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Gazi Osman Paşa was born in Tokat in 1833. His real name was Osman Nuri. His father, Mehmed Efendi, was an official at the timber customs office in Istanbul, and his mother was Şâkire Hatun. Osman was the only male child in the family. At the age of seven or eight, he moved to Istanbul with his family, where he began his education in military schools. He first attended the Beşiktaş Military Rüştiyesi and then the Askerî İdadî. In 1853, he graduated second in his class from Harbiye and became a s