Ku%C4%8Duk Alija

KuukAlija was a janissary, mutesellim of Kragujevac and one of four Dahiyas who controlled Belgrade Pashaluk in the period betweenDecember 1801 and the beginning of the First Serbian Uprising in Spring 1804. He was a brother of Sali Aga, a mutesellim of Rudnik Ottoman nahiyah at the beginning of 19th century.

Alija was born in the Rudnik nahija and belonged to the evrli family. He advanced in Ottoman service from regular janissary to the position of mutesellim of Kragujevac. Recruited from the local Muslim population, he was a Yamak.

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