Dahije

{{Short description|Renegade janissary officers who took power in Ottoman Serbia (1799–1804)}} {{infobox war faction |name=Dahije |native_name=Dahije |native_name_lang=sr |war= |image=Serb knez beheaded by the Dahije.jpg |caption=Dahije beheading a Serb knez (Slaughter of the Knezes). |active=15 December 1799 — 5–6 August 1804 |ideology= |leaders= *Mehmed-aga Fočić *Kučuk-Alija *Aganlija *Mula Jusuf |headquarters=Belgrade |area= |size= |partof= |predecessor=Janissary corps of the Sanjak of Smederevo, Sanjak of Vidin, Bosnia Eyalet |successor= |allies=Osman Pazvantoğlu |opponents=Ottoman Empire<br>Local Serbs |battles= |url= }}

The '''Dahije''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Дахије}}, from {{langx|tr|dayı}}){{Cref2|a}} were the renegade Janissary officers who revolted against the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II and took power in the Pashalik of Belgrade, after capturing and murdering Vizier Hadji Mustafa Pasha in 1801. The four supreme Dahije leaders were Mehmed-aga Fočić, Kučuk Alija, Aganlija and Mula Jusuf. Rebels against the sultan, they were defeated by the Serbs in the initial phase of the First Serbian Uprising, which is also called "Uprising against the Dahije" ({{langx|sr|Буна против дахија}}; {{lang|sr|Buna protiv dahija}}).

==Background== The Ottomans declared war on Russia in 1787 and Austria joined in February 1788.{{sfn|Nedeljković|Đorđević|2015|pp=967-968}} In 1787 the Serbs were violently disarmed by the Ottoman authorities during the Austrian war preparations, with terror carried out by military and bashi-bazouk irregular units leading to people fleeing across the Sava and Danube to Austrian territory and forming the Serbian Free Corps.{{sfn|Nedeljković|Đorđević|2015|pp=967-968}} The Serb volunteers actively engaged Ottoman troops, raided ships on the Danube and liberated many towns, however, much needed aid and equipment was denied and Ottoman counter-operations and terror led to 50,000 Serb refugees and the signing of a truce.{{sfn|Nedeljković|Đorđević|2015|pp=969-971}} The Austrian court increasingly sought to end the conflict and peace was signed in August 1791.{{sfn|Nedeljković|Đorđević|2015|pp=969-971}}

The Porte gave amnesty to participants on the Austrian side and banned the Janissaries from the Belgrade Pashalik.{{sfn|Nedeljković|Đorđević|2015|pp=972-973}} The Janissaries had before been part of the backbone of Ottoman military power but had lost their importance in the 18th century, becoming a source of disorder, due to lack of discipline and bad morals.{{sfn|Bodrožić|2019|p=88}} It was clear that military reforms according to European models were needed, thus the Porte decided to banish them.{{sfn|Bodrožić|2019|p=88}}

==Janissary rebellion== Hadji Mustafa Pasha became the Vizier of Belgrade (the Sanjak of Smederevo, known as the "Belgrade Pashalik") in July 1793.{{sfn|Nedeljković|Đorđević|2015|p=972}} A Janissary that remained in Belgrade and sought to become Janissary agha of all of the Pashalik, Kara-Smail, was assassinated on the order of Hadji Mustafa Pasha, which put fear in other Janissaries who fled to the Sanjak of Vidin.{{sfn|Nenadović|1893|pp=21-22}} Some remained, such as Bego Novljanin and Ćurtoglija from Bosnia, who lived in Šabac.{{sfn|Nenadović|1893|pp=41-42}} Mustafa Pasha was remembered positively in Serbian history, having improved the situation in the Pashalik through reforms.{{sfn|Nedeljković|Đorđević|2015|pp=972-973}} The renegade Janissaries from the Sanjak of Vidin under Osman Pazvantoglu sought to wrest the Belgrade Pashalik, and Mustafa Pasha thus took help from Serbian knezes that mustered a militia to fight the Janissaries in case of an invasion,{{sfn|Nenadović|1903|p=627}} numbering some 15,000, many of whom had gained military training and experience in the last war.{{sfn|Nedeljković|Đorđević|2015|pp=972-973}}

