Nurullah Hasan

Who was Nurullah Hasan?

Ali Nurullah Hasan was a Turkish wrestler. He was known with his nickname as Filiz Nurullah Pehlivan to Turkish public whereas he used the alias Hassan Nurullah for his professional wrestling career in Western Europe.His height of 7-2 and his weight of 387 lb.

Nurullah was trained in oil wrestling by Yusuf İsmail. In 1894, he accompanied him and Kara Osman of Plovdiv on their journey to Paris, organised by French wrestler-cum-promoter Joseph Doublier. Nurullah's impressive physique was then noted as a tackle for finding eager opponents. Nevertheless, Nurullah trained in Greco-Roman wrestling and started competing at Folies Bergère by 1895.

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

Nurullah quit wrestling in 1911 and died a year later in İstanbul.