Stanko Arambašić ( sr-Cyrl, Станко Арамбашић; Levač in the village of Kolare,

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, today

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, 1764 -

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, Ottoman Empire, 21 September 1798) was a

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commander who liberated parts of Serbia during the Austro-Turkish War (1788-1791).

Biography

Stanko Arambašić was born in 1764, in Levač region in the village of Kolare (today the municipality of

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) was the commander of a special Serbian National Army, also known as the Mustafa Pasha's ''Popular Army''. in the service of the

at a time when

Janissary A Janissary ( ota, یڭیچری, yeŋiçeri, , ) was a member of the elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan's household troops and the first modern standing army in Europe. The corps was most likely established under sultan Orhan ...

forces threatened to seize power. At the time of Mustafa Pasha Stanko was a

Bimbaša A ''binbashi'', alternatively ''bimbashi'', (from tr, Binbaşı, "chief of a thousand", " chiliarch") is a major in the Turkish army, of which term originated in the Ottoman army. The title was also used for a major in the Khedivial Egyptian ...

in Mustafa's Popular Army Later on, he was also one of the leaders of the

in the service of the Austrian imperial forces in the

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. In "Monument of famous people in the Serbian people of recent times" by Milan Milićević states that Stanko was born in Veliko Selo, in the

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district, although the footnote states that according to Vuk Karadžić he was born in Kolare in Levač. The data in Vuk Karadžić's book is a more reliable source for Stanko Arambašić, in fact, he was born in Kolare near Jagodina since the historian of the First Serbian Uprising,

Lazar Arsenijević Batalaka Lazar Arsenijević Batalaka ( Bukovik, Kragujevac, 1793 - Belgrade, 15 January 1869) was a Serbian participant in the First Serbian Uprising and later a state adviser (since 1842), diplomatic representative of Serbian to Constantinople (from 1846 ...

also attests to that fact. Stanko was of medium height, very handsome, and brave in combat. He was a volunteer in the

during the turbulent time of Kočina Krajina. During the rule of Hadji Mustafa Pasha in 1792 he became a

bimbaša A ''binbashi'', alternatively ''bimbashi'', (from tr, Binbaşı, "chief of a thousand", " chiliarch") is a major in the Turkish army, of which term originated in the Ottoman army. The title was also used for a major in the Khedivial Egyptian ...

of a separate people's army in the service of the

in the battle of Kolare, at the beginning of August 1793, he managed to prevent

janissaries A Janissary ( ota, یڭیچری, yeŋiçeri, , ) was a member of the elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan's household troops and the first modern standing army in Europe. The corps was most likely established under sultan Orhan ...

and the renegade of

Osman Pazvantoğlu Osman Pazvantoğlu (1758 – January 27, 1807 in Vidin) was an Ottoman soldier, governor of Vidin after 1794, and a rebel against Ottoman rule. He is also remembered as the friend of Rigas Feraios, a Greek revolutionary poet, whom he tried to r ...

and place Belgrade Pashaluk under his administration. It was rumored that the special army he led numbered over 16,000 Serbs, mostly composed of ''Raja'' (meaning "common folk") and former

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veterans. Of them, every fifty people had their

Buljubaša Boluk-bashi ( tr, bölükbaşı) was an Ottoman officer rank equivalent to captain (see Military of the Ottoman Empire). The holder was in command of a ''bölük'', a sub-division of a regiment. It was higher than ''oda-bashi'' (lieutenant). __NOTOC ...

, over a hundred there was a Harambaša and over a thousand

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, same as the Turkish military ranks. Each soldier had to have two bags: one for laundry (two shirts, two underpants, and one pair of new shoes) and the other for food (bread and food). Each of the weapons had to have one musket (rifle), a scythe (knife), and two holsters (pistols), all in good condition. In 1797, a military expedition of Husein

Kučuk-Alija Kučuk-Alija ( sr-cyr, Кучук-Алија, tr, Küçük Ali; 1801 – 5 August 1804) was a Janissary, '' mutesellim'' of Kragujevac and one of four Dahiyas (leaders of rebel Janissaries) who controlled the Sanjak of Smederevo (aka "Belgra ...

-Pasha failed to conquer

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or capture Osman Pazvantoğlu, so he and the

Janissaries A Janissary ( ota, یڭیچری, yeŋiçeri, , ) was a member of the elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan's household troops and the first modern standing army in Europe. The corps was most likely established under sultan Orhan ...

, at the end of November, tried again to annex the

Sandzak. The clashes took place in the vicinity of Veliko Selo, from where Stanko's army defended the Belgrade pashalik. After fierce fighting, the Janissaries were expelled from Belgrade and Pazvanoglu fled back to Vidin. The tactical members of the

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soon realized that the stability of the

was quite shaken and immediately took harsh measures against the Serbs who took part in the Austro-Turkish War, and many like Koča Anđelković and

Rigas Feraios Rigas Feraios ( el, Ρήγας Φεραίος , sometimes ''Rhegas Pheraeos''; rup, Riga Fereu) or Velestinlis (Βελεστινλής , also transliterated ''Velestinles''); 1757 – 24 June 1798), born as Antonios Rigas Velestinlis ( el ...

were killed after capture. Commander Stanko was also killed then. According to the report of Milan Đ. Milićević, the murder was committed on Saturday, 21 September 1798, in Belgrade, in a "small gypsy house" of "someone" called Gruja. The Serbs found Stanko's body the next day in

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and buried him in a village called Godomin, near

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