Ahmed Muhtar Paşa, Katırcıoğlu Gazi - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Herzog, Christoph
Leiden
Brill
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The son of Hacı Halil Efendi (Ḥājjī Khalīl Efendi), a descendant of the Katırcıoğlu (Qaṭırcıoğlu) family, Katırcıoğlu Gazi Ahmed Muhtar Paşa (Qaṭırcıoğlu Ghāzī Aḥmed Mukhtār Pasha, 1839-1919) was born in Bursa on 1 November 1839. He graduated from the Military Academy ( Mekteb-i harbiye, Mekteb-i ḥarbīye ) in Istanbul in 1860. He served in various provinces, beginning with Yemen in 1870-3, and distinguished himself in the 1877-8 war with Russia, earning him the honorary title Gazi (Ghāzī). In 1912 he became grand vizier of the so-called