Hafuz Pasha
Hafuz Pasha | |
|---|---|
| vali (governor) of Üsküb (Skopje)[1] | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 9, 1826 Macedonia |
| Died | May 14, 1904 Istanbul |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Ottoman Empire |
| Rank | brigadier-general |
Hafiz or Hafuz Pasha (Template:Lang-al, Template:Lang-mk/Hafuz-paša or Hafus-paša; fl. 1826 - 1904) was an Albanian Ottoman official and vali (governor) of Üsküb (Skopje). In the 1870s, he had the rank of brigadier-general. Under his command, Ottoman troops and bashibazouks suppressed the April Uprising in 1876, and the Kumanovo Uprising in 1878.
Military career
He led a brigade that suppressed the April Uprising.[2] Under his command, 212 of 223 houses in Rakovitsa were burnt down, with 36 inhabitants killed; 26 of 125 houses in Popintsa were burnt down, with 66 inhabitants killed;[3] 60 of 100 houses in Bania were burnt down, with 13 inhabitants killed; 80 of 120 houses, a church and the school in Metchka were burnt down.[4]
On May 20, 1878, he led the brigade that suppressed the four-month-long Kumanovo Uprising.[5]
See also
- Yusuf Aga of Sofya
- Ahmed Aga Barutanli
- Hasan Pasha of Niş
- Reshid Pasha
References
- ^ Shaban Sinani; H. Erkan Fıratlı; Tayfun Atmaca (2005). Fermanlar: "tarihi hoşgörüyle yazmak--". Arberia. p. 225. ISBN 978-99927-915-5-4.
- ^ Konstantin Dimitrov Kosev (1976). The April 1876 Uprising. Sofia Press. p. 37.
- ^ Nikola V. Mikhov (1915). Naselenieto na Turt͡s͡ii͡a͡ i Bŭlgarii͡a͡ pri͡e͡z XVIII i XIX vekovete: bibliografisko-statistichni izsli͡e͡dvanii͡a͡. Tsarska pridvorna pechatnit͡sa.
- ^ Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1877.
- ^ Institut za savremenu istoriju (2007). Gerila na Balkanu (in Serbian). Tokyo: Institute for Disarmament and Peace Studies. p. 86.
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