 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Pashure pemwedzi mishomanene yokuzorora, akaiswa mutarisiri weTatu Hondo muRumelia. Muna 1873 akava Lieutenant General ndokudzokera kwechinguvana kuConstantinople, asati atumirwa kuIskodra uye gare gare kuBosnia. Kugadzwa kwake ikoko hakuna kugara kwenguva refu nokuti aisagona kuwirirana nagavhuna womunzvimbomo, Derviş Pasha, saka akaendeswa kuuto rechina. Muna 1876, Principality of Serbia yakazivisa rusununguko rwayo ndokuzivisa hondo kuUmambo hweOttoman. Osman Pasha, uyo panguva iyoyo akanga ane dzimbahwe rake paVidin, akakunda Hondo yeSerbia, asi muna April 1877 Russia yakazivisa hondo kuvaOttoman. Mauto eRussia akayambuka Danube kupinda muBulgaria uye Osman, neuto rake revarume 15 000 uye zvombo 174, akapiwa basa rokudzivirira nhare inokosha yeNikopol. Asati asvika ikoko, guta rakawa pana July 16 pashure peHondo yeNikopol. 