Kapedan Bib Doda Pasha | |
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| Bib Dodë | |
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| Born | Bibë Doda 1820 (1820) |
| Died | 1868 (aged 47–48) |
| Resting place | Shkodër |
| Occupation | Clan chief |
| Title | Kapedan of theMirdita Head of the Gjonmarkaj clan |
| Predecessor | Gjok Doda |
| Successor | Prenk Bib Doda |
| Parent | Gjok Doda |
Bib Doda Pasha (1820–1868) was the ruler ofMirdita. He held the Ottoman rank ofkapedan (captain) and the honorificpasha (governor).
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.[1] He married aMuslim woman, Hide (daughter of Hasan Ajazi), from Armalle village in theLurë region.[2] He was the father ofPrenk Bib Doda, who would later play an important role in the Albanian politics of the early 20th century.
Bib Doda Pasha together with influentialabbotGaspër Krasniqi and Mark Prenk Lleshi from Mirdita, as representatives of Mirdita, reached an agreement withSerbian Internal MinisterIlija Garašanin in 1849 regarding cooperation with Serbia andMontenegro against the Ottoman Empire.[3] Garašanin believed that Albania should be established as an independent state.[4] The eventual Albanian state was to encompass territories between riversDrin andVjosë.[5]
Bib Doda Pasha aided the Ottoman raids against the Albanian rebels ofDervish Cara, during theAlbanian Revolt of 1843–44 in the sanjaks ofPrizren,Scutari andOhrid. He played a significant role in the expedition, and was decorated and awarded an honorary sabre and pistols.[6] Doda received the title "Pasha" in 1849 and allowed to maintain an army up to 10,000 people.[7]
His name came in the center of attention during theMontenegrin–Ottoman War (1861–62). Northern Albanian Catholic tribes were organized to start an uprising against the Ottomans led by abbot Gaspër Krasniqi, with the support of French emissaries ofNapoleon III. 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 inKallmet. Meanwhile, other rebels cut the roads that connectedShkodra withPrizren. Ottomans intervened and Gaspër Krasniqi was arrested. The Albanian uprising did not happen.
With the death of Bib Doda Pasha in 1868, the Ottomans assigned akaymakam from his own family, but removed his young sonPrenk and exiled him to Turkey. He was buried inShkodër.
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 theBritish andAustro-Hungarians were behind all this, interested in having the Ottoman Empire still strong in theBalkans.[8][9]
Kapedani i shquar i Mirditës, Bibë Dodë Pasha, i krishterë, u martue në Lurë me çikën mulimane, Hiden e Hasan Ajazit nga Arrmalla.
Дубље проучавање арбанашких прилика учврстило Гарашанина у мишљењу да је боље створити од Албаније независну државу.
In his fight against the rebels, the Kapedan of Mirdita, Bib Doda, fulfilled his obligations to the Sultan by providing a contingent of men who played an important role in putting down the uprising. He was decorated on several occasions by the Serasker and awarded an honorary sabre and pistols.