In 1796 the Janissaries invaded the Belgrade Pashalik.{{sfn|Nenadović|1903|p=20}} The Janissaries under the command of Tosun Agha ({{langx|sr|Tosun-aga}}) entered the Belgrade Pashalik splitting up into two groups, one which took over Ćuprija in the southeast, the other which attacked Požarevac in the east, clashing with the militia under the direct command of Stanko Arambašić.{{sfn|Nenadović|1903|p=627}} The Janissaries defeated Arambašić and proceeded to Belgrade, where they took over the lower town (''varoš'').{{sfn|Nenadović|1903|p=627}} Vizier Mustafa Pasha closed himself and his small number of soldiers into the Belgrade Fortress.{{sfn|Nenadović|1903|p=627}} Aleksa, Grbović and Birčanin mustered the Valjevo nahiya militia which together with the ''sipahi'' and Mustafa Pasha's entourage assaulted the Janissaries that had taken the lower town and successfully pushed them out of Belgrade.{{sfn|Nenadović|1903|p=627}} Birčanin and Karađorđe pursued the Janissaries to Smederevo, where they closed themselves in the Smederevo Fortress, so Mustafa Pasha sent cannons with which Smederevo was bombarded, forcing the Janissaries to leave, and they were pursued all the way back to Vidin.{{sfn|Nenadović|1903|p=627}} The Janissaries once again tried to occupy the Pashalik but were defeated at Kolari, which showed that the Serbian militia were well-organized, disciplined and trained.{{sfn|Nedeljković|Đorđević|2015|pp=972-973}} As a reward for the aid, the Porte issued firmans (decrees) which forbade violence against Christians, gave Serbs self-governing privileges, better socio-economic status, allowed for them to build churches and their rural chiefs (titled ''knez'') to retain security forces.{{sfn|Nedeljković|Đorđević|2015|pp=973-974}}

==Control of the Belgrade Pashalik== {{see also|Slaughter of the Knezes}} thumb|Dahije killing Mustafa Pasha. The reign of Selim III (1789–1806) saw internal conflicts, with tumult among the pashas, ayans and kircalis.{{sfn|Ljubojević|Radović-Stojanović|2022|p=504}} New conflicts with Janissaries arose and the threat of the French in Egypt made the Porte allow for the return of the Janissaries to the Pashalik in early 1799.{{sfn|Nedeljković|Đorđević|2015|pp=973-974}}

In 1800, the Janissaries under Mehmed-aga Fočić, Kučuk-Alija, Aganlija and Mula Jusuf moved from the Sanjak of Vidin and entered the Belgrade Pashalik and took control of most of the province, and then took over Belgrade itself.{{sfn|Nenadović|1903|p=21}}

The Janissary aghas Bego Novljanin and Ćurtoglija who lived in Šabac murdered ''knez'' Ranko Lazarević in 1800, then demanded money from his family.{{sfn|Nenadović|1884|p=539}} The ''knez'' Aleksa Nenadović, one of the most influential Serb leaders, protested to Vizier Hadji Mustafa Pasha, who had the duo attacked at the Šabac Fortress on {{OldStyleDate|17 April|1800|5 April}}{{sfn|Nenadović|1893|p=43}} by 600{{sfn|Nenadović|1903|p=22}} or 800{{sfn|Nenadović|1884|p=539}} ''kircali'' (mercenaries), who caught and executed 27,{{sfn|Nenadović|1893|p=43}} 28{{sfn|Nenadović|1884|p=539}} or 36{{sfn|Nenadović|1903|p=22}} of their men, while the duo fled to Bosnia.<ref>{{harvnb|Nenadović|1903|pp=21-22}}, {{harvnb|Nenadović|1893|p=43}}, {{harvnb|Nenadović|1884|pp=539-540}}</ref>

Upon their return, the Janissaries renewed terror against the Serbs, captured Belgrade and Mustafa Pasha in July 1801, murdered him in December, then ruled the Pashalik with a Vizier as their puppet.{{sfn|Nedeljković|Đorđević|2015|pp=974-976}} The Janissaries had plotted with the Vidin Pashalik.{{sfn|Nenadović|1903|p=628}} The leading Janissaries, called the ''Dahije'', abolished the Serbs' firmans, banished unsupportive ''sipahi'' and invited Muslims from nearby sanjaks which they used to control the Serbs.{{sfn|Nedeljković|Đorđević|2015|pp=974-976}} At Šabac, they put Mus-aga Fočić, the brother of Mehmed-aga, as Dahije chief.{{sfn|Nenadović|1884|p=540}} Oppression and tyranny continued.{{sfn|Nenadović|1903|p=628}} Aleksa, Grbović and Birčanin with other knezes secretly met at the Čokešina Monastery where they wrote an appeal to the Sultan regarding the Janissaries, and sent it via Austria to the Porte.{{sfn|Nenadović|1903|p=628}} The Dahije were then threatened by the Porte that a great army would be sent if they did not end with oppressing the ''rayah''.{{sfn|Nenadović|1903|p=628}} The banished ''sipahi'' and loyal Muslims organized a rebellion against the Janissaries with the support of the Serbs in mid-1802, but it failed, resulting in further oppression.{{sfn|Nedeljković|Đorđević|2015|pp=974-976}} A rebellion in Požarevac was thwarted by the Dahije as it broke out prematurely.{{sfn|Novaković|1904|p=41}}

