Muhtar Pasha (also Mukhtar Pasha, born before 1770) was an Ottoman Albanian ruler and the son of Ali Pasha of the increasingly independent Pashalik of Yanina. He was appointed governor of the Sanjak of Karli-Eli and the Sanjak of Eğriboz in 1792, stretching Ali's control down to Livadia and the Gulf of Corinth, except Attica.[1] He also became governor of the Sanjak of Ohrid in 1796–7,[2] and of the Sanjak of Vlorë and Berat in 1810.[3]
Muhtar Pasha | |
|---|---|
| Ruler of Karli-Eli and Eğriboz | |
| In office 1788–1822 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ottoman Empire |
| Relations | Veli Pasha (Brother), Veli Bey (Grandfather), Hamko (Grandmother),Muhtar Bey (great-Grandfather), Kaplan Pasha of Gjirokastër (Grandfather), Mehmed (Newphew) Ismail (Nephew), Mustafa Yussuf (great great grandfather), Fikret İşmen Kaygı (descendant) Husein Pasha (descendant) Fatma Hikmet İşmen (descendant) |
| Parent(s) | Ali Pasha of Janina (Father), Emine (Mother) |
Biography edit
A member of the Albanian Meçohysaj clan, Muhtar was the first son of Ali Pasha and his wife Emine, the daughter of Kaplan Pasha of Gjirokastër.[4][5] Muhtar was given powerful positions, as well as control over Karlieli and Euboea in 1792.[6] In 1794 Ibrahim Bey of Vlorë and Berat proposed to marry one of his daughters to Ali's son Muhtar and another daughter to Ali's son Veli, in order to acquire good relations with Ali Pasha.[7][8]
In 1796, upon the death of Kara Mahmud Bushati of Scutari in the battle of Krusi during his invasion of modern-day Montenegro, one of his holdings, the Sanjak of Ohrid, temporarily passed to Muhtar, formalizing the spread of Ali Pasha's influence in the north.[2][9] Around 1805, Ali Pasha's forces seized Elbasan and Muhtar took his residency there.[8] In 1810 Muhtar was also appointed governor of the Sanjak of Vlorë and Berat.[3]
Ioannis Kolettis (1774–1847) was recorded to have been a personal physician of Muhtar.[10]
References edit
- ^ Gradeva 2010, p. 37.
- ^ a b Malcolm 2020, p. 394.
- ^ a b Malcolm 2020, p. 205.
- ^ Russell, Quentin; Russell, Eugenia (2017). Ali Pasha, lion of Ioannina: the remarkable life of the Balkan Napoleon. South Yorkshire, England: Pen & Sword Military. pp. 117–122. ISBN 9781473877207.
- ^ Koçi, Dorian (2018-09-26). "Pse e rrënoi Ali Pashë Tepelena, Hormovën?" (in Albanian). Retrieved 2022-10-05.
- ^ Gradeva, Rossitsa (2010-05-21). A ́goston, Ga ́bor; Masters, Bruce Alan (eds.). Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4381-1025-7.
- ^ Papageorgiou 2014, p. 175.
- ^ a b Malcolm, Noel (2020). Rebels, Believers, Survivors: Studies in the History of the Albanians. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-885729-7.
- ^ Russell, Quentin; Russell, Eugenia (2017). Ali Pasha, lion of Ioannina: the remarkable life of the Balkan Napoleon. South Yorkshire, England: Pen & Sword Military. p. 154. ISBN 9781473877207.
- ^ Petropulos, John Anthony (2015-12-08). Politics and Statecraft in the Kingdom of Greece, 1833-1843. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-7602-0.
Bibliography edit
- Papageorgiou, Stefanos P. (2014). "The attitude of the Beys of the Albanian Southern Provinces (Toskaria) towards Ali Pasha Tepedelenli and the Sublime Porte (mid-18th-mid-19th centuries)". Cahiers balkaniques. 42. doi:10.4000/ceb.3520.