Uprising of Dervish Cara

Albanian Revolt of 1843–1844
Part of the Albanian revolts against the Ottoman Empire
Date1843–1844
Location
Ottoman Albania
Modern-day northern Albania, Kosovo, south-eastern Serbia, and western North Macedonia
Result

Ottoman victory.

  • Suppression of the revolt by the Ottomans
Belligerents
Albanian Rebels
Commanders and leaders
Hayredin Pasha
Omar Pasha
Bib Doda Pasha, Kapedan of Mirdita[1]
Dervish Cara
Sheh Mustafa Zerqani
Salë Markja
Bajram Vaksinca
Cen Leka
Sulejman Vokshi[2]
Strength
30,000
Unknown number of irregulars
c. 10,000[3]
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The Uprising of Dervish Cara (1843–1844; Albanian: Kryengritja e Dervish Carës)[4][5] was a 19th-century uprising in northern Ottoman Albania directed against the Ottoman Tanzimat reforms which started in 1839 and were gradually being put in action in the regions of Albania. Some historians include the actions in Dibër of the same time under the same historical name, though the events in Dibër were independent and headed by other leaders.

  1. ^ Theodor Ippen (1916), Robert Elsie (ed.), Nineteenth-Century Albanian History, translated by Robert Elsie, archived from the original on 8 January 2013, retrieved 29 December 2012, In his fight against the rebels, the Kapedan of Mirdita, Bib Doda, fulfilled his obligations to the Sultan by providing a contingent of men who played an important role in putting down the uprising. He was decorated on several occasions by the Serasker and awarded an honorary sabre and pistols.
  2. ^ Matkovski, Aleksandar (1985). Kryengritja e Dervish Carës (in Albanian). Flaka e vëllazërimit.
  3. ^ Theodor Ippen (1916), Robert Elsie (ed.), Nineteenth-Century Albanian History, translated by Robert Elsie, archived from the original on 8 January 2013, retrieved 29 December 2012, An Albanian army of about 10,000 men was formed between Skopje and Veles (Köprülü) under the command of Dervish Aga Zara.
  4. ^ Albanische Geschichte: Stand und Perspektiven der Forschung Volume 140 of Südosteuropäische Arbeiten Authors Oliver Jens Schmitt, Eva Anne Frantz Editors Oliver Jens Schmitt, Eva Anne Frantz Publisher Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 2009 ISBN 3-486-58980-6, ISBN 978-3-486-58980-1 p. 168
  5. ^ The Albanians: a modern history Author Miranda Vickers Edition 3, revised, illustrated, reprint Publisher I.B.Tauris, 1999 ISBN 1-86064-541-0, ISBN 978-1-86064-541-9 p.25