Fakhri Pasha

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Ömer Fahrettin Pasha with his children
Nickname(s)	The Defender of Medina (Tr.: Medine Müdafii) The Lion of the Desert The Tiger of the Desert
Born	1868(November or December) Rusçuk, Ottoman Empire
Died	22 November 1948 (aged 79–80) Istanbul, Turkey
Buried at	Aşiyan Cemetery
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire (1888–1919)  Turkey (1921–1936)
Service/branch	Ottoman Army  Turkish Army
Years of service	1888–1919, 1921–1936
Rank	Ferik
Commands held	31st Division, XII Corps, Fourth Army (deputy), Hejaz Expeditionary Force
Battles/wars	Italo-Turkish War Balkan Wars World War I
Other work	Turkey's ambassador to Kabul.

Fakhri Pasha or Fahreddin Pasha (1868 – 22 November 1948), known as Ömer Fahrettin Türkkan after the Surname Law of 1934, was the commander of the Ottoman army and governor of Medina from 1916 to 1919. He was nicknamed "The Lion of the Desert" and "The Tiger of the Desert" by the British for his patriotism in Medina.

He was born in Rusçuk (present day: Ruse) to mother Fatma Adile Hanım and father Mehmed Nahid Bey. He had a younger sister Fehime Hanım. Due to the Russo-Turkish War his family moved to Constantinople in 1878. He joined the War Academy and in 1888 graduated from it. His first posting was on the eastern border with Armenia in the Fourth Army. In 1908 he came to Constantinople and joined the First Regular Army. In 1911–12 he was sent to Libya and when the Balkan War broke out, he was the commander of the 31st Division stationed at Gallipoli. His unit snatched Adrianople (present day: Edirne) from Bulgaria and he entered into the city along with Enver Pasha.

He married in 1900 Ayşe Sıdıka Hanımefendi (1884-1959), daughter of Ferik Ahmet Paşa and got issue:

In 1914, before the Ottoman Army was mobilized, Staff Colonel Fahreddin Bey was appointed the commander of the XII Corps stationed in Mosul. He was promoted to the rank of Mirliva on 12 November 1914 and appointed to the Deputy Commander of the Fourth Army stationed in Aleppo.

During World War I, Fahreddin Pasha upon the orders of Djemal Pasha on 23 May 1916 moved toward Medina in Hejaz to defend it and he was appointed the commander of the Hejaz Expeditionary Force on 17 July 1916.