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House Of Zogu
The House of Zogu, or Zogolli during Ottoman Albania, Ottoman times and until 1922, is an Albanian people, Albanian dynastic family whose roots date back to the early 20th century. The family provided the first president and the short-lived modern Albanian Kingdom (1928–1939), Albanian Kingdom with its only monarch, Zog I, Zog I of Albania (1928–1939). History The dynasty was founded by Zogu Pasha, who migrated to the region of Mat District, Mat in north-central Albania during the early 13th century. The Zogu family’s roots are tied to the Mati region of Albania, where they established prominence following the Ottoman conquest over four centuries ago. According to local legend, their rise began with a warrior from the village of Zogaj who intervened during a moment of crisis. An Ottoman official, Gazi Bey, sought to humiliate the families of Mati by demanding their unmarried daughters perform degrading acts. Outraged by this, the warrior from Zogaj rallied the people of Mati ...
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Burgajet Castle
Buragajet Castle, or Castle Burgajet, ( or ''Kështjella e Burgajetit'', also known as the ''Kështjella e Zogollëve'' or ''Kështjella e Zogut'') was a large fortified house, located in Burgajet in northern Mat (municipality), Mat, Albania. History It was built before 1860 and it was the birthplace, and family seat, of King Zog I, King Zog I of the Albanians and also Xhemal Pasha Zogu. Jason Tomes described it thus: "A solid rectangular building with two small wings facing into a courtyard. This was Castle Burgajet, citadel of the chieftain of Mati...the biggest house for miles and the only one with glazed windows. The interior was even more distinctive...Fancy furnishings, imported from Austria, had recently become the hallmark of wealth. Salon chairs, draperies, table-lamps, and bric-a-brac...""King Zog; Self-Made Monarch of Albania, Jason Tomes P. 8, His family were the traditional feudal rulers of the Mat District of Albania and were large landowners. On ascending the t ...
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Heir Presumptive
An heir presumptive is the person entitled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honour, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of a person with a better claim to the position in question. This is in contrast to an heir apparent, whose claim on the position cannot be displaced in this manner. Overview Depending on the rules of the monarchy, the heir presumptive might be the daughter of a monarch if males take preference over females and the monarch has no sons, or the senior member of a collateral line if the monarch is childless or the monarch's direct descendants cannot inherit either because #they are daughters and females are completely barred from inheriting #the monarch's children are illegitimate, or #some other legal disqualification, such as ##being descended from the monarch through a morganatic line or ##the descendant's refusal or inability to adopt a religion the monarch is required to profess. The subsequent birth of a legitimate child t ...
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Hasan Bej Zogolli
Hassan, Hasan, Hassane, Haasana, Hassaan, Asan, Hassun, Hasun, Hassen, Hasson or Hasani may refer to: People *Hassan (given name), Arabic given name and a list of people with that given name *Hassan (surname), Arabic, Jewish, Irish, and Scottish surname and a list of people with that surname Places *Hassan (crater), an impact crater on Enceladus, a moon of Saturn Africa *Abou El Hassan District, Algeria *Hassan Tower, the minaret of an incomplete mosque in Rabat, Morocco *Hassan I Dam, on the Lakhdar River in Morocco *Hassan I Airport, serving El Aaiún, Western Sahara Americas *Chanhassen, Minnesota, a city in Minnesota, United States *Hassan Township, Minnesota, a city in Minnesota, United States Asia *Hassan, Karnataka, a city and district headquarters in Karnataka, India **Hassan District, a district headquartered in Karnataka, India **Hassan (Lok Sabha constituency) **Hassan Airport, Karnataka *Hasan, Ilam, a village in Ilam Province, Iran *Hasan, North Khorasan, ...
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Khalid Bey Zogolli
Khalid (variants include Khaled and Kalid; Arabic: خالد) is a popular Arabic male given name meaning "eternal, everlasting, immortal". It also appears as a surname.''Khalid''
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Liman Bey Zogolli
Liman may refer to: Places *Liman, Azerbaijan, a city in Lankaran Rayon *Liman, Davachi, a village in Shabran Rayon, Azerbaijan * Liman, Israel, a moshav in northern Israel * Liman, Russia, name of several inhabited localities in Russia *Liman, Novi Sad, a quarter of the city Novi Sad, Serbia *The Russian-language name of Lyman, Ukraine People * Abubakar Liman (born 1964), Nigerian air vice-marshal * Arthur L. Liman (1932-1997), American lawyer * Blessing Liman (born 1984), Nigerian military pilot *Doug Liman (born 1965), American film director and producer *Ibrahim Alhaji Liman (born 1960s), Controller General of Fire Service of Nigeria * Lewis J. Liman (born 1960), American judge *Mohammed Tukur Liman (active from 1999), Nigerian politician *Muhammad Sanusi Liman (born ), Nigerian physicist *Rosli Liman (born 1969), Bruneian footballer *Liman Ibrahim (active from 2013), Nigerian member of Boku Haram *Otto Liman von Sanders, German general Other *Liman Substage, a subdivision of ...
