The actor of the popular Turkish drama ‘Ertugrul Ghazi’ based on Islamic conquests, which was aired with Urdu translation on Pakistan’s state-run PTV, has paid tribute to Abdul Rehman Peshawari, a member of the Ottoman army.
Jalalullah, who played the role of Abdul Rehman Alp (Soldier) in Ertugrul Ghazi, paid tribute to Bahadur Abdul Rehman Peshawari from the subcontinent in Facebook’s photo sharing app Instagram Story.
He wrote that Abdur Rehman Peshawari was a brave man who sold his books and jacket and after a difficult journey joined the army of the Ottoman Empire during the Balkan Wars.
He added that when his mother asked him to return from the war, the great hero replied that the Turks were difficult and could not return.
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Jalal wrote that the fighters who persevered on the Gali Polly front despite being invaded three times in a row are now buried in Istanbul’s cemetery.
Abdul Rehman Peshawari was born in 1886 to a wealthy Samdani family in Peshawar. He was a student at Aligarh Muslim University but dropped out of school to help Turkey during the Balkan Wars and joined a paramedic delegation there. Was
In an interview with Anadolu Agency this year, his nephew, Saleem Jan, said the other members of the delegation had returned eight months later but remained in Turkey and joined the Ottoman army.
He fought in Beirut and was part of the Wet Polly campaign during World War I.
He was also known in Turkey as Lala Turki and Uncle Turki.
He was later appointed Turkish Ambassador to Afghanistan between 1920 and 1922 due to his fluency in Pashto, Persian and English.
He fought alongside Mustafa Kemal Atat کمrk in the Turkish War of Independence. He was wounded three times and was martyred in Istanbul in 1925.
When the Anadolu Agency was founded 100 years ago on April 6, 1920, by Turkish leaders due to the importance of the media, Abdur Rehman Peshawari had the honor of being its first reporter.
He said that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had talked about the role of Abdur Rehman Peshawari which had created interest among the people to know about him.