The tyranny endured by the Serbs caused them to send a petition to the Sultan, which the Dahije learnt of, and fearing that the Sultan would make use of the Serbs to oust them they decided to execute leading Serbs throughout the Pashalik, in the event known as the "Slaughter of the Knezes".

==Uprising== {{main|Uprising against the Dahije}} The Slaughter of the Knezes in late January prompted the Serbs to rise up against the Dahije,{{sfn|Novaković|1904|p=180}} thereby starting the Serbian Revolution.{{sfn|Nedeljković|Đorđević|2015|p=977}} After the Orašac Assembly held on 14 February 1804, Karađorđe's rebels went to Šumadija villages where they burnt down the Turk inns, killed Dahije henchmen (''handžije'') and collected men.{{sfn|Batalaka|1898|pp=69-72}} The rebel numbers grew up to 2,000 in the following days,{{sfn|Protić|1893|p=109}} and the Dahije were threatened,{{sfn|Batalaka|1898|p=79}} sending Aganlija to negotiate peace, but this failed and the uprising expanded.<ref>{{harvnb|Novaković|1904|p=88}}, {{harvnb|Batalaka|1898|p=79}}</ref> Next, Rudnik was attacked, held by the infamous Sali-aga, the brother of Kučuk-Alija.{{sfn|Nenadović|1884|pp=242-243}} It was taken by 6 March,{{sfn|Novaković|1904|p=116}} but Sali-aga managed to Čačak with 200–300 men.{{sfn|Batalaka|1898|p=88}} Kučuk-Alija intercepted Karađorđe's guard at Vrbica awaiting the rebel army on 14 March, and in a short battle Karađorđe lost some men but retreated into safety in the mountains, while Kučuk-Alija went to Kragujevac to deter the Serbs in the area from rising up, and to muster more troops.<ref>{{harvnb|Novaković|1904|pp=115-117, 136}}, {{harvnb|Protić|1893|pp=112-115}}, {{harvnb|Batalaka|1898|p=86}}, {{harvnb|Nenadović|1903|p=70}}</ref>

The Serbian rebels destroyed a Dahije army at Kijevo, with up to 400 dead enemies, at the end of March 1804.<ref>{{harvnb|Novaković|1904|p=139-140}}, {{harvnb|Protić|1893|p=118}}</ref> A ''kırcalı'' (bandit mercenary) unit under Alija Gušanac was defeated near Ćuprija in the days prior, being thwarted 2–3 times from joining up with Kučuk-Alija at Jagodina and breaking through to Belgrade.<ref>{{harvnb|Jovanović|2014|p=16}}, {{harvnb|Novaković|1904|pp=142-143}}</ref> Gušanac managed to break through to Jagodina in late March, owing partly to the weak Serbian defensive points around the town.{{sfn|Jovanović|2014|p=17}} Bad weather resulted in a failed siege of Jagodina in which the Serbian rebels were defeated and dispersed, around the last day of March.{{sfn|Novaković|1904|pp=144, 150}} The blockade of Belgrade was strengthened,{{sfn|Stojančević|1957|p=119}} and after the first battle at Jagodina, the Serbian rebels mustered a new army and planned for a better attack, and succeeded with an assault on Jagodina on 16 April led by Karađorđe, killed 300, captured many, and forced Kučuk-Alija to flee.{{sfn|Novaković|1904|pp=149-152}} After the victory at Jagodina, smaller rebel units pursued Kučuk-Alija through Šumadija, successfully ambushing twice in 17–18 April.{{sfn|Novaković|1904|pp=152-155}} By now, only Belgrade, Smederevo and Požarevac were among important cities held by the Janissaries, all blocked by the rebels.{{sfn|Jovanović|2014|p=23}}

