''Miralay'' ( Brigadier general) Mahammad Rustum Bey ({{langx, arz, محمد رستم بك) was an

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military commander who participated in the

Crimean War The Crimean War was fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, the Second French Empire, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861), Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont fro ...

as the commander of one of the Egyptian army's ''Alay'' (regiments) that fought the war alongside the

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. Rustum Bey was killed in the

Battle of Eupatoria The Battle of Eupatoria (; ) occurred on 17 February 1855 during the Crimean War when the army of the Russian Empire unsuccessfully attempted to capture the Crimean port city of Yevpatoria, Eupatoria held by the forces of the Ottoman Empire. B ...

and was buried in the

Juma-Jami Mosque The Juma-Jami Mosque, (; ; ; ) also known as the Friday Mosque, is located in Yevpatoria, Crimea. Built between 1552 and 1564, it is a mosque designed by the Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan. History The Juma-Jami is the largest mosque of Crimea a ...

in the city of

Yevpatoria Yevpatoria (; ; ; ) is a city in western Crimea, north of Kalamita Bay. Yevpatoria serves as the administrative center of Yevpatoria Municipality, one of the districts (''raions'') into which Crimea is divided. It had a population of His ...

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Prince Omar Toussoun Prince Mohamed Omar Toussoun (1872–1944) was an Egyptian prince of the Muhammad Ali dynasty. He is one of the most admired princes of the Muhammad Ali family. He was famous for his excellence in many fields, his charitable works, his discoveri ...

, ''الجيش المصري في الحرب الروسية المعروفة بحرب القرم (1853-1855). سلسلة "صفحات من تاريخ مصر"'', second edition, Madbouly Library, Cairo, 1996.

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