Irlandos: New page: '''Mahmud Dramali Pasha''' was the Turkish Commander in Chief sent to Peloponnesus by Sultan Mahmud II to put down the Greek Revolution of 1821. Dramali was born ca. [[178...

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New page: '''Mahmud Dramali Pasha''' was the Turkish Commander in Chief sent to Peloponnesus by Sultan Mahmud II to put down the Greek Revolution of 1821. Dramali was born ca. [[178...

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'''Mahmud Dramali Pasha''' was the Turkish Commander in Chief sent to [[Peloponnesus]] by Sultan [[Mahmud II]] to put down the [[Greek Revolution]] of [[1821]].

Dramali was born ca. [[1780]] in [[Drama]], eastern [[Macedonia]]. He was raised in [[Constantinople]], in the palace of Sultan Selim III, taking part in many military expeditions of the Ottoman army. His military abilities earned him the title of pasha of Drama. In [[1820]], Sultan [[Mahmud II]] placed him in charge of [[Larisa]].

When Albanian [[Ali Pasha]] rebelled against the Sultan, Dramali served under [[Hursid Pasha]] in the war against Ali. In [[1821]], the Greek [[War of Independence]] broke out and Dramali was sent south to end it. Dramali, with an army of 24,000 infantrymen and 6,000 cavalry managed to march all the way to [[Corinth]] meeting very little resistance while ravaging the countryside. He then proceeded to [[Argos]] where he met unexpectedly fierce resistance from [[Dimitrios Ypsilantis]]. In the mean time, Gen. [[Theodoros Kolokotronis]] recruited - often with threats - a large Greek army and harassed Dramali's supply lines while enforcing a scorched earth policy. Dramali was forced to retreat.

On [[July 26]], [[1822]], his main army passed through [[Dervenakia]] and were ambushed by Kolokotronis. In the ensuing [[Battle of Dervenakia]], the Turkish army was routed with nearly 5,000 casualties. Two days later, Dramali attempted to retreat with the remainder of his army through a different pass (Agionori). However, another Greek force under [[Nikitaras]] was waiting for him, defeating him yet again.

Dramali barely managed to escape to [[Corinth]]. There, a broken man, he died on [[October 26]], [[1822]].

[[Category:Greek War of Independence|Dramali, Mahmud]]
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Irlandos: New page: '''Mahmud Dramali Pasha''' was the Turkish Commander in Chief sent to Peloponnesus by Sultan Mahmud II to put down the Greek Revolution of 1821. Dramali was born ca. [[178...