After the takeover of Požarevac (late May) and Smederevo (4 June{{sfn|Stojančević|1957|p=124}}), only Belgrade remained outside rebel control in the north of the Belgrade Pashalik.{{sfn|Novaković|1904|p=174}} In mid-June 1804, a large Serbian rebel army with the most important commanders mustered outside Belgrade.{{sfn|Novaković|1904|p=177}} There are claims of up to 16,000 rebels, out of which 6,000 planned to assault the city.{{sfn|Novaković|1904|p=177}} At this point, the Sultan issued a ''ferman'' (decree) to Karađorđe to not attack the city, as the Sultan had sent for an Ottoman Bosnian army to aid the rebels against the Dahije.{{sfn|Novaković|1904|p=177}} The rebels aborted the assault.{{sfn|Novaković|1904|p=177}} Vizier Bekir Pasha of Bosnia was given the mission to stop the fighting between the Dahije and Serbs, to bring peace and security to the Belgrade Pashalik and Ottoman frontier.{{sfn|Novaković|1904|pp=177, 190}}{{sfn|Nenadović|1903|p=95}} Karađorđe approved of Bekir Pasha's arrival into Serbia, also on the advice of Hadji Sali Bey of Srebrenica, who was a pen pal of Matija Nenadović and had informed the Porte about the Dahije abuse and helped its decision in sending this commission.{{sfn|Nenadović|1903|p=95}}

The four Dahije leaders had escaped Belgrade on chaikas down the Danube to Adakale, as they feared a conspiracy by mercenary leader Alija Gušanac and not knowing Bekir Pasha's intention with them.{{sfn|Batalaka|1898|p=148}} The historian K. Nenadović believed that Bekir had in fact allowed the four leaders to secretly leave.<ref>{{harvnb|Nenadović|1903|p=96}}, {{harvnb|Nenadović|1884|p=93}}</ref> Upon hearing of the Dahije leaders' flight, Alija Gušanac looted their mansions,{{sfn|Batalaka|1898|p=149}} and took control of Belgrade.{{sfn|Nenadović|1903|p=96}}

Bekir promised improvements on the Serbs' status, while Karađorđe stressed that they would not stop until the Dahije were caught dead or alive, and knowing that the Dahije could muster an army of the Vidin Pashalik and attack at any time, both sides agreed for them to be assassinated.<ref>{{harvnb|Batalaka|1898|p=148}}, {{harvnb|Nenadović|1903|pp=96–97}}, {{harvnb|Protić|1893|p=154}}</ref> Bekir had insufficient troops to defend against a potential Serb attack, witnessing the strength in the rebel camps in the area, and wanted to enter the Belgrade Fortress as soon as possible.{{sfn|Batalaka|1898|p=149}} Milenko Stojković carried out the mission, besieging the house at Adakale where the Dahije stayed, shooting them and having their heads cut off and sent to Belgrade where they were put on stakes.<ref>{{harvnb|Perović|1976|p=54}}, {{harvnb|Nenadović|1903|p=97}}, {{harvnb|Batalaka|1898|p=150}}</ref>

An Austrian report dated 25 August noted that the Porte now believed that the cause of the Serbian uprising had ended with the deaths of the Dahije leaders and that the Porte would ensure peace through righteous and gentle treatment towards the Serbs.{{sfn|Perović|1976|p=54}} One of Bekir Pasha's letters was saved in the Nenadović family, and in it he promises that the Serbs would have a better life than during even Hadji Mustafa Pasha's tenure, but a review shows that no real guarantees were made.{{sfn|Novaković|1904|p=179}} The Serbs did not want to return under Ottoman rule and wanted no interference in their affairs; the rebel leadership secretly sent delegations to Austria and Russia to ask for aid and for Serbia to become a protectorate.{{sfn|Batalaka|1898|pp=146-147}}

After crushing the power of the Dahije, Bekir Pasha wanted the Serbs to be disbanded, however, as the ''kircali'' were strong and the Janissaries still held important towns, such as Užice, the Serbs were unwilling to halt without guarantees. The Sultan now ordered the surroundings pashaliks to suppress the Serbs, realizing the threat. The Serbs sought foreign help, sending a delegation to St. Petersburg in September 1804, which returned with money and promise of diplomatic support.

==Leadership== The Janissaries chose four of their leading chiefs: Mehmed-aga Fočić, Kučuk Alija, Aganlija, Mula Jusuf to rule the sanjak after the murder of Mustafa Pasha. The leaders divided the sanjak into pashaliks.

===Mehmed-aga Fočić=== {{hatnote|Mehmed-aga Fočić redirects here.}}

'''Mehmed-aga Fočić''' ({{langx|sr|Мехмед-Ага Фочић}}{{Cref2|b}}), was the son of Fočo Efendija,{{sfn|Vukićević|1907|p=272}} who served as the ''kadi'' official in Loznica. He had a brother named Mus-aga.{{sfn|Vukićević|1907|p=272}} His father Fočo was against the Dahije's oppression against the Serbs.{{sfn|Vukićević|1907|p=272}} Fočić was described as the worst of the four leaders.

