friends with a well-respected local mullah, Ismail Pasha. In his Histoire de ma vie, the Venetian Giacomo Casanova described his meeting, at the age of 19, with the Count de Bonneval in Constantinople, giving his Muslim name as Osman rather than Ahmed. He rendered valuable services to the sultan in his war with Russia, and with the famous Nader Shah. As a reward he received the governorship of Chios. However, he then fell under the suspicion of the Porte (the Ottoman administration) and was banished for a time to the shores of the Black Sea. He died at Constantinople in March 1747 and is buried in the cemetery attached to the GalataMevlevihane. Kumbaracı Sokaği, also in Galata, is named after him (kumbaracı being the modern spelling for humbaracı), making him a rare foreigner to have received such an accolade in modern Istanbul. The Memoirs published under his name are spurious. Prince de Ligne, Mémoire sur le comte de Bonneval (Paris, 1817); A. Vandal, Le Pacha Bonneval (Paris, 1885). See also Franco-Ottoman alliance Humbaracı References Citations Bibliography . French military leaders 1675 births 1747 deaths Converts to Islam French Muslims French emigrants to the Ottoman Empire Pashas