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| A L I P A S H A O F J A N I N A |
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| Courtesy of Iliriapress |
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| This article is dedicated in remembrance to Dr. Astridhis Kolia, an Arvanitis or Albanian, of Epirus, who got mysteriously murdered by the Greek secret Police. When Dr. Astridhis Kolia openly declared himself as an Albania, he was murdered by Greek government. |
| By: S.K.-Shkupjani June 23, 2002 Revised: March 10, 2006 Edited by: Q.K. From Shkupi (Skopje) References �Ali Pasha �- Sabri Godo. Book published in 1993 in Tirana, Albania. � The Diamond of Janina� - William Plomer. Book published in 1970 in London, United Kingdom. |
| The Generosity of Ali Pasha |
| Like his father Veli Pasha, Ali Pasha was a man of a good heart and generous. Ali was honest and genuine. He helped to the poorest persons in that time. Some 400 poor people came to Janina, and in the middle of shopping mall started to ask for bread. �We want bread, we want bread,� the group was shouting. This was the period when the Vizier had closed the import of flour and wheat. He ordered that Janina make and produce its wheat and bread. People started toward the palace of Litharitca where Ali Pasha was staying. People started again their shouting, �Where is Ali Pasha,� �We want bread,� �We want Ali.� The guards loaded their guns and started to push the crowd. One of the guards shot and killed one person, and he wounded another one. The guards could use the canons and kill all those people. For a moment, someone shouted, �Who shot, and who was killed.� It was the voice of Ali. Ali Pasha found the soldier who killed the poor man. He said to him, �You are here to protect me from the enemies, but not from my people.� This person who committed this mistake must be hanged. The soldier who was very trustful laid his gun and went to the hanging place. The soldier was hanged, and Ali said, �He was a good soldier and a man of a trust, but he did a mistake. He killed the poor man.� One of the poorest men said, �We are dying, and we have nothing to eat. We came to our father, Ali, to ask for help and bread.� Ali replied, �Go on and tomorrow every one of you will receive bread.� People went off the castle of Ali, and next day 2000 kilograms of wheat was taken from the depots of Ali Pasha. All this wheat and flour were given to the poor People. (Sabri Godo, pg. 188,181,182). With this gesture Ali Pasha of Janina proved to the people of Albania and Epirus that he cared for them. |
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| The people who lived in the cities, and they were the ones that could not found work. Ali Pasha formed the agency for cleaning and maintaining the cities. Many of those people who were unemployed in the cities, they found their living in this agency. Ali Pasha was generous, and he always has given to the poor and orphans. He grew up as an orphan himself. Many mosques, churches, synagogues, and other objects were built by Ali Pasha in requirement of the people of Albania or Epirus. In addition, Ali built many houses all over Albania for poor people who could not afford to build in their own. Ali fulfilled the wish of his mother by sanding someone on behave of his mother in pilgrimage or hadg to holy cities of Mecca and Medina. This act is allowed in Muslim religion, and it is practiced. He helped the poor people in Istanbul. When the duties and gifts were send to the Port, Ali send many gifts to the orphans and poor people in Istanbul. |
| After Ali won the war against Suliots, he built houses gave them food, animals, and other. After all, Ali accepted them in his guard and his army. Many Suliots moved from Suli, but Ali allowed them to return to their houses and villages. Vaslike, a girl of twelve, threw herself at Ali�s feet and begged his protection for her mother and brothers. Ali did not kill her family, and his soldier stopped the destruction of that village. With one word, Ali Pasha was generous man of good heart that helped the poorest of the poor, the orphans, and the others. Leaving behind a history and legacy, Ali Pasha makes the Albanians glorious. Today, Albanians are very proud with his name. |
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