Hafuz Pasha

Hafiz or Hafuz Pasha (Albanian: Hafuz Pasha, Macedonian: Хафуз-паша/Hafuz-paša or Hafus-paša; fl. 1826 - 1904) was an Albanian Ottoman official and vali (governor) of Üsküb (Skopje). In the 1870s, he had the rank of brigadier-general. Under his command, Ottoman troops and bashibazouks suppressed the April Uprising in 1876, and the Kumanovo Uprising in 1878.

His Excellency

Hafuz Pasha
vali (governor) of Üsküb (Skopje)[1]
Personal details
BornFebruary 9, 1826
Macedonia
DiedMay 14, 1904 (age 78)
Istanbul
Military service
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
Rankbrigadier-general

Military career

He led a brigade that suppressed the April Uprising.[2] Under his command, 212 of 223 houses in Rakovitsa were burnt down, with 36 inhabitants killed; 26 of 125 houses in Popintsa were burnt down, with 66 inhabitants killed;[3] 60 of 100 houses in Bania were burnt down, with 13 inhabitants killed; 80 of 120 houses, a church and the school in Metchka were burnt down.[4]

On May 20, 1878, he led the brigade that suppressed the four-month-long Kumanovo Uprising.[5]

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See also
  • Yusuf Aga of Sofya
  • Ahmed Aga Barutanli
  • Hasan Pasha of Niş
  • Reshid Pasha

References
  1. Shaban Sinani; H. Erkan Fıratlı; Tayfun Atmaca (2005). Fermanlar: "tarihi hoşgörüyle yazmak--". Arberia. p. 225. ISBN 978-99927-915-5-4.
  2. Konstantin Dimitrov Kosev (1976). The April 1876 Uprising. Sofia Press. p. 37.
  3. Nikola V. Mikhov (1915). Naselenieto na Turt͡s͡ii͡a͡ i Bŭlgarii͡a͡ pri͡e͡z XVIII i XIX vekovete: bibliografisko-statistichni izsli͡e͡dvanii͡a͡. Tsarska pridvorna pechatnit͡sa.
  4. Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1877.
  5. Institut za savremenu istoriju (2007). Gerila na Balkanu (in Serbian). Tokyo: Institute for Disarmament and Peace Studies. p. 86.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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