The attempt in 1802 by the Serbs and Mustafa Pasha's men to revolt in Požarevac failed.{{sfn|Novaković|1904|p=41}} After intercepting Aleksa Nenadović's letter to an Austrian officer regarding an uprising against the Dahije, Mehmed-aga planned to murder him and other notables in the Valjevo ''nahiyah''.{{sfn|Nenadović|1903|p=631}} Through trickery he captured Aleksa, Ilija Birčanin and Nikola Grbović's son Milovan and chained them in the dungeon, then executed Aleksa and Ilija by beheading on the third day, on 23 January 1804.{{sfn|Nenadović|1903|pp=631-633}} Fočić put the severed heads on display at his house.{{sfn|Nenadović|1903|p=633}}

===Kučuk-Alija=== {{hatnote|Kučuk-Alija redirects here.}} '''Kučuk-Alija''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Кучук-Алија}}, {{langx|tr|Küçük Ali}}) was born in the Rudnik ''nahiyah'' and belonged to the Đevrlić family. He advanced in Ottoman service from regular Janissary to the position of ''mütesellim'' of Kragujevac, which he held for a time prior to the uprising. His wife was the sister of one of his private soldiers (''yerli-nefer'').<ref>{{cite book | title=Pusto tursko | publisher=Almanah | author=Bašić, Husein | year=2000 | page=111 | quote=Žena tog Kučuk-Alije bila je rođena sestra zapovjedinika njegovih jerlu-nefera, čijom su zaslugom pohvatani, i koji je stradao u borbi, utopivši se u Dunavu, pošto ga je Kučuk-Alija, iako savladan i vezan, gurnuo glavom preko ivice lađe. | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mQdjAAAAMAAJ}}</ref> His brother was Sali-Aga, the ''mütesellim'' of Rudnik ''nahiya''. Kučuk-Alija personally killed Mustafa Pasha and then became one of four leading Janissaries. Kučuk-Alija led troops against the Serbian rebels in March 1804.

===Aganlija=== {{hatnote|Aganlija redirects here.}} '''Aganlija''' or '''Aganli''' ({{langx|sr|Аганлија}}) was a boatman in his youth, born in Bosnia. In the prelude of the Serbian uprising he was ''çiftlik-sahib'' of Vranić and governed the Soko ''nahiya''. As he was the most diplomatic of the four leaders he was sent with a strong detachment to talk, calm down or frighten the Serbs upon the outbreak of uprising. Aganlija and his entourage were attacked during talks in Drlupa with Serbian rebel leader Karađorđe in April 1804, and he was wounded in the leg.{{sfn|Novaković|1904|p=116}}{{sfn|Đurić|Samardžić|1980|p=101}} After Bekir Pasha's mission and siege of Belgrade, Aganlija and the three others fled down the Danube for Poreč and then the Ada Kale island. Milenko Stojković and his 30 men captured them and had them beheaded, on the order of Bekir Pasha and the help of the island commander Ibrahim Pasha.

===Mula Jusuf=== {{hatnote|Mula Jusuf redirects here.}} '''Mula Jusuf''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Мула Јусуф}}){{sfn|Đurić|Samardžić|1980|pp=26, 73-74, 87-89, 98}} was the governor of the Kragujevac ''nahiya''.{{sfn|Đurić|Samardžić|1980|p=89}} After the murder of Hadji Mustafa Pasha in 1801, a Janissary named Tosun-aga arrived in Jagodina from Vidin and demanded that he too receive a portion of the Pashalik.{{sfn|Đurić|Samardžić|1980|p=73}} Mula Jusuf opposed to this and was reinforced with troops sent by Mehmed-aga Fočić, among these troops were Turks and Serbs (such as Gaja Pantelić).{{sfn|Đurić|Samardžić|1980|p=73}} Tosun-aga was defeated by Mula Jusuf,{{sfn|Đurić|Samardžić|1980|p=73}} and was subsequently employed by the Dahije as a top commander. Mula Jusuf led skirmishes around Belgrade in 1804.

