Hasan Enver Pasha
{{Short description|Ottoman military officer}}
{{Infobox military person
| name = Hasan Enver Pasha
| birth_date = 1857
| death_date = 1929
| birth_place = Istanbul
| death_place = Istanbul
| allegiance = Ottoman Empire
| serviceyears = 1876–1908
| rank = Mirliva
| battles = Greco-Turkish War (1897)
| laterwork = Writer, educator
}}
Hasan Enver Pasha, (1857, Istanbul – 1929, Istanbul) was an Ottoman general.
Personal life
He was the son of Mustafa Celalettin Pasha a Polish convert to Islam, who fled to the Ottoman Empire after a failed Polish uprising against Prussia, who joined the Ottoman army under the name "Mustafa Celaleddin". His mother was the daughter of Omer Pasha.
After graduating from Galatasaray High School he studied engineering in Paris.
He married Leyla Hanım, a daughter of Mehmed Ali Pasha (marshal). They had five children: Celile who became the mother of Nâzım Hikmet, Münevver who became the mother of Oktay Rıfat Horozcu, Mustafa Celalettin, Mehmet Ali, and Sara.
Military Life
After graduating the Turkish Military Academy, he became an Ottoman officer like his father. His first assignment was as an attaché for Austria. He became the commander of the unit stationed at Volos, after the capture of the city in 1897. He was sent to observe the Cuban War of Independence in 1898, it is said that was to gain experience to use in the similar position in Crete at the time. In 1901, he led an expedition to deliver Islamic and pan-Islamic messages to the Muslims of China who interfered in the Boxer Rebellion.[https://books.google.com/books?id=7hs-CgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Hasan+Enver%22+general&pg=PT50 Pan-Islam: History and Politics], Jacob M. Landau[https://books.google.com/books?id=wDXfGErwPtsC&q=%22Hasan+Enver%22&pg=PA83 The Russian General Staff and Asia, 1860-1917], Alex Marshall, page 83
Later life and works
After retiring, he founded a school in Erenköy. He also wrote articles on Turkish history for a magazine.{{Cite news |date=May 2009 |title=NTV Tarih |pages=80–81}} A book on Havana was partially based on his experiences.{{Cite book |last=Abascal |first=Ernesto Gomez |title=Havana'da Türk Tutkusu 1898 |publisher=Everest |isbn=978-9752895768}} He died in 1929 at Istanbul.