Prodan Gligorijević, known simply as Hadži-Prodan ( sr-cyr, Хаџи-Продан Глигоријевић; 1760 – 1825) was a Serbian ''voivode'' (military commander) in the
First Serbian Uprising
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of the
Serbian Revolution
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, then the
Greek War of Independence
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, against the
Ottoman Empire
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. He led an unsuccessful rebellion in 1814, dubbed ''
Hadži Prodan's Revolt Hagi, Hadži, or Hadzhi (Хаджи) is a name derived from hajji, an honorific title given to a Muslim person who has successfully completed the Hajj to Mecca, which was later adopted by Christian peoples as a word for ''pilgrim''.
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''.
Life
Prodan Gligorijević was born around 1760, and he hailed from
Nevade
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, near
Takovo
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, modern
Gornji Milanovac
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The town was foun ...
(then ''Despotovac''). His epithet, ''
hajji
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'', derives from honorific title given to Christians that complete the pilgrimage to the
Holy Land
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(
Jerusalem
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).
He joined the fighting in 1806. Prodan participated in the battles of
Sjenica
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Sjenica is sit ...
,
Nova Varoš
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,
Prijepolje
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Etymology
One possibl ...
,
Bijelo Polje
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, and
Suvodol (1809). After the fall of the uprising (
Hursid Pasha
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Early life
He was born in the Caucasus and was of ...
captured
Belgrade
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in October 1813), his unit stayed in Mučnja for some months. He gave himself up to the Ottomans and settled in the
Trnava monastery in
Čačak
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.
As the Ottoman tyranny continued, he was put to lead the rebellion in the ''
Požega nahija
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''. His badly organized rebellion against the Ottomans in the
Čačak
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region in 1814, known as
Hadži Prodan's Revolt Hagi, Hadži, or Hadzhi (Хаджи) is a name derived from hajji, an honorific title given to a Muslim person who has successfully completed the Hajj to Mecca, which was later adopted by Christian peoples as a word for ''pilgrim''.
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, was quickly beaten. He fled first to
Austria
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in 1815, then
Wallachia
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, where he joined the
Greek War of Independence
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in 1821. He died in 1825.
See also
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(1772–1821), fellow Greek revolutionary in the First Serbian Uprising and Greek War
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Vasos Mavrovouniotis
Vasos Mavrovouniotis ( el, Βάσος Μαυροβουνιώτης, literally "''Vasos the Montenegrin''"; 1797 – 9 June 1847), born as Vaso Brajević ( Serbian: Васо Брајевић), was a Serbian general, who played a significant role i ...
(1797–1847), fellow Montenegrin Serb revolutionary in the Greek War
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Hadži-Prodan's Cave
The Hadži-Prodan's Cave ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Хаџи-Проданова пећина, Hadži-Prodanova pećina) is an archaeological site of the Paleolithic period and a national natural monument, located in the village Raščići around from Ivanj ...
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List of Serbian Revolutionaries
This is a list of Serbian Revolutionaries, participants in the Serbian Revolution (1804–1817).
See also
*Serbian revolutionary organizations
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Хаџи Продан Глигоријевић војвода Старог ВлахаХаџи Проданова буна
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18th-century Serbian nobility
19th-century Serbian nobility
Serbian revolutionaries
People of the First Serbian Uprising
Serb volunteers in the Greek War of Independence
Šumadija
1760 births
1825 deaths