Ali Pasha Rizvanbegović
Ali Pasha Rizvanbegović (1783 – 20 March 1851; Turkish: Ali Paşa Rıdvanbegoviç) was a Herzegovinian Ottoman captain (administrator) of Stolac from 1813 to 1833 and the semi-independent ruler (vizier) of the Herzegovina Eyalet from 1833 to 1851. The eyalet had been created specifically for him as a reward for helping to suppress the local Gradaščević Rebellion against the Ottoman Empire. However, he was deposed and summarily executed when the authorities in Constantinople discovered that he was hatching plans to rule Herzegovina independently of the Porte. Early life Ali was born in Stolac to Zulfikar, the Ottoman captain of Stolac and Melikhane, a daughter of an Ottoman muteselim Omer Babić. Zulfikar previously married Omer's eldest daughter, but when she died, he married her sister Melikhane. His first wife bore him two sons, Mustafa and Mehmed, while Melikhane bore him four sons, Ali, Omer, Derviš, Halil, and a daughter Fatima. Zulfikar's health deteriorated i ...
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Ghalib (name)
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