Ilija Birčanin
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Ilija Birčanin (
Life
As was the case with most of the prominent 19th-century Serbian families who migrated from other Serbian lands to Serbia, the Birčanin family came from the Banjani
).At the end of November 1797 Ilija Birčanin together with two other ober knezes from
Ilija Birčanin is also famous in Serbia because of his appearance in the epic poem "Почетак буне против дахија" ("Onset of the uprising against the dahije"). In this poem, while the Turkish governors (or dahije) are organising the Slaughter of the Dukes, they say how particularly glad they will be to kill Ilija Birčanin because of his cynical behavior. Although he was subject to the Turks and had to collect taxes for them, Birčanin used to act as if he were the chief and the Turks were his servants. Ilija Birčanin is described in the poem as "wearing his moustache under his hat".
Birčanin and the Serb chieftain
References
- ^ a b Histoire du peuple serbe
- ^ Filipović, Stanoje R. (1982). Podrinsko-kolubarski region. RNIRO "Glas Podrinja". p. 60.
На чело српског одреда, у који се пријавило 16.000 Срба, био је постављен Станко Арамбашић из Великог Села. То је био зачетак српске народне војске која је иступила у одбрану Београдског пашалука од јаничара крајем
- ^ Filipović, Stanoje R. (1982). Podrinsko-kolubarski region. RNIRO "Glas Podrinja". p. 60.
Sources
- ISBN 9782825119587.
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