===Kabadahije=== {{hatnote|Sali-Aga redirects here}} The Dahije's best and most loyal Janissaries, outside the quartet, were known as '''''kabadahije''''' ({{singular}} ''kabadahija'', {{langx|tr|kabadayi}}), and these were appointed ''mütesellim'' (mayors) of cities and towns.{{sfn|Vukićević|1907|p=216}} In each village, they appointed ''subaşı''.{{sfn|Vukićević|1907|p=216}} The Dahije also employed ''deli'' (light cavalry) and ''kırcalı'' (bandit mercenary), and had support from portions or all soldiers in each city and town. The notorious Janissary henchmen on the countryside, often based in roadside and village inns, were known as ''handžije'' ({{singular}} ''handžija'').

*'''Sali-Aga''' ({{langx|sr|Сали-ага Ђеврлић}}; {{floruit}} 1801–04), ''kabadahija'', brother of Kučuk-Alija, Dahije ''mütesellim'' of Rudnik ''nahiya''. Infamous for his evilness and oppression of Serbs and especially women; families were torn apart due to his transgressions, due to which he was called "the Rudnik bull".<ref>{{harvnb|Protić|1893|p=110}}, {{harvnb|Nenadović|1903|p=68}}</ref> He murdered Gavrilo Buđevac during the "Slaughter of the Knezes".{{sfn|Protić|1893|p=110}} Survived the pursuit following the siege of Rudnik (4–6 March), and managed to Čačak with 200–300 men.{{sfn|Batalaka|1898|p=88}} Fled the attack on Čačak (5 April 1805).

*'''Mus-aga Fočić''' ({{floruit}} 1801–04), ''kabadahija'', brother of Mehmed-aga, at the beginning of 1804 the commander of the ''nahiya'' of Šabac and Valjevo.

*'''Alil-aga Džavić''' ({{langx|sr|Алил-ага Џавић}}; {{floruit}} 1804), ''kabadahija'', Dahije ''mütesellim'' (mayor) of Užice,{{sfn|Vukićević|1907|p=216}} fell at Rudnik in early March 1804.

*'''Pljakić''' ({{langx|sr|Хаџи-баша Пљакић}}; {{floruit}} 1804) or '''Pljaka''' ({{lang|sr|Пљака}}),{{sfn|Vukićević|1907|p=216}} ''kabadahija'', Dahije ''mütesellim'' (mayor) of Karanovac,{{sfn|Vukićević|1907|p=216}} fell at Rudnik in early March 1804.

*'''Čolak-Alija''' ({{floruit}} 1804), ''kabadahija'', Dahije ''mütesellim'' (mayor) of Čačak, defeated at Rudnik in early March 1804.

*'''Poreč-Alija''' ({{langx|sr|Пореч-Алија}}; {{floruit}} 1804), ''kabadahija'', Dahije ''mütesellim'' (mayor) of Valjevo.{{sfn|Vukićević|1907|p=216}} An ''Arnaut'',{{sfn|Batalaka|1898|p=44}} former member of Pazvanoglu's army in the 1790s.{{sfn|Jovanović|1883|p=214}} Succeeded Asan-aga as mayor of Valjevo.{{sfn|Batalaka|1898|p=1011}} Infamous as an evildoer.{{sfn|Batalaka|1898|p=44}} Guested Mehmed-aga Fočić when he captured Aleksa Nenadović, Ilija Birčanin and Milovan Grbović in January 1804.{{sfn|Batalaka|1898|p=44}} He escaped Valjevo when it was attacked in March 1804.<ref>{{harvnb|Nenadović|1903|p=74}}, {{harvnb|Batalaka|1898|pp=97-103}}</ref> He was defeated in battle at Dživdžibare by Petar Dobrnjac and Paulj Matejić in 1806. Survived the destruction of the Dahije and based himself at Poreč, from where he was pushed out in 1807 by Milenko Stojković, then lived at Adakale.

*'''Kara-Mustafa''' ({{langx|sr|Кара-Мустафа}}; {{floruit}} 1804), ''kabadahija'', Dahije ''mütesellim'' (mayor) of Kragujevac,{{sfn|Vukićević|1907|p=216}} later became Vizier Sulejman Pasha Skopljak's ''kapi-binbaşı'' and participated in the Second Serbian Uprising.

*'''Kučuk-Sali-aga Arslanović''' ({{langx|sr|Кучук-Сали-ага}}; {{floruit}} 1801–04), ''kabadahija'', Dahije ''mütesellim'' (mayor) of Požarevac,{{sfn|Vukićević|1907|p=216}} commander during the 1804 siege.

*'''Abd-aga''', Dahije ''mütesellim'' (mayor) of Jagodina, appointed by Kučuk-Alija in place of Mahmud-aga.

