Konstanty Borzęcki
Konstanty Borzęcki (also Mustafa Celâleddin Paşa , born April 10, 1826 in Modrzewiec, Congress Poland ; † October 9, 1876 , Novo Selo, Montenegro ) was a Polish revolutionary and Ottoman general, cartographer and publicist.
Life
In 1848 he took part in the Wielkopolska Uprising . Then he had to emigrate from Prussia . He went to Hungary , where he again took part in the war against the Habsburgs . After the Hungarians lost the war, he emigrated to the Ottoman Empire , where he converted to Islam and became a member of the General Staff. Then he changed his name to Mustafa Celâleddin.
In Turkey he wrote Les Turcs anciens et modern in French , in which he argued that the ancient Turks were Aryan ; thus the modern Turks should be counted among the European nations. Later this was one of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's most popular books : a copy with his personal notes is kept in Turkey.
Konstanty Borzęcki was killed in battle with the Montenegrins in 1876 and buried in Albania . His great-grandson was the Turkish poet Nâzım Hikmet .
literature
- Jerzy S. Łątka, Pasza z Lechistanu. Mustafa Dżelaleddin (Konstanty Borzęcki), Cracow , 1993
- M. Şükrü Hanioğlu, Ataturk: an intellectual biography, Princeton , 2011
Web links
- Turecki generał rodem spod Piotrkowa
- From duchinszczyzna to the solar language theory. About the entanglements between Polish anti-Russianism and Turkish nationalism
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Konstanty Borzęcki |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mustafa Celâleddin Paşa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish revolutionary and Ottoman general, cartographer and publicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 1826 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Modrzewiec, Congress Poland |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 9, 1876 |