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Khairuddin Bey Zogolli
Khair ad-Din (), Arabic name meaning "the goodness of the faith", may refer to: *Çandarlı Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha, Hayreddin Pasha (1330-1387), Ottoman grand vizier *Jam Khairuddin also known as Jam Tamachi (1367–1379), Sultan of Samma Dynasty *Hayreddin Barbarossa (1478–1546), Barbary corsair and Ottoman admiral *Khayr al-Din al-Ramli, (1585–1671) 17th-century Islamic jurist, teacher and writer *Hayreddin Pasha (c. 1822–1890), Tunisian political reformer and Ottoman Grand Vizier (sometimes known as "Khair al-Din" or "Khaireddin") *Kheireddine Abdul Wahab (1878–1944), Lebanese businessman and politician *Khayreddin al-Ahdab (1894–1941), Lebanese politician *Muhammad Khair ud-din Mirza, Khurshid Jah Bahadur (1914–1975), titular Emperor of the Mughal Empire *Khairuddin Mohamed Yusof (born 1939), medical professor at the University of Malaya *Khairuddin Abdul Hamid (born 1966), Bruneian politician *Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine (born 1941), Moroccan writer *Hajrudin Vareš ...
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Riza Zogolli
Riza Zogolli was a 19th-century Albanian politician. He was the brother of Xhemal Pasha Zogolli, father of King Zog I of Albania and one of the promoters and delegates of the Albanian Declaration of Independence."History of Albanian People" Albanian Academy of Science. A leading Albanian Nationalist, a founder and Secretary of the League of Prizren The League of Prizren (), officially the League for the Defense of the Rights of the Albanian Nation (), was an Albanian political organization that was officially founded on June 10, 1878 in the old town of Prizren in the Kosovo Vilayet of th .... References Bibliography * Patrice Najbor, Histoire de l'Albanie et de sa maison royale (5 volumes), JePublie, Paris, 2008, (). * Patrice Najbor, la dynastye des Zogu, Textes & Prétextes, Paris, 2002 External links Maison royale d'Albanie, site officiel en langue française
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Yusuf Bej Biçakçi
Yusuf ( ') is a male name meaning "God increases" (in piety, power and influence).From the Hebrew יהוה להוסיף ''YHWH Lhosif'' meaning "YHWH will increase/add". It is the Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew name Yosef and the English name Joseph. It is widely used in many parts of the world by Arabs of all Abrahamic religions, including Middle Eastern Jews, Arab Christians, and Muslims. It is also transliterated in many ways, including Yousef, Yousif, Youssef, Youssif, Yousuf, Yoosuf and Yusef. Given name Yousaf *Yousaf Ali Khan, British film director *Yousaf Aziz Magsi (1908–1935), Baloch leader from the present-day Balochistan province of Pakistan *Yousaf Borahil Al-Msmare (1866–1931), Libyan Muslim resistance leader fighting against Italian colonization Yossef * Yossef Karami (born 1983), Iranian Taekwondo athlete *Yossef Romano (1940–1972), Libyan-born Israeli weightlifter (also known as Joseph Romano or Yossi Romano), killed in the 1972 Munich massacre Youc ...
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Khanum
Khanum, Hanum, Hanım, Hanem, Khanom, or Khanoum (Uzbek language, Uzbek: Xonim/Хоним, , Mongolian language, Mongolian: Ханым, , , , , , , ) is a female royal family, royal and aristocracy, aristocratic title that was originally derived through a Central Asian title, and later used in the Middle East and South Asia. It is the Femininity, feminine equivalent of the title ''Khan (title), Khan'' for a sovereign or military ruler, widely used by medieval nomadic Turkic peoples living in Asia and Europe and also Proto-Mongols, Mongol tribes living north and northwest of modern-day China. In the construction of words of the Turkic languages, the suffix "-''um / -ım''" adds "''my''", making the word "Khanum" as "my Khan". This arises from the tale, depicting a Khan announcing to his subjects ''I am your Khan, and She is my Khan (Khanum)''. "Khan" is also seen as a title in the Xianbei confederationHenning, W. B., 'A Farewell to the Khagan of the Aq-Aqataran',"Bulletin of the Scho ...
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Alltuni Family
The Alltuni were a wealthy and powerful Albanians, Albanian feudal family at a time when the present day territory of Albania was under Albania under the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman rule. For almost two centuries they ruled over the entire region of Kavajë and large parts of the Myzeqe plains. They self-claimed to be the descendants of an unidentified Kapudan Pasha, a beylerbey and great admiral from Ulcinj, Ulqin, who allegedly married a daughter of Sultan Ahmed I. Their great wealth was accumulated through sea trade, especially in the exports of livestock. The Alltuni made alliances with the Bushati family, Bushatlliu family of Shkodër who later rebelled against the Sublime Porte. Members of this powerful family formed blood ties through marriage with other notable Albanian families such as the Taushani family of Elbasan, the Toptani family of Krujë, the Karbunara (Shehu) family of Lushnjë and later the House of Zogu, Zogolli family of Mat (municipality), Mat. In traditional ...
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Xhelal Pasha Zogolli
Xhelal Pasha Zogolli was the hereditary governor of Mati, father of Xhemal Pasha Zogu and grandfather of King Zog I. Life Xhelal Pasha Zogolli was born in the Mati region of modern-day Albania (it was a part of the Ottoman Empire when he was born). His father was Mahmud Pasha Zogolli, and his family was a Muslim Albanian beylik family of landowners, with feudal authority over the region of Mati. Xhelal Pasha Zogolli was educated privately. He served in the Montenegrin War of 1852-53. Later, he visited Russia and, inspired by Russians, attempted a local rebellion against Ottoman rule after his return which was unsuccessful because of the low participation. He married Ruqiya Khanum Ruhijé Hanem, from the wealthy Alltuni family of Kavajë. He had ownership of the Burgajet Castle, near Burrel in northern Albania, and his son Xhemal Pasha Zogu was born there in 1860. He apparently died by poison by Ottoman agents in Vienna, Austria, even though this claim is not yet proven. ...
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