Mehmed Reshid, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mehmed Reshid

Ottoman governor

Date of Birth: 08-Feb-1873

Place of Birth: Russian Empire

Date of Death: 06-Feb-1919

Profession: physician, politician

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Mehmed Reshid (Turkish: Mehmet Resit Sahingiray; 8 February 1873 – 6 February 1919) was an Ottoman physician, official of the Committee of Union and Progress, and governor of the Diyarbekir Vilayet (province) of the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
He is infamous for organizing the wartime destruction of the Armenian, Assyrian, and Greek communities of Diyarbekir.
He was known as the "butcher of Diyarbakir".