ali pasha

short biography of ali pasha;

The rise of Ali Pasha
Ali was born into a powerful clan in the village Hormove near the Albanian town of Tepelene in 1744, where his father Veli was bey (leader). The family lost much of its political and material status while Ali was still a boy, and following the murder of his father in 1758 his mother,Hamko, formed a band of brigands. Ali is heralded as a hero to this day in many regions of Montenegro for impeding the expansion of Serbian armies. Ali became a notorious brigand leader and attracted the attention of the Turkish authorities. He aided the pasha of Negroponte (Euboea) in putting down a rebellion at Shkodër. In 1768 he married the daughter of the wealthy pasha of Delvina, with whom he entered an alliance.

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