Career
In the 1870s, he had the rank of brigadier-general. Under his command, Ottoman troops and bashibazouks suppressed the April Uprising in 1876, and the Kumanovo Uprising in 1878. He led a brigade that suppressed the April Uprising.
Under his command, 212 of 223 houses in Rakovitsa were burnt down, with 36 inhabitants killed.
26 of 125 houses in Popintsa were burnt down, with 66 inhabitants killed. 60 of 100 houses in Bania were burnt down, with 13 inhabitants killed.
80 of 120 houses, a church and the school in Metchka were burnt down. On May 20, 1878, he led the brigade that suppressed the four-month-long Kumanovo Uprising.