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COMMANDER // 1814–1861

Iskender Pasha

brigadier generalPolandOttoman Empire2 battles2 wars

Lifespan

1814 – 1861

16501700175018001850Polish–Ottoman War of 1620–1621 · 1620-1621Crimean War · 1853-1856Battle of Cecora — January 1, 1620 · Ottoman Empire · Polish–Ottoman War of 1620–1621Battle of Eupatoria — February 17, 1855 · Ottoman Empire · Crimean War

Active service 1620–1855 — 2 battles across 2 wars.

Profile

Antoni Aleksander Iliński, also known as Iskender Pasha, was a Polish-Ottoman military officer and general. A Polish independence activist and insurgent, he took part in the independence struggles of Poles and Hungarians against the Austrian-Russian alliance. He converted to Islam in 1844 and subsequently served in various commanding posts in the Ottoman Army during the reign of Abdulmejid I (1839–1861) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Danube, Crimea, Transcaucasia, and Baghdad. He was promoted to the rank of pasha (general) during the Crimean War in 1855.

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Battles (2)

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