Kurd Fuad Pasha Explained

Kurd Fuad Pasha, born in Constantinople, was a Vice President of the Society for the Elevation of Kurdistan.[1]

Fuad was the son of Said Pasha Kurd, nephew to Kurd Ahmet Izzet Pasha and brother of Şerif Pasha.[2]

He was a cavalry officer and graduated from the Prussian Staff College. He was the head of the Ottoman Military College and the Ottoman court of military appeals.[3] He was made to retire from the military and his posts by the Committee of Union and Progress because of his brother's opposition activities. Fuad was one of the leading figures of the Kurdish movement.[4]

His wife was Suat Hanım, the sister of Eqrem Vlora and the eldest of the three daughters of Syrja Vlora.[5]

References

  1. Book: Chaliand, Gérard. A People Without a Country: The Kurds and Kurdistan. Zed Books. 1993. 1856491943. 32.
  2. Book: Bruinessen, Martin van. Agha, Shaikh, and State: The Social and Political Structures of Kurdistan. Zed Books. 1992. 1856490181. 301.
  3. Book: Tunaya, Tarık Zafer. Türkiye'de siyasal gelişmeler, 1876-1938, Volume 2. İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları. 2002. 9756857285. 20.
  4. Book: Özgürel, Avni. Ayrılıkçı hareketler: Ziya Gökalp'in Kürt Dosyası ekiyle. Altın Kitaplar. 2006. 9752107257. 200.
  5. Book: Kırmızı, Abdulhamit. Osmanlı sonrası Arnavutluk: (1912-1920). Klasik. 2009. 978-9758740796. 56.