Ali Pasha Gucia

Ali Pascha von Gusinje (seated, first from left) at the Prizren League

Ali Pasha Gucia ( Albanian Ali pashe Gucia , Montenegrin Ali-Paša Gusinjski , Bosnian Ali Paša Šabanagić , Serbian - Cyrillic Али-паша Гусињски * 1828 in Guci (now Gusinje ) in the Ottoman Empire (now Montenegro ); † 5. March 1888 in Peja ), actually Ali "Hasan" Shabanagaj , was an Albanian military leader and one of the leading figures in the League of Prizren . He was the leader of the Albanian troops in the Battle of Nokšić .

Life

Ali Pasha was born to Hasan Shabanagaj in the village of Guci in 1828. He graduated from the military school in Istanbul . Ali Pascha was a member of the League of Prizren and fought against the Montenegrin troops to prevent Montenegro from gaining sovereignty over the predominantly Albanian areas around Plav and Gusinje, which they had been promised in the Berlin Congress .

Turkish troops subsequently captured him. Thanks to a general amnesty, he was released and became Mütesarrıf (governor of a sanjak ) of Peja . In 1887 Adem Guska committed an assassination attempt on him in the Rugova Gorge , but survived it wounded. According to the consular reports, Haxhi Zeka was the mastermind. On March 5, 1888, he succumbed to his wounds.

Descendants

The descendants of Ali Pascha Gucia are now linguistically assimilated and call themselves Šabanagič (in Albanian Shabanagaj ).

literature

Ali Pascha Gucia is mentioned in the 8th and 9th songs of the heroic epic Lahuta e Malcís by Gjergj Fishta .

Hasan Kaleshi: Gucia, Ali Pascha , in: Biographical Lexicon for the History of Southeast Europe . Vol. 2. Munich 1976, pp. 101-103.
Nuri Bexheti & Selver Islamaj: Situata politike dhe përshtypjet e të huajve mbi Vilajetin e Kosovës gjatë viteve 1880-a. In Revista Kosova No. 43. (Prishtinë, 2018), pp. 53–70. https://www.academia.edu/38559884/Situata_politike_dhe_përshtypjet_e_të_huajve_mbi_Vilajetin_e_Kosovës_gjatë_viteve_1880-a
House, Court and State Archives, PA XXXVIII, box 263 and box 270.

Individual evidence

^ House, Court and State Archives, PA XXXVIII, box 263, Prizren on December 5, 1887, S 4-5, see also HHStA, PA XXXVIII, box 270, from Prizren on March 5, 1888, S 7, and March 16, 1888 , P. 5.

personal data
SURNAME	Gucia, Ali Pasha
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ali Pasha; Gucia, Ali Pasha of; Gucia, Ali Pashë (Albanian); Gusinjski, Ali-Paša (Montenegrin); Sabanagić, Ali Paša (Bosnian); Гусињски, Али-паша (Serbian); Ali Shabanagaj; Hasan Shabanagaj
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Albanian military leader
DATE OF BIRTH	1828
PLACE OF BIRTH	Guci , Montenegro
DATE OF DEATH	March 5, 1888
Place of death	Peja

[1] House, Court and State Archives, PA XXXVIII, box 263, Prizren on December 5, 1887, S 4-5, see also HHStA, PA XXXVIII, box 270, from Prizren on March 5, 1888, S 7, and March 16, 1888 , P. 5.