*'''Tosun-aga''' ({{floruit}} 1801–04), Janissary commander. Led a Janissary detachment from the Sanjak of Vidin that took over Ćuprija in 1800.{{sfn|Nenadović|1893|p=49}} He tried to rule Jagodina as an equal to the quartet but failed. He was sent with 500 cavalry by Kučuk-Alija to Batočina to lift a siege, survived Kijevo assault in late March 1804.

*'''Ibrahim-aga''' ({{floruit}} 1804), brother of Mula-Jusuf, fell in skirmish near Ćirikovac against Milenko Stojković.{{sfn|Protić|1893|p=135}}

*'''Omer-aga''' ({{floruit}} 1804), active in Požarevac nahiya.

*'''Mula Nožina''' or '''Nožin-aga''' ({{langx|sr|Мула Ножина, Ножин-ага}} {{floruit}} 1804), ''kabadahija'', active in Šabac, originally ''kırcalı'' (bandit mercenary) from Bosnia, born in Maoča. Participated at Čokešina (1804).{{sfn|Nenadović|1884|pp=341-342}}

*'''Uzun-Mehmed''' ({{langx|sr|Узун-Мехмед, Узун-Мемед, Узун-Кавеџија}}), ''kabadahija'', Janissary commander and coffehouse owner ({{lang|sr|kafedžija}}), and '''Kara-Husein''' ({{lang|sr|Кара-Усеин}}), sent with 12 men by Mehmed-aga Fočić to kill Karađorđe in Topola, failed, all were assailants were killed.<ref>{{harvnb|Vukićević|1907|pp=284-290}}, {{harvnb|Batalaka|1898|pp=39, 48}}, {{harvnb|Nenadović|1903|pp=43-47}}</ref>

*'''Bego Novljanin''' ({{langx|sr|Новљанин-бег}}), ''kabadahija'' from Bosanski Novi, Bosnia.<ref>{{harvnb|Nenadović|1884|p=539}}, {{harvnb|Nenadović|1893|pp=41-42}}</ref> Moved to Šabac in the early 1790s despite restrictions, where he and '''Ćurt-oglija''' ({{lang|sr|Ћуртоглија, Ћурт-оглија}}), ''kabadahija'', from Zvornik were known as evildoers.{{sfn|Nenadović|1884|p=539}} Ottoman commander in Šabac during the tenure of Hadji Mustafa Pasha.{{sfn|Nenadović|1903|p=21}} Novljanin and Ćurt-oglija murdered ''knez'' Ranko Lazarević in 1800, upon which ''knez'' Aleksa Nenadović protested to Mustafa Pasha who had Novljanin pursued by 600 soldiers, who caught and executed 36 of his men, while Novljanin fled to Bosnia.{{sfn|Nenadović|1903|pp=21-22}} Returned to the Belgrade Pashalik after the murder of Mustafa Pasha. The duo not only murdered and robbed Serbs, but also Muslims who they blamed for the expulsion of Janissaries from the Pashalik.{{sfn|Pantelić|1949|p=211}} Novljanin surrendered at Užice (1 August 1805) and was allowed to leave for Bosnia.{{sfn|Protić|1893|p=172}} Ćurt-oglija was killed alongside Musaga Fočić in Zvornik, in 1805 by Mehmed-paša Vidajić after he was tricked into doing so, and their heads were sent to Travnik.

*'''Osman-aga Fočić''', Janissary agha. Brother or cousin of Mehmed-aga and Mus-aga.{{sfn|Nenadović|1884|p=540}} He surrendered at Užice (1 August 1805) and was allowed to leave for Bosnia.{{sfn|Protić|1893|p=172}}

*'''Omer-aga Nišlija''', Janissary agha. From Niš.{{sfn|Protić|1893|p=169}} Sent to Užice by Hafiz Agha of Niš,{{sfn|Protić|1893|p=169}} or moved from Bosnia to Užice during the Dahije reign with Bego Novljanin.{{sfn|Nenadović|1884|p=540}} Stayed at Užice with Janissaries from the Sanjak of Vidin.{{sfn|Batalaka|1898|p=168}} He surrendered at Užice (1 August 1805) and was allowed to leave for Bosnia.{{sfn|Protić|1893|p=172}}

