Zisis Karademos ( el, Ζήσης Καραδήμος) was a
Greek
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armatolos
The armatoles ( el, αρματολοί, armatoloi; sq, armatolë; rup, armatoli; bs, armatoli), or armatole in singular ( el, αρματολός, armatolos; sq, armatol; rup, armatol; bs, armatola), were Christian irregular soldiers, or mi ...
who led an uprising in
Naousa in western
Macedonia in 1705.
In 1705, a commissar of the
Ottoman Sultan
The sultans of the Ottoman Empire ( tr, Osmanlı padişahları), who were all members of the Ottoman dynasty (House of Osman), ruled over the transcontinental empire from its perceived inception in 1299 to its dissolution in 1922. At its hei ...
named Ahmet Çelebi came to
Naousa to select fifty male children for the
devşirme
Devshirme ( ota, دوشیرمه, devşirme, collecting, usually translated as "child levy"; hy, Մանկահավաք, Mankahavak′. or "blood tax"; hbs-Latn-Cyrl, Danak u krvi, Данак у крви, mk, Данок во крв, Danok vo krv ...
conscription, to be raised as
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 ...
. His arrival sparked a revolt in the town led by Zisis Karademos, his two sons and his band of ''armatoloi''. Ahmet Çelebi and his entourage were slain. Karademos and about one hundred of his followers were subsequently attacked by a Turkish force led by the
Bolukbashi 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).
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Recep Aga near the river Arapitsa in the vicinity of Naousa. The rebels retreated towards the top of
Mt Vermion and fled when Zisis Karademos was killed. Six of his followers, amongst them his two sons, were taken prisoner and were later hanged after a trial in
Veria
Veria ( el, Βέροια or Βέρροια), officially transliterated Veroia, historically also spelled Berea or Berœa, is a city in Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia, northern Greece, capital of the regional unit of ...
. Family members of the rebels were arrested (40 men and 29 women) and were imprisoned in
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...
. Putting down the rebellion cost the
Ottoman purse 74,387 golden coins, according to a Turkish source.
[Βασδραβέλλης, Ι. Κ. ''Οι Μακεδόνες κατά την Επανάστασιν του 1821''. Thessaloniki: Εταιρεία Μακεδονικών Σπουδών, 1967.]
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1705 deaths
Macedonian revolutionaries (Greek)
18th-century Greek people
Year of birth unknown
Greek rebels
18th-century rebels