Early Life
Osman Nuri Pasha was born into a prominent family (Yağcıoğulları) of the city of Tokat in Central Anatolia. His father was a civil worker. Soon after Osman's birth, his father was appointed to a position in the Ottoman capital, and the family moved to Constantinople (Modern Istanbul), where Osman did his studies. He graduated from the Military Academy in 1852, and entered the cavalry at the beginning of the Crimean War, where he showed such distinction that he was rapidly promoted.
In 1861 Osman skillfully dealt with the Cretan rebels and the Yemen troubles in 1864. He returned from Yemen bearing the title of "pasha". He was then assigned as the military commander of the İşkodra (Shkodër) region and of the Vilayet of Bosnia. Because of his success in quelling the Bulgarian rebellion of 1876, he was raised to the rank of Field Marshal (Müşir).
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