*'''Foča-oglu-aga''' ({{langx|sr|Фоча-оглу-ага}}),{{sfn|Novaković|1904|pp=69, 112}} '''Fočo Efendija''' ({{lang|sr|Фочо Ефендија}}),{{sfn|Vukićević|1907|p=272}} or simply '''Foča''', the father of Dahije leader Mehmed-aga and ''kabadahija'' Mus-aga, advisor to the Dahije. From the Sanjak of Herzegovina. He served as the ''kadi'' (Muslim judge) official in Loznica prior to the Dahije takeover of Belgrade in 1801. According to the ''Zemun Memoirs'', he advised the murder of Vizier Hadji Mustafa Pasha.{{sfn|Novaković|1904|p=112}} He argued against the Dahije's continued oppression against the Serbs following outbreak of rebellion.{{sfn|Novaković|1904|p=69}}{{sfn|Vukićević|1907|p=272}}

===Kırcalı=== *'''Alija Gušanac''' ({{langx|sr|Гушанац-Алија}}, "Alija from Gusinje"), ''kırcalı'' (bandit mercenary) from Gusinje, hence his byname. He was ranked ''binbaşı'' and joined Kučuk-Alija in Jagodina with 800–900 mercenaries (made up of mostly Turks and Albanians, but also some Christians). When the Dahije leaders escaped Belgrade, Gušanac took control of Belgrade. *'''Husein Ganić''', ''kırcalı'' (bandit mercenary) from İpek nahiya, commander of 250 Arnauts in Kučuk-Alija's service, fell at Kijevo in late March 1804.

===Bosnian allies=== *Osman Pazvantoğlu, Vizier of the Sanjak of Vidin, long-time Janissary supporter. *Ali Pasha Vidajić, ''bey'' in the Sanjak of Zvornik, Mehmed's nephew. *Mehmed-kapetan Vidajić, ''bey'' in the Sanjak of Zvornik, Ali's uncle.

==Legacy== There are many Serbian epic poems regarding the Dahije, such as ''Početak bune protiv dahija'' ("Beginning of the Revolt against the Dahije"), performed by blind bard Filip Višnjić (1767–1834) and collected by philologist Vuk Karadžić (1787–1864).

The first feature film in Serbia and the Balkans, ''The Life and Deeds of the Immortal Leader Karađorđe'' (1911), included the Dahije, with {{ill|Sava Todorović|sr|Сава Тодоровић}} playing several of them.<ref>{{cite web|title=Karadjordje (2011)|publisher=IMDB|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266688/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_6_nm_2_in_0_q_karadjordje}}</ref> The Dahije and beginning of the uprising are depicted in the Serbian TV comedy series ''Crni Gruja'' (2003–2007), with Nikola Pejaković playing Aganlija.<ref>{{cite web|title=Crni Gruja (2003–2007)|publisher=IMDB|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375289/}}</ref>

==See also== {{commons category}} *Ottoman coups of 1807–08

==Annotations== {{Cnote2 Begin|liststyle=upper-alpha}} {{Cnote2|a|The renegade janissary leaders were called ''dahije'', from Ottoman Turkish ''dayı'', meaning "uncle".<ref name="Sundhaussen2007">{{cite book|author=Holm Sundhaussen|title=Geschichte Serbiens: 19.-21. Jahrhundert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5fBOPsQLt_0C&pg=PA66|year=2007|publisher=Böhlau Verlag Wien|isbn=978-3-205-77660-4|pages=66–}}</ref><ref name="Skok1971">{{cite book|author=Petar Skok|title=Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue croate ou serbe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kAcHAQAAIAAJ|year=1971|publisher=Académie Yougoslave des Sciences et des Beaux-Arts}}</ref> The lesser janissary commanders were called ''kabadahije'' (s. ''kabadahija''), referring to the Turkish phrase "kabadayı", since becoming a colloquial Serbo-Croatian phrase for bullies.<ref name="Skok1971"/>}} {{Cnote2|b|Also spellt {{lang|sr|Fočali, Фочали}},{{sfn|Šabanović|1956|p=332}} {{lang|sr|Fočo-oglu, Фочо-оглу}}.{{sfn|Šabanović|1956|p=332}} His brother's name is spellt Musaga,{{sfn|Vukićević|1907|p=272}} Mus-aga or Musa-aga. }} {{Cnote2 End}}

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==Further reading== *{{cite journal|last=Sopov|first=Vladislav Igorevich|title=К ВОПРОСУ О ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКЕ "РЕЖИМА ДАХИЙ" В БЕЛГРАДСКОМ ПАШАЛЫКЕ НА РУБЕЖЕ XVIII - XIX вв.|trans-title=ON THE PROBLEM OF THE CHARACTER OF THE "STATE OF THE DAHIJAS"|date=October 2017|journal=Современная Наука|url=http://www.nauteh-journal.ru/files/d7fdeec7-c345-4260-b8fa-7d381c4cfb6d}}

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