BONNEVAL

MEMOIRS OF CLAUDE ALEXANDRE DE BONNEVAL, KNOWN AS HUMBARACI AHMET PASHA IN OTTOMAN HISTORY, WHO BECAME A MUSLIM AND ROSE TO THE RANK OF VIZIER IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE…

“NOUVEAUX MEMOIRES DU COMTE DE BONNEVAL” 3. A VERY RARE COPY OF THREE VOLUMES, INCLUDING THE VOLUME…

IN THE PARCHMENT VOLUME OF THE PERIOD…

COMTE BONNEVAL, WHO TOOK THE NAME HUMBARACI AHMET PASHA AS A MUSLIM, WROTE ABOUT THE INTRIGUES, MILITARY AND POLITICAL ACHIEVEMENTS, LOVE ADVENTURES, HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND EUROPE…

Comte Claude Alexandre de Bonneval (1675-1747), who took the name Humbaraca Ahmet Pasha after converting to Islam, was a French aristocrat and military officer. He is a highly skilled soldier who joined the Royal Marines at a young age and was well known in the wars in France. Bonneval, who got into trouble with the French military army due to his adventurous spirit and impervious character, escaped from his homeland at the age of 29 and joined the Austrian army and received the rank of general after 22 years of service. However, here, too, he fell out with Prince Eugene of Savoy and was imprisoned and then exiled to Venice. In order to take revenge on the Austrians, he crossed to Bosnia in 1729, where he converted to Islam and joined the Ottoman Army, taking the name Ahmet. Topal Osman Pasha, the grand vizier of Sultan Mahmud I, commissioned Bonneval in 1731 for the renovation of the humbari quarry. Count Bonneval, with the Muslim name Ahmet Pasha, was promoted to the rank of vizier thanks to his duty, and his well-known name in Ottoman history, Humbaraca Ahmet Pasha, emerged. In addition to these, he prepared reports for Ottoman statesmen on the political conditions of European countries, the importance of education and discipline in military service, new recruiting methods and training methods. Bonneval, who wrote his memoirs throughout his life, also reveals the hidden history of the Ottoman Empire and Europe by including his intrigues, love adventures, military and political successes that he experienced or witnessed. This book, which includes the third volume of his memoirs as “Nouveaux Memoires du Conte de Bonneval”, is one of the very rare books in which three volumes are combined.