Ali Pasha of Ioannina
Albanian ruler (1740–1822)
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An Albanian brigand who climbed to Ottoman governor and built a near-independent state across Epirus and parts of Greece, answering to Istanbul in name only. His mixture of modernist curiosity, brutal enforcement, and open defiance made him both ally and enemy to everyone who crossed his path.
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Ali Pasha first surfaces in the record as a bandit leader tangling with Ottoman officials across Albania and Epirus. He pivoted into the empire's own machinery, rising through posts until 1788 when he was named pasha of the Sanjak of Ioannina. From there he stretched his grip across eight sanjaks — Yanina, Delvina, Vlora and Berat, Elbasan, Ohrid and Monastir, Görice, and Tirhala — delegating chunks to his sons Veli and Muhtar, who governed the Morea and reached down to the Gulf of Corinth by 1792. He called the whole expanse "Albania" in his letters; so did the Europeans. His respect for othe…
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