiences up to 1863 in his memoir, simply entitled Mémoires.

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Battles (2)

• 1849

  Battle of Temesvár

  Hungarian Revolution of 1848 · Hungarian Revolutionary Army

• 1855

  Siege of Kars

  Crimean War · Ottoman Empire