sentences:  For his success, he was appointed governor of the sanjak of Trikala, and was finally appointed commander-in-chief of all Ottoman forces in Rumelia.From this position he was tasked by the Porte with taking Missolonghi and thus securing western Greece.Reşid Mehmed assembled an army of more than 35,000 and in February 1825 he set out for Missolonghi.