Ali Pasha

Ali Pasha (1741-1822), pasha of Janina, was a bold and crafty Albanian, able man, notorious for his cruelty as well as craft. Alternately gained the favour of the Porte and lost it by the alliances he formed with hostile powers, until the Sultan sentenced him to deposition, and sent Hassan Pasha to demand his head. He offered violent resistance but being overpowered at length surrendered, when his head was severed from his body and sent to Constantinople.

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