Hafuz Pasha

Hafiz or Hafuz Pasha (Albanian: Hafuz Pasha, Macedonian: Хафуз-паша/Hafuz-paša or Hafus-paša; fl. 1826 - 1904) was an Albanian Ottoman official and vali (governor) of Üsküb (Skopje). In the 1870s, he had the rank of brigadier-general. Under his command, Ottoman troops and bashibazouks suppressed the April Uprising in 1876, and the Kumanovo Uprising in 1878.

For other uses, see Hafiz Pasha.
His Excellency
Hafuz Pasha
vali (governor) of Üsküb (Skopje)[1]
Personal details
BornFebruary 9, 1826
Macedonia
DiedMay 14, 1904 (age 78)
Istanbul
Military service
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
Rankbrigadier-general

Military career

He led a brigade that suppressed the April Uprising.[2] Under his command, 212 of 223 houses in Rakovitsa were burnt down, with 36 inhabitants killed; 26 of 125 houses in Popintsa were burnt down, with 66 inhabitants killed;[3] 60 of 100 houses in Bania were burnt down, with 13 inhabitants killed; 80 of 120 houses, a church and the school in Metchka were burnt down.[4]

On May 20, 1878, he led the brigade that suppressed the four-month-long Kumanovo Uprising.[5]

See also
  • Yusuf Aga of Sofya
  • Ahmed Aga Barutanli
  • Hasan Pasha of Niş
  • Reshid Pasha

References
  1. Shaban Sinani; H. Erkan Fıratlı; Tayfun Atmaca (2005). Fermanlar: "tarihi hoşgörüyle yazmak--". Arberia. p. 225. ISBN 978-99927-915-5-4.
  2. Konstantin Dimitrov Kosev (1976). The April 1876 Uprising. Sofia Press. p. 37.
  3. Nikola V. Mikhov (1915). Naselenieto na Turt͡s͡ii͡a͡ i Bŭlgarii͡a͡ pri͡e͡z XVIII i XIX vekovete: bibliografisko-statistichni izsli͡e͡dvanii͡a͡. Tsarska pridvorna pechatnit͡sa.
  4. Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1877.
  5. Institut za savremenu istoriju (2007). Gerila na Balkanu (in Serbian). Tokyo: Institute for Disarmament and Peace Studies. p. 86.
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