Bem, Joseph, a Polish general, born in Galicia; served in the French army against Russia in 1812; took part in the insurrection of 1830; joined the Hungarians in 1848; gained several successes against Austria and Russia, but was defeated at Temesvar; turned Mussulman, and was made pasha; died at Aleppo, where he had gone to suppress an Arab insurrection; he was a good soldier and a brave man (1791‒1850).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Belzo`ni, Giovanni Battista * Bemba