Deli Fuad Pasha

Fuad Pasha (1835 – 17 April 1931), known as Deli Fuad Pasha — "Mad Fuad" — for his boldness and outspokenness, was an Ottoman marshal of Circassian origin. He fought in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78 and was hailed as the Hero of Elena, served as ambassador in Berlin (1913–1915), helped found the Freedom and Accord Party, and was among the founders of Beşiktaş JK. He is not Keçecizade Fuad Pasha, the grand vizier who died in 1869. ^{1 2}

His birthplace is disputed: the English article gives Cairo, the Turkish article Istanbul — where it says he was born before spending his youth in Egypt — and Wikidata carries both. ^{1 2 3}

Fuad was educated at the Cairo military school and rose to colonel in the Egyptian army before returning to Istanbul with his father in 1869. He fought at Kirkuk, in the Montenegrin war and on the Danube front in 1877–78, commanding at the Battle of Elena, and was made field marshal and imperial aide-de-camp. His opposition to the regime brought exile to Damascus in 1902; he returned in 1908, entered the Senate in 1909, and took part in the defence of Istanbul in the Balkan Wars before retiring in 1913. ²

During the Turkish War of Independence he supported the national movement and worked to have the Sivas Congress decisions accepted at the palace. Three of his sons were killed in the wars of 1912–1915. He died at Istanbul on 17 April 1931 and was buried at Eyüp Sultan. ^{1 2}

No consulted source names a religion or school for Fuad Pasha personally: neither article carries a religion field, and Wikidata records no religion value for him; the Turkish article gives only his Circassian origin. His faith is therefore recorded as unknown in the museum's data. ^{2 3}

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