Samson Cerfberr of Medelsheim

Samson Cerfberr of Medelsheim (born at Strasburg about 1780; committed suicide at Paris, 1826) was a French soldier and author.

He led an erratic and adventurous life, wandering over the world, changing his name and even his religion several times. At one time he is disguised as a Muslim with the name of "Ibrahim Manṣur Effendi", serving in the Turkish army; at another he is found holding office in Westphalia under the name of "Medelsheim". In 1813, he took on the name Ibrahim Cerfberovic^{[citation needed]} and fought against the Serbians in Bosnia serving alongside men such as Osman Gradaščević while serving in the district of Zvornik; the Serbs were eventually defeated after the arrival of the Ottoman Grand Vizier Hursid Pasha in 1813.

At the end of the war he wandered throughout the East, sojourned for a time in Austria and at Naples, and from 1814 to 1817 served in the army of Ali Pasha of Janina.

On his return home Cerfberr published a work entitled Mémoires sur la Grèce et l'Albanie Pendant le Gouvernement d'Ali-Pacha (Paris, 1826).

See also

• Ottoman Empire
• Bosnia Eyalet
• Selim III
• Mahmud II
• Ali Pasha
• Osman Gradaščević
• Ibrahim Bushati

References

• This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, a publication now in the public domain.
  • La Grande Encyclopédie, x.50;
  • Nouveau Larousse illustré, ii.627

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