Aganlija

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Aganlija (Serbian Cyrillic: Аганлија; fl. 1801–1804) was an Ottoman janissary leader who defected and along with three other janissary leaders took control over the Sanjak of Smederevo in 1801. These renegade janissaries were known as the Dahije.

The four leading Dahije,

subaşi (village overseers) that had been employed by the dahije, and also attacking Ottoman forces.[4] The dahije sent out the most diplomatic, Aganlija, with a strong force to frighten and calm them down, in order to avoid escalation into armed conflict which would be hard for the janissaries to manage, but to no avail.[3]

Aganlija and his entourage was

nahiyas in the sanjak, as well as two nahiyas in the Sanjak of Zvornik.[7]

References

  1. ^ Ćorović, Vladimir. "Istorija srpskog naroda". Ars Libri. Retrieved December 7, 2012. janjičari ga 15. decembra 1801. ubiše u beogradskom gradu. Potom uzeše vlast u svoje ruke, spremni da je brane svima sredstvima. Kao glavne njihove vođe istakoše se četiri dahije: Kučuk Alija, pašin ubica, Aganlija, Mula Jusuf i Mehmed-aga Fočić.
  2. ^ a b c Leopold von Ranke (1847). History of Servia, and the Servian Revolution: From Original Mss. and Documents. J. Murray. pp. 119–120.
  3. ^ .
  4. ^ a b Morison 2012, p. xvii.
  5. ^ Novaković 1954, p. 116.
  6. ^ a b Đurić & Samardžić 1980, p. 101.
  7. ^ Damnjanović & Merenik 2004, p. 53.

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