Nurullah Hasan

[1][2][3][4] Nurullah was born in 1867 or 1870 in Bıyıklı village near Şumnu, Danube Vilayet in the territory of the Ottoman Empire.

At eleven years of age, Nurullah was trained in oil wrestling by Yusuf İsmail.

[5] In 1894, Yusuf İsmail accompanied him and Kara Osman of Plovdiv on their journey to Paris, organised by French former wrestler and promoter Joseph Doublier.

[6] Nurullah's impressive physique (standing 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) tall and weighing 159 kg (350[7] lbs),[1][2][3][8] although exaggerated figures have also existed) was then noted as a tackle for finding eager opponents.

[5] Nurullah is renowned for his long rivalries with two formidable exponents of Greco-Roman wrestling: Paul Pons and Kara Ahmet.