Lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was norma ...

Selim Fathi Pasha ({{langx, arz, سليم فتحي باشا) (Probably born in the early 19th century and killed 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 ...

on February 17, 1855) was an

Egyptian ''Egyptian'' describes something of, from, or related to Egypt. Egyptian or Egyptians may refer to: Nations and ethnic groups * Egyptians, a national group in North Africa ** Egyptian culture, a complex and stable culture with thousands of year ...

military commander, who led the

Egyptian ground forces The Egyptian Army (), officially the Egyptian Ground Forces (), is the land warfare branch (and largest service branch) of the Egyptian Armed Forces. Until the declaration of the Republic and the abolishment of the monarchy on 18 June 1953, it w ...

in the Crimean War.

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.

Military career

described Selim Pasha as the best student of

Soliman Pasha al-Faransawi Soliman Pasha al-Faransawi (born Joseph Anthelme Sève; 17 May 1788 – 12 March 1860), was a French-born Egyptian military commander. Biography Joseph Anthelme Sève was born in Lyon to Anthelme Sève and wife Antoinette Juillet. He became a sa ...

, to whom Mahammad Ali Pasha entrusted the establishment of the Egyptian army and was its chief of staff. Selim Fathi Pasha participated in the wars of Ibrahim Pasha in the

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and

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, and was one of their heroes. During the reign of Mahammad Ali Pasha, he became head of the School of Staff of War, then in 1848 he was appointed commander of the infantry (bayada), and he was one of the closest Egyptian military leaders to European civilization. In the year 1853, Selim Fathi Pasha took command of the ground forces sent by Abbas I to aid the

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in the Crimean War. His army was composed of 6 ''Alai'' ''bayadas'' (infantry) totaling 15,704 soldiers, ''Alai Sawari'' (cavalry) composed of 1,291 soldiers, and ''Alai Tobgia'' (artillery) composed of 2,727 soldiers, numbering 12 batteries, each with six cannons, so the total number of its cannons was 72, and the total of this ground army was 19,722 soldiers.

Family and children

He married Khadija Hanem al-Farwajiya (a nobleman) and had two children. Among his most prominent grandchildren is the military historian Major General Staff of War Hassan Fathi (1921–2008), author of the encyclopedia “Arts of War in the Islamic Conquests, فنون الحرب في الفتوحات الإسلامية.”

Honoring

There is a bust of Lieutenant General Selim Fathi Pasha in the

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located on Citadel Street in

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, and a large-sized color portrait.

Death

Lieutenant General Selim Pasha Fathi 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 ...

in the Crimean War on Saturday the 29th of Jumada al-Awwal in the year 1271 AH, corresponding to February 17, 1855, AD. He was buried on the orders of the ''

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'' (commander) of the Ottoman Armies, Ikram Omar Pasha, in

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 ...

near the Juma-Jami Mosque, and he was replaced in command of the Egyptian forces by

Ahmad Pasha al-Munkali Lieutenant general Ahmad Pasha al-Munkali ({{langx, ar, أحمد باشا المنكلي) was one of the most famous Egyptians, Egyptian military leaders in the nineteenth century. He participated in the Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–1841), Syr ...

until September 27, 1855.

References

Egyptian generals Egyptian pashas 1855 deaths Egyptian people of the Crimean War Military personnel killed in the Crimean War 19th-century Egyptian people 19th-century Muslims Egyptian people of the Egyptian–Ottoman War (1831–1833) Egyptian people of the Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–1841)

Military career

Family and children

Honoring

Death

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