Kurd Fuad Pasha, born in Constantinople, was a Vice President of the Society for the Elevation of Kurdistan. Fuad was the son of Said Pasha Kurd, nephew to Kurd Ahmet Izzet Pasha and brother of Şerif Pasha. He was a cavalry officer and graduated from the Prussian Staff College. He was the head of the Ottoman Military College and the Ottoman court of military appeals. He was made to retire from the military and his posts by the Committee of Union and Progress because of his brother's opposition activities. Fuad was one of the leading figures of the Kurdish movement.