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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 |
| 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. |
| Who Was Ali Pasha of Janian |
| Ali Hysein was a pasha of Epirus or Albania. He was born in 1743 in the town of Tepelena, Albania, but no one could remember exactly the month and the birthday. Some stories say that he was born during a harshly cold winter day, and some stories say that he was born during a shiny spring day. Ali Pasha was born in a royal family. His father, Veli, was a pasha of two tales, and his mother, Hanka, was the daughter of Kurd Pasha of Berat, Albania. Shahinsha was the only sister. His father died when he was quite young leaving him with his young mother and a little sister. Ali grew up to be a handsome white tall man, blue eyes, blonde hair, brave, and non realized dream of many women of that time. He was brave and true warrior, and always was bound by the Albanian laws and customs. He respected the canon called the �The Canons of Lek Dugagjini.� |
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| In appearance, Ali was extremely handsome. He had an air of frankness and honesty, and a smiling with a humorous expression. He had a good forehead, broad and open; a clear eye, described as keen and seductive; a well-formed nose, and a fresh complexion. His mouth and chin were now hidden by a beard. Nothing was more characteristic than the vivacity guttural laugh, a trifle ogreish in its cheerfulness. (William Plomer, pg. 82) Ali Pasha was two times married. At the age of 24, he married lady Emine known as �Um Gulsumin,� the daughter of Kaplan Pasha. They were happily married. After lady Emine died, he felt lonely, sad, and disappointed from the life. At the age of 73, he married Vasilike Kondakchiu. Ali Pasha had three sons, Myftar, Veli, and Sali. He was titled as a Pasha and as a Vizier from Sultan and Ottoman Turks, but he never liked them. Ali Pasha from bottom of his heart hated French people and Slavic people. The person titled �Sultan� in Ottoman Turkey was the most powerful person; he represented the king and the supreme commander of the entire army, the predecessor of the prophet and the king of universe, and the defender of Mecca and Medina, and god above all other gods. |
| The pasha was chosen and appointed by Sultan. The pasha represented the leadership of a province, or as a high ranking military general. The Pasha concluded the laws and policies in his territory by incorporating the ones from the Sultan. His son could heritage the title and the wealth, and rules the territory. It was an honorary title that was mostly given to the military generals, and sometimes pasha was called a high administrator. Sultan sometimes was titling, Pasha, an ordinary person as a sign of thanks for good things that he did for Sultan. The title Vizier was higher title then Pasha. Ali Hysein received both titles from Sultan. |
| Ali Pasha was a strong and healthy, but when he got old his health weakened. Ali�s health was robust, but he suffered at certain times of the year, especially at the approach of the rainy season, from a violent fever, perhaps of malarial origin and popularly known as �the Lion�s fever�. Sometimes it attacked him during the last quarter of the moon, or when a particularly hot wind was blowing, a wind which was thought likely to have a bad effect on people strongly susceptible to electrical changes in the air. (William Plomer, pg 80, 81). In the spring of 1818 Ali had a violent attack of the Lion�s fever. (William Plomer, pg. 229). |
| While judging write, Ali Pasha opened the doors of the court houses in every city and town. He was the only person that after several centuries to bring law and order and freedom in the region. In addition, Ali opened a lot of religious high schools, elementary schools where children were obligated to attend at least three days in the week. He opened the first university in Janine where the lectures were being held in Turkish, Albania, Greek, Italian, and other languages. Almost every major city had hospital. He formed the local government to manage the sanitation and the hygiene in the cities. He allowed to be opened a lot of shopping stores and malls. The economy, the agriculture, the education, the metallurgy, and other experienced a high increase in the time of Ali Pasha. Ali Pasha built a lot of mosques, churches, synagogues, and other religious monuments for the people. Piaster was the monetary fund in the territory of Ali Pasha. Ali Pasha was the first to build cannon in Balkan Peninsula, and he opened the first mine in Albania. |
| Ali Hysein the Pasha of Epirus or Albania he never missed to pay a lot of million piasters to the Sultan. Ali Pasha of Tepelena died on February 5, 1822 at the age of 80. Even though 80 years old man, Ali ranged a three years war against Ottoman Turks. He never gave up himself to the enemy, and died as a brave man�. A chief ever glorious like Ali Pashaw. Byron: Child Harold |
| By: S.K.-Shkupjani March 10, 2006 Edited by: Q.K. From Shkupi (Skopje) |
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