Bib Doda Pasha (1820–1868) was the ruler of

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. He held the Ottoman rank of ''kapedan'' (captain) and the honorific ''pasha'' (governor).

Family

Bib Doda belonged to the Gjonmarkaj clan which had led Mirdita for a long period. He started ruling his clan at a young age, since his father Gjok Doda was murdered. He married a

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woman, Hide (daughter of Hasan Ajazi), from Armalle village in the

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region. He was the father of Prenk Bib Doda, who would later play an important role in the Albanian politics of the early 20th century.

Agreement with Serbia

Bib Doda Pasha together with influential

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Gaspër Krasniqi and Mark Prenk Lleshi from Mirdita, as representatives of Mirdita, reached an agreement with

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n Internal Minister

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in 1849 regarding cooperation with Serbia and

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against the Ottoman Empire. Garašanin believed that Albania should be established as an independent state. The eventual Albanian state was to encompass territories between rivers Drin and

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Activities against Albanian rebels

Bib Doda Pasha aided the Ottoman raids against the Albanian rebels of Dervish Cara, during the

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in the sanjaks of

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, Scutari and

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. He played a significant role in the expedition, and was decorated and awarded an honorary sabre and pistols. Doda received the title "Pasha" in 1849 and allowed to maintain an army up to 10,000 people. His name came in the center of attention during the

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. Northern Albanian Catholic tribes were organized to start an uprising against the Ottomans led by abbot Gaspër Krasniqi, with the support of French emissaries of

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. Bib Doda who was still getting paid well by the Ottomans was not convinced of the benefits of the uprising and stayed out, thus not staying by his previous agreement with Garašanin. In spring 1862 he even tried to recruit some volunteers to aid the Ottomans. This led to a general mistrust and rage against him. Mirdita rebels raided and burnt his properties in

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. Meanwhile, other rebels cut the roads that connected Shkodra with

. Ottomans intervened and Gaspër Krasniqi was arrested. The Albanian uprising did not happen.

Death

With the death of Bib Doda Pasha in 1868, the Ottomans assigned a ''

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'' from his own family, but removed his young son Prenk and exiled him to Turkey. He was buried in

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Legacy

Bib Doda Pasha was regarded by the Albanians as a "murderer of his own people", in particular his role in the Uprising of Dervish Cara. There were allegations that the

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and

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were behind all this, interested in having the Ottoman Empire still strong in the

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