Hasan Enver Pasha
Hasan Enver Pasha, (b. 1857 at Istanbul, d. 1929 at Istanbul) was an Ottoman general. He was the son of Mustafa Celalettin Pasha a Polish convert to Islam, and the daughter of Omer Pasha.[1] Besides he was an avid defender of the belonging of the Turkish race to the European white races.[1] He married Leyla Hanım, a daughter of Mehmed Ali Pasha (marshal). They had five children: Celile who became the mother of Nâzım Hikmet, Münevver who became the mother of Oktay Rıfat Horozcu, Mustafa Celalettin, Mehmet Ali, and Sara.[citation needed]
In 1901, he led an expedition to deliver Islamic and pan-Islamic messages to the Muslims of China.[2][3]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Ergin, Murat (2017). Is the Turk a White Man?: Race and Modernity in the Making of Turkish Identity. Brill. pp. 74–75. ISBN 978-90-04-32433-6.
- ^ Pan-Islam: History and Politics, Jacob M. Landau
- ^ The Russian General Staff and Asia, 1860-1917, Alex Marshall, page 83
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