Name of Object:

Jozef Zachariasz Bem (1795–1850)

Location:

Vienna, Austria

Holding Institution:

Austrian National Library

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Date of Object:

Before 1850

Inventory Number:

PORT_00096644_01

Description:

Portrait of Jozef Zachariasz Bem as Turkish Pasha. Jozef Bem was born in the Austrian part of Poland. He fought as a Napoleonic officer against the Russians. In 1830 he participated in the Polish uprising against the Russians in Warsaw. In 1848 he was one of the leading Generals fighting with the Hungarian army against the Habsburg troops. After several defeats in 1849, he fled with 6,000 Hungarian-Polish soldiers to the Ottoman Empire. After converting to Islam, he became a Turkish General. In 1850 he suppressed an Arabic pogrom against the Christian population of Aleppo.

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

PORT_00096644_01

Citation of this web page:

"Jozef Zachariasz Bem (1795–1850)" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;at;76;en

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