TRENDEAtlas of the Sultans · Wars, battles and treaties
Revolt · 1820
Ali Pasha of Tepelenë, governor of Yanina, who had built an almost independent power in Epirus and Albania, was stripped of his offices after falling out with the powerful Halet Efendi (March 1820). Gaining Greek support, he held a meeting at Yanina on 23 May 1820, set about creating a Greek province under his own rule and supplied the Greeks with money and arms; he was then declared an outlaw. Hurşid Ahmed Pasha, appointed governor of the Morea, marched against him; Ali Pasha's lands were taken one by one and he was besieged in Yanina. When the order for his execution, contrived by Hurşid Pasha, was to be carried out, he resisted with arms and was killed in the fighting on 14 February 1822. His revolt made it easier for the Greek uprising to break out.
| Date | 1820 – 14 February 1822 |
|---|---|
| Location | Yanina (Epirus) |
| Result | Besieged by Hurşid Ahmed Pasha, Ali Pasha was killed in the fight that broke out when the order for his execution was to be carried out (14 February 1822) |
| Belligerents | Ottoman Empire (Mahmud II) | Ali Pasha of Tepelenë and his sons |
|---|---|---|
| Commanders | Hurşid Ahmed Pasha | Ali Pasha of Tepelenë |
Took place during the reign of Mahmud II (1808–1839). Mahmud II
Open the reign of Mahmud II on the mapBy the atlas's calculation the Ottoman lands covered about 4,551,000 km² in 1820; at the start of Mahmud II's reign they measured 4,551,000 km², at its end 3,803,000 km².
During Mahmud II (1808–1839) the atlas records 0 regions gained and 6 regions lost.
Regions lost: Cyclades (Naxos) (1821), Morea (Peloponnese) (1828), Akhaltsikhe (Childir) (1828), Athens–Central Greece (1829), Algiers (1830), Euboea (Negroponte) (1833).
He recentralised the state: he abolished the Janissaries and founded modern ministries, schools and the census. The territorial losses were heavy (Greece, Algiers, Bessarabia), but the administrative structure he built made the Tanzimat possible.
Areas are land area computed from the atlas's region data; see Method and sources.
Source: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, “Tepedelenli Ali Paşa” (Turkish); text written for the atlas.