Mehmed Tevfik Bey
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Mehmed Tevfik Bey, whose date of birth has not been identified, was an Ottoman soldier born in Libhova, near Ergiri in what is today southern Albania.
Mehmed Tevfik Bey was one of the colonels of the Third Army. Miralay was a high Ottoman officer rank corresponding to colonel today. The Third Army was closely connected, in the late Ottoman military order, with the Rumelian geography that included the Salonica, Manastır, Kosovo, Shkodra and Ioannina line.
Very little information has been identified about Mehmed Tevfik Bey of Libhova. He died on 15 Teşrinisani 1331, corresponding to 28 November 1915, and was buried in the Fatih Mosque Cemetery.
Epitaph
He is the Eternal. O Allah, by the greatness of Your pure name and in honor of the Prophet, sultan of the two worlds, O Lord of the worlds, make my grave a garden of Paradise. Let houris and ghilmans serve there day and night. A Fatiha for the soul of Mehmed Tevfik Bey of Libhova, one of the colonels of the Third Army. 28 November 1915.
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