Miralay (Brigadier general) Mahammad Rustum Bey (Egyptian Arabic: محمد رستم بك) was an Egyptian military commander who participated in the Crimean War as the commander of one of the Egyptian army's Alay (regiments) that fought the war alongside the Ottoman army. Rustum Bey was killed in the Battle of Eupatoria and was buried in the Juma-Jami Mosque in the city of Yevpatoria in Crimea.[1]
Mahammad Rustum | |
|---|---|
 Rustum Bey's grave outside the Juma-Jami Mosque | |
| Native name | محمد رستم |
| Died | 1855 Yevpatoria, Russia |
| Cause of death | Killed in action |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance |  Egypt Eyalet |
| Service | Egyptian Armed Forces |
| Rank | Miralay (Brigadier general) |
| Battles / wars | Battle of Eupatoria (1855) |
References
edit- ^ Prince Omar Toussoun, الجيش المصري في الحرب الروسية المعروفة بحرب القرم (1853-1855). سلسلة "صفحات من تاريخ مصر", second edition, Madbouly Library, Cairo, 1996.