#1 Jezzar Pasha
Posted: 10/11/2011 12:13
Prije izvjesnog vremena citam knjigu od Williama Dietricha "The Rosseta Key i u njoj jedan od likova je Ahmed al Jazzar, branitelj Acre protiv Napoleonove armije. Rodjen u Bosni, tacnije Stolac. Iskren da budem, prvi put cujem za ovog lika. Kako to da malo znamo o ovome covjeku. Nadjoh na wikipediji nesto malo:
Jazzar Pasha was a Christian slave boy from Bosnia who, escaping after committing a murder, sold himself to the slave -markets of Istanbul. There he was bought by an Egyptian ruler who converted him to Islam and used him as his chief executioner and hit-man. He began his rise as governor of Cairo but made his name defending Beirut against Catherine the Great´s navy. Beirut was honorably surrendered to the Russians after a long siege and the sultan rewarded al-Jazzar with promotion to Governor of Sidon, and sometimes also that of Damascus. He set up his capital in Acre after the fall of Dhaher al-Omar. He earned the nickname "the Butcher" for his cruelty and extortion of his subjects.[1] He is reputed to have walked around with a mobile gallows in case anyone displeased him
Zna li iko malo vishe o ovom covjeku?
Jazzar Pasha was a Christian slave boy from Bosnia who, escaping after committing a murder, sold himself to the slave -markets of Istanbul. There he was bought by an Egyptian ruler who converted him to Islam and used him as his chief executioner and hit-man. He began his rise as governor of Cairo but made his name defending Beirut against Catherine the Great´s navy. Beirut was honorably surrendered to the Russians after a long siege and the sultan rewarded al-Jazzar with promotion to Governor of Sidon, and sometimes also that of Damascus. He set up his capital in Acre after the fall of Dhaher al-Omar. He earned the nickname "the Butcher" for his cruelty and extortion of his subjects.[1] He is reputed to have walked around with a mobile gallows in case anyone displeased him
Zna li iko malo vishe o ovom covjeku?