Talk:Omar Pasha

Marriage?

The article states: There is no doubt that Omar's marriage had opened all the right doors for him

But there's no reference to who he married, why, and what benefit he received from the marriage?

-- Adeptitus 18:03, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Omar didn't really defeat the Russians at Silistria in 1854

The Russian seige of Silistria in 1854 was abandoned not because of Turkish resistance, but because of Austrian diplomatic pressure. Silistria in fact was on the verge of falling to the Russians when Tsar Nicholas I ordered his army to return to Russia without completing the capture of the fortress.

The Russians undertook the Danube campaign in 1854 with the presumption that Austria would remain neutral in the conflict. But Austria instead assumed a menacing attitude toward Russia, and even stationed a sizeable contingent of troops in Transylvania, which is north of Silistra. Because the Russians were facing the Turks to south, the Austrians were thus situated directly to the rear of the Russian army. Had Austria commenced war on Russia, the Russian army at Silistria would then be attacked from behind.

Once Austria's attitude became manifest to the Russians, a debate commenced among the Russian leaders as to the seriousness of Austria's hostility. Tsar Nicholas I believed that Austria would not continue to threaten Russia, and that the Russian army should prosecute the Danube Campaign aggressively. The Russian Field Marshal Paskevich, however, believed that Austria's hostility was indeed a grave threat, and urged Nicholas to abandon the campaign immediately.

Eventually Nicholas I was persuaded of Austria's serious intent, and ordered the seige of Silistria aborted despite its being close to success.

Kenmore 05:48, 9 December 2006 (UTC)kenmore

• Please, provide references supporting your post above and fix the article properly.--138.88.103.233 (talk) 23:05, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Article rewriting

I provided a number of good references covering almost all what was already written about Omar Pasha. Still, did not inline much of it - due the fact that the article shall be re-written and re-composed. The reason is - not quite accurate statements and wrong order of events in Pasha's life.--138.88.103.233 (talk) 13:16, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Sure it is not Ömer Paşa?

Omar is not exactly how this common name is spelled in Turkish, in any script. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.77.156.149 (talk) 13:10, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

In Serbian literature he is named Omer paša--Vojvodae please be free to write :) 10:55, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

Orthodox Croat?

I'm not biased or anything. I'm just trying to figure out how Latas could have been religiously an Orthodox Christian and ethnically a Croat. Do the cited sources provide any explanation about this phenomenon? I have failed to find any references to Orthodox Croats other than religious organizations and movements designed to inspire Orthodox minorities in Croatia to declare as Croats. 178.148.8.77 (talk) 13:35, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Images

Redman19, those portraits are not "fine piece of art", the article does not need them when exist relevant and better quality photographs.--Crovata (talk) 09:00, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

Crimean War Missing

He led the Ottoman troops and war efforts during Crimean War. This was a huge responsibility in a major historical conflict. It is odd that there are no details of his time and services there in such an article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.46.141.39 (talk) 20:34, 25 November 2017 (UTC)