- Ali-paša Rizvanbegović
Ali-paša Rizvanbegović-Stočević (1783-1851) was administrator of
Stolac from 1813 to 1833 and semi-independent ruler (vizier ) ofHerzegovina from 1833 to 1851.Life
He was born in
Begovina , Stolac in 1783. Because of his large military success, Ottoman sultan gave to Ali-paša the vizier title as a prize and asked him to say which territory he want to rule. Ali-paša then said that he would like that sultan separateHerzegovina fromPashaluk of Bosnia and that he would like to become hereditary vizier of newPashaluk of Herzegovina . Sultan fulfilled his wish, and in 1833, new vizier of Herzegovina came toMostar and said in front of the people: "Our honest emperor loves me and therefore he made me a third near himself. He offered to me that I can be a vizier of what ever I want, but I did not wanted to be a vizier of anything but of Herzegovina, separated from the Pashaluk of Bosnia. These are counties of Herzegovina:Prijepolje , Taslidža withKolašin andŠaranci withDrobnjak ,Čajniče ,Nevesinje ,Nikšić ,Ljubinje -Trebinje ,Stolac ,Počitelj ,Blagaj ,Mostar ,Duvno and half of the county ofKonjic which is on this side ofNeretva . This was given to me, my children and my kin, and I done this to prevent that some bad pasha rule over Herzegovina. I thought that it is better that I, as native, rule over Herzegovina, instead some alien - nobody could be fiend to his own house. I will judge to everybody by justice..." Ali-paša also said: "From this day, nobody should have need to go toIstambul to see emperor: here is Istambul - Mostar, and here is emperor in Mostar".ources
*Dr. Lazar Tomanović, Petar Drugi Petrović - Njegoš kao vladalac, Novi Sad - Srbinje, 2004.
ee also
* [http://www.alipasini-izvori.com Alipasini Izvori]
*Pashaluk of Herzegovina
*Herzegovina
*History of Herzegovina
*History of Bosnia and Herzegovina External links
* [http://www.iis.unsa.ba/prilozi/30/30_prikazi_alipasa1.htm Hamdija Kapidžić, Ali-paša Rizvanbegović i njegovo doba, ANUBiH i Filozofski fakultet u Sarajevu, Sarajevo 2001., str. 190]
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