Mahammad Rustum Bey

Mahammad Rustum Bey
Rustum Bey's grave outside the Juma-Jami Mosque
Native name	محمد رستم
Died	1855 Yevpatoria, Russia
Cause of death	Killed in action
Buried	Juma-Jami Mosque
Allegiance	Egypt Eyalet
Service / branch	Egyptian Armed Forces
Rank	Miralay (Brigadier general)
Battles / wars	Battle of Eupatoria (1855)

Miralay (Brigadier general) Mahammad Rustum Bey (Egyptian Arabic: محمد رستم بك) was an Egyptian military commander who participated in the Crimean War as the commander of one of the Egyptian army's Alay (regiments) that fought the war alongside the Ottoman army. Rustum Bey was killed in the Battle of Eupatoria and was buried in the Juma-Jami Mosque in the city of Yevpatoria in Crimea.[1]

References

1. Prince Omar Toussoun, الجيش المصري في الحرب الروسية المعروفة بحرب القرم (1853-1855). سلسلة "صفحات من تاريخ مصر", second edition, Madbouly Library, Cairo, 1996.