Nihat Paşa 1878 yılında Filibe’de doğmuştur. Paşa 1896 yılında Harp Okulunu, 1899’da da Harp Akademisini bitirmiştir. 1901 yılında kolağası, 1907 yılında binbaşı, 1912 yılında yarbay, 1914 yılında da albay olmuştur. Balkan Harbi’nde dört yerinden yaralanarak esir düşmüştür. 1915 yılında tuğgeneralliğe terfi etmiştir. Bu rütbede 2. Ordu Komutan Vekilliği, 14. Kolordu Komutanlığı, Çanakkale 14. Kolordu Grup Komutanlığı, Elcezire Cephesi Komutanlığı yapmış, bunu müteakiben bir süre Adana valiliğine vekâlet etmiştir. Tuğgeneral iken 7.9.1922 tarihinde Askeri Yargıtay Başkanlığı’na atanmış, bu görevde bulunduğu sırada 1928 yılında korgeneralliğe yükselmiştir. Nihat Paşa ve yaveri 1921 yılında görev yeri olan Diyarbakır’a giderken eşkıyalar tarafından soyulmuş ve yaveri öldürüldükten sonra Nihat Paşa da darp edilmiştir. Daha sonra eşkıyalar yakalanarak adlî mercilere teslim edilmiş ve dördü idama, diğerleri de muhtelif hapis cezalarına çarptırılmışlardır.

Nihat Pasha was born in Filibe in 1878. He graduated from the Army War Academy as a Staff Officer in 1899. Nihat Pasha was promoted to Staff Major in 1907. He served in different units of Turkish Land Forces as an executive officer, teacher and commander and then he was promoted to Staff Lieutenant Colonel in 1912. Later on he was promoted to Colonel in 1914. He has been injured in the Balkan Wars and has got four serious injuries then he was promoted to brigadier general in 1915. Nihat Pasha who served in every units of Turkish Land Forces and also joined Dardanelles War as a Commander and been a commander of El-Cezire Front and also became a Chief Judge of the Military Court of Appeal on 07 September 1922 and he was promoted to Corp General in 1928. Wile Nihat Pasha was traveling to his duty region he has been robbed and been humiliated by the brigands. After a serious security investigation all the gangsters have been caught. Four of the gangsters have been executed and the others have been sentenced after the cross examination by the respective court judges