Thanasis Vagias
Thanas ; 1765–1834) was an ALBANIAN counselor and confidant of Ali Pasha, the Muslim Albanian ruler of Ottoman Epirus.[1][2][3]
Biography
Thanas Vaja was born in Lekël, Tepelenë.[4] He was the older brother of Luka Vaja.[2][3] His name had become notorious because, under Ali's service, he led an attack against the village of Kardhiq, near Gjirokaster, modern southern Albania. As a result of this operation, hundreds of men, women and children were killed.[5] When the Ali pasha was killed by ottomans, Vaja moved to Gjirokastra, in his home.
References
Citations
- ^ Woodhouse, Lidderdale & Makriyannis 1966: ALBANIAN, a confidant of Ali Pasha, wrongly thought by Makriyannis to be a betrayer of the Greek cause. Returned to Greece 1829 and given Government post by Capodistrias."
- ^ a b Henry Holland M.D. F.R.S., Travels in the Ionian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia, Etc. During the Years 1812 and 1813, London 1816, p. 256.
- ^ a b Κουρμαντζή-Παναγιωτάκου, Ελένη (2007). Η νεοελληνική αναγέννηση στα Γιάννενα από τον πάροικο έμπορο Αθ. Ψαλίδα και τον Ιω. Βηλαρά (17ος - αρχές 19ου αιώνα) (in Greek). Athens: Gutenberg. p. 164. ISBN 978-960-01-1133-0.
- ^ Murray 1845, p. 251.
- ^ Santas 1976, p. 67: "Thanas Vaja, a man who allegedly led the trups of Ali Pasha against a village of in Albania resulting in the killing all brigants there.."
Sources
- Dumas, Alexandre (2008). Ali Pacha: Celebrated Crimes. Teddington, Middlesex: Echo Library. ISBN 978-1-4068-7013-8. (Project Gutenberg EBook of Ali Pacha: Celebrated Crimes)
- Murray, John (1845). A Hand-book for Travellers in the Ionian Islands, Greece, Turkey, Asia Minor, and Constantinople. London, United Kingdom: J. Murray.
- Myrsiades, Linda S. (1988). The Karagiozis Heroic Performance in Greek Shadow Theater. Hanover, New Hampshire: University Press of New England. ISBN 0-87451-429-0.
- Pallis, Alexander Anastasius (1964). Greek Miscellany. A Collection of Essays on Medieval and Modern Greece. Athens, Greece: Pallis. (Myriobiblos - The Ballad-Poetry of Modern Greece)
- Santas, Constantine (1976). Aristotelis Valaoritis. Boston, Massachusetts: Twayne Publishers. ISBN 978-0-8057-6246-4.
- Woodhouse, C. M.; Lidderdale, H. A.; Makriyannis, Ioannes (1966). The Memoirs of General Makriyannis, 1797-1864. New York, New York and London, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
External links
- Θανάσης Βάγιας (Greek) Thanasis Vagias, by A. Valaoritis.
- Χρήστου Δάλλα, Ιστορικαί σελίδες at Εθνικόν Ημερολόγιον Σκόκου 1912, Vol. 27, 1912, p. 340 - 351. (Greek) A survey about Vagias ( includes a Vagias' letter to the notables of Delvinaki ), by C. Dallas.