Mehmed Ali was born as
Ludwig Karl Friedrich Detroit (also known as
Carl Detroy) where he converted to
Islam and was circumcised. There, in 1846,
Âli Pasha, later
Grand Vizier, sent him to a military school. He received a commission in the
Ottoman Army in 1853 and fought against
Russia in the
Crimean War. He was made a brigadier general and Pasha in 1865. , 1877 In the
1877–1878 war against Russia, Mehmed Ali led the Turkish army in
Bulgaria. He was successful in his operations on the
Lom river (August–September 1877), such as at
Katselovo and
Ablanovo, but was eventually afterward forced back by his opponents. He failed to effect a junction with
Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha, and was superseded by the latter. by
Anton von Werner (far right: Mehmed Ali Pasha), 1878Later in 1878 he was a participant at the
Congress of Berlin. ==Death==