Serdar-ı Ekrem (commander-in-chief)

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Serdar-ı Ekrem (commander-in-chief) was the Ottoman Empire’s highest military rank, held by top commanders such as Kara Mustafa Pasha who led major imperial campaigns.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman military rank ⓘ
title ⓘ
associatedWithOffice Grand Vizier ⓘ
authorityLevel direct representative of the sultan in the field ⓘ
campaignAssociation Crimean War ⓘ
Great Turkish War ⓘ
Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) ⓘ
Russo-Turkish Wars ⓘ
Siege of Vienna (1683) ⓘ
commandLevel theater-level command ⓘ
commandScope large-scale frontier campaigns ⓘ
multi-army operations ⓘ
componentOfTitle Ekrem ⓘ
Serdar ⓘ
linked to: Serdar-ı Ekrem
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
fieldOfActivity military leadership ⓘ
warfare ⓘ
grantedBy Ottoman sultan ⓘ
grantedFor major wars against European powers ⓘ
major wars against Russia ⓘ
hasHonorificCharacter yes ⓘ
hierarchicalPosition highest military rank in the Ottoman Empire during campaigns ⓘ
languageOfName Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
literalMeaning the most exalted commander ⓘ
meaningOfComponent Ekrem means most noble or most exalted ⓘ
linked to: Ekrem

Serdar means military commander or leader ⓘ
militaryBranch Ottoman army ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Army
notableHolder Gazi Osman Pasha ⓘ
Hüseyin Avni Pasha ⓘ
Kara Mustafa Pasha ⓘ
Mehmed Ali Pasha (Ottoman general) ⓘ
linked to: Mehmed Ali Pasha

Ömer Pasha ⓘ
linked to: Omar Pasha
oftenHeldBy Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
rankClass senior command rank ⓘ
region territories of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
relatedConcept Grand Vizier ⓘ
Ottoman military hierarchy ⓘ
Serasker ⓘ
responsibility commanding major imperial campaigns ⓘ
coordination of provincial and central forces ⓘ
overall command of Ottoman field forces ⓘ
strategic planning of campaigns ⓘ
role supreme field commander of the Ottoman army ⓘ
status historical rank ⓘ
translation commander-in-chief ⓘ
typeOfCommand extraordinary wartime command ⓘ
usedInPeriod classical period of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
early modern period of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kara Mustafa Pasha → militaryRank → Serdar-ı Ekrem (commander-in-chief) ⓘ
Mahmud Dramali Pasha → positionHeld → serasker (commander-in-chief) in Rumelia ⓘ
linked to: Serdar-ı Ekrem (commander-in-chief)
Serdar-ı Ekrem → meaningOfComponent → Serdar means military commander or leader ⓘ
linked to: Serdar-ı Ekrem (commander-in-chief)