Candan B. The Ottoman Crimean War (1853 – 1856), BRILL, 2010, p. 143, The Ottoman Anatolian army was in a much neglected state in comparison with the Rumelian army. The Anatolian army was under the command of Müşir Abdülkerim Nadir Pasha (better known as Çırpanlı Abdi Pasha, 1807 – 1883) and this army was deployed in Erzurum, Kars, Ardahan and Bayezid.
