Abdülkerim Nadir Pasha
Abdülkerim Nâdir Pasha, also known as Çırpanlı Abdi Pasha or Abdul Kerim Pasha, son of Ahmed Pasha, was an Ottoman military commander.
Early years
Abdülkerim Nadir was born in Çırpan of Eski Zağra, Ottoman Bulgaria in 1807. At a young age, he moved to Constantinople, and entered the newly established military academy, and graduated in the rank of a first lieutenant. After the establishment of the Imperial Army War Academy, he was assigned as an officer to the school battalion. For further military education, he was sent to Vienna, Austrian Empire in 1836.Career
After five years in Vienna, he returned home in 1841, and was appointed Chief of the General Staff in the rank of a colonel. With the support of the notables of the Tanzimat period, he rose in ranks in a short time. In 1846, he was promoted to the rank of a lieutenant general, and appointe as a member of the Military Council and Chief of the Military School.The next year, he was promoted to the rank of a marshal, and was appointedd to the Sixth Army headquartered in Baghdad, Ottoman Iraq. During the reign of Sultan Abdulaziz, he served as army commander, governor, Chief of the General Staff, Minister of Navy and supreme commander.
During the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878), which broke out in the early years of the reign of Abdul Hamid II, he became commander of the Rumelian army. He was not able to show success in the war, and could not prevent the Russian forces spreading to the Balkans. He was removed from his post by the sultan, and sent to the martial court together with another army commander.
He was reinstated to his post When it was understood at the end of the trial that he was not solely responsible for the Russian defeat, and that the military council in Istanbul also had a share in this. But, ne was sent to exile on Mytilene. Later, he was transferrred to Rhodes, where he died in 1883. He was buried in the tomb of Murad Reis there.