Veli Pasha from Delvina

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Veli Pasha von Delvina (* 1718 in Albania , † 1763 near Ioannina ) was an Ottoman pasha . He was the youngest of Muchtar's three sons . He was Bey of Tepelena , but was driven out by his brothers. Veli Bey returned with the help of Kleften , defeated his brothers and had them burned alive. He became a pasha with two horse tails .

Veli Pascha married Chamko , the daughter of a bey from Konitsa , and they fathered Tepedelenli Ali Pascha .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ John Cam Hobhouse Baron Broughton : Travels in Albania and Other Provinces of Turkey in 1809 & 1810, Volume 1 . P. 101 ( online ).
  2. ^ Richard A. Davenport: The life of Ali Pasha of Tepebni, Vizier of Epirus ( online ).
  3. Count Alcaini: Biography of the vizier Ali-Pasha of Janina . Pp. 3-4 ( online ).