Veli Pasha
Veli Pasha (fl. 1787–1806) was the son of Ali Pasha, the Ottoman governor (pasha) of the Pashalik of Yanina in Epirus. An Ottoman commander, he commanded forces against the Souliotes, the Septinsular Republic, and the Serbian rebels.
In 1787 or 1788, following his father's conquest of Ioannina and formation of the Pashalik of Yanina, Veli was appointed by Ali as ruler of the Sanjak of Trikala with the title Pasha of Trikala.[1] Sometime after, he was made Pasha of Morea.[2]
In 1803, his father sent him with an army to fight the Souliotes.[3] In 1806, following renewed conflict between the Ottomans and Russians, Veli Pasha was sent to attack the Septinsular Republic.[4] Veli Pasha seized Vonitsa, Preveza and Butrint.[4][need quotation to verify] Ali Pasha married Veli Pasha to his neighbour Ibrahim Pasha's daughter.[5] Veli Pasha was sent to suppress the Serbian rebels in the sanjak of Smederevo (First Serbian Uprising).
By 1804, Veli was the sanjakbey of Delvina and Beylerbey of Rumelia.
References[]
- ^ Elevating and Safeguarding Culture Using Tools of the Information Society: Dusty traces of the Muslim culture. Earthlab. p. 337. ISBN 978-960-233-187-3.
- ^ "Ali Paşa Tepelenë". Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ Nicholas Charles Pappas (1982). Greeks in Russian military service in the late eighteen and early nineteenth centuries. Stanford University. pp. 257–258.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Fleming 1999, p. 73.
- ^ Fleming 1999, p. 96.
Sources[]
- Fleming, Katherine Elizabeth (1999). The Muslim Bonaparte: Diplomacy and Orientalism in Ali Pasha's Greece. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-00194-4.
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- 19th-century Ottoman military personnel
- Ottoman Epirus
- People from Epirus (region)
- Albanians of the Ottoman Empire
- People of the First Serbian Uprising
- Ottoman military personnel of the Serbian Revolution
- Ali Pasha of Ioannina