Theodoros Ziakas (; Mavronoros, Grevena, 1798 –

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, 1882) was a chieftain in

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during the

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in 1821.

Biography

His family were

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. When the

broke out, Theodoros and his brother Yiannoulas, who was the successor in the leadership of "Ziakas' Armatoliki", begun the war to the

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and liberated the region of

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. In 1826 Mehmet Agha leader of Ottoman military troops attacked and destroyed the headquarters of "Ziakas' Armatoliki" in

. Yannulas Ziakas was killed in that battle, but Theodoros got away in Southern

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. Two years later, Theodoros Ziakas returned in Grevena region, took over the leadership of "Ziakas' Armatoliki" and established his new headquarters in Pindus mountains (Valia Kalda). He started a new war against the

until the end of the

in the Grevena region, and after the establishment of the new

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he moved in

. Theodoros Ziakas was also a chieftain in the

region during the 1854 Macedonian RebellionΟ Θεόδωρος Ζιάκας και η συμμετοχή του στους απελευθερωτικούς αγώνες του 'Εθνους / Παπαϊωάννου, Μιλτ. Ι. -- Θεσσαλονίκη : χ.ο., 1981
/ref> Theodoros Ziakas took the western

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, using it as a base from which to raid the

area. However, under pressure from the large Ottoman army and the unpropitious diplomatic circumstances, a truce was negotiated by the consuls of

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and

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. Hostilities ceased in June 1854 and the rebel leaders returned to the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zakias, Theodoros 1798 births 1882 deaths Hellenic Army officers Greek revolutionaries 19th-century Greek military personnel Greek military leaders of the Greek War of Independence Macedonian revolutionaries (Greek) People from Grevena (regional unit) People from the Ottoman Empire