Allegiance Ottoman Empire Name Abdul Pasha Rank Ferik | Years of service until 1922 Service/branch Ottoman Army | |
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Commands held XI Corps, Right Wing of the Third Army, Third Army (deputy), General Rearguard, XX Corps, Third Army, delegate to Georgia (Tiflis), member of the First Board of the Military Appeal Court, member of the First Court-martial, president of the First Court-martial Battles/wars Italo-Turkish War
Balkan Wars
First World War Died January 16, 1923, Istanbul, Turkey Battles and wars Italo-Turkish War, Balkan Wars, World War I Similar Hafiz Hakki Pasha, Wehib Pasha, Nikolai Yudenich, Enver Pasha, Stepan Shaumian | ||
Abdul Kerim Pasha (Turkish: Abdülkerim Paşa; born April 17, 1872 and died January 16, 1923), also known as Abdülkerim Öpelimi, was an Ottoman commander on the Caucasus front of World War I.
Abdul Kerim Pasha's first battle was when the Russian general Oganovski launched an offence into the hills west of Manzikert, in 1915. Abdul Kerim Pasha counterattacked against the Russians and defeated Oganovski at the Battle of Manzikert, and captured the town of Manzikert. However Nikolai Yudenich, replaced Oganovski, as Russian commander, and counterattacked, re-taking Manzikert.
Yudenich ordered a retreat from Manzikert, as he was outnumbered by Abdul Kerim Pasha's army, and Kerim pursued. Yudenich defeated Kerim at the Battle of Kara Killisse. Pasha retreated back to Manzikert.
In February 1916, Kerim suffered a major defeat at the Battle of Erzurum. After that, Kerim was removed from command.
In December 1916, he was shortly reinstated as commander of the XX Corps, which was sent to support Bulgaria and Germany on the Salonika Front, but already in May 1917, the force was dismantled and recalled to Mesopotamia, where the troops were urgently needed.