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Jan 24, 1835 Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania Died on 24 Jan 1887 (aged 52) Aquarius
Stanislas Saint Clair - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Stanislas Saint Clair
- Stanislas Graham Bower Saint Clair (24 January 1835 in Vepriai – 24 January 1887 in Ligneuville), nom de guerre Hidayet pasha was a British officer, Polish-Lithuanian rebel, later an Ottoman military officer of Scottish-Polish background.
- He is most notable for an 1878 Muslim insurgence he organized in the Rhodope mountains in Principality of Bulgaria.
- The insurgence planned to attack Bulgarian civilians and forces of the Russian Empire in order to claim back to the Ottoman Empire the territories ceded to Principality of Bulgaria under the Treaty of San Stefano.
- The insurgence was defeated by the Imperial Russian Army and Captain Petko Voyvoda's detachment.
