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Egyptian military commander
Mahammad Rustum
Bey
Rustum Bey's grave outside the Juma-Jami Mosque
Native nameمحمد رستم
Died1855
Yevpatoria, Russia
Cause of deathKilled in action
BuriedJuma-Jami Mosque
Allegiance Egypt Eyalet
Service / branch Egyptian Armed Forces
RankMiralay (Brigadier general)
Battles / warsBattle of Eupatoria (1855)

Miralay (Brigadier general) Mahammad Rustum Bey (Egyptian Arabic: محمد رستم بك) was an Egyptian military commander who participated in the Crimean War as the commander of one of the Egyptian army's Alay (regiments) that fought the war alongside the Ottoman army. Rustum Bey was killed in the Battle of Eupatoria and was buried in the Juma-Jami Mosque in the city of Yevpatoria in Crimea.

References

  1. Prince Omar Toussoun, الجيش المصري في الحرب الروسية المعروفة بحرب القرم (1853-1855). سلسلة "صفحات من تاريخ مصر", second edition, Madbouly Library, Cairo, 1996.
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