Mehmed Rıfat Paşa
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Highlights
Mehmed Rıfat Paşa was born in Muharram 1259, corresponding to 1843, as the son of the well-known scholar Mehmed Esad Efendi. Esad Efendi held high offices such as official chronicler, judge of Istanbul, Nakîbüleşraf and Rumelian Kazasker, and wrote many works, above all Üss-i Zafer, which describes the abolition of the Janissary Corps.
In military records, this figure appears under the names Çırpanlı Rıfat Efendi and Rıfat Paşa. In Mir’ât-ı Mekteb-i Harbiyye, he is recorded with the rank of mirliva as Chief of Staff of the Imperial Third Army.
In Istanbul University album records, Mehmed Rıfat Paşa appears with the rank of ferik as a member of the Military Inspection Council. The staff office in which he served as chief was one of the high military posts concerned with staff work, command and planning within the army.
Mehmed Rıfat Paşa died on 18 December 1920 and was buried in the Fatih Mosque Cemetery.
Epitaph
He is the Eternal. A Fatiha for the soul of the late Mehmed Rıfat Paşa, son of the well-known religious scholar Mahmud Esad Efendi, former Chief of Staff and retired from the rank of general. Date of birth: February 1843 / Date of death: 18 December 1920.
A Fatiha for his/her soul