Dervish Cara.
Dervish Cara was an
Albanian revolutionary leader known for his role in the
Albanian Revolt of 1844, a revolt also known by his name as "The Uprising of Dervish Cara".
Dervish Cara was born in Palçishte, Kalkandelen (present-day
Tetovo). He was a quiet villager and hails from the Carë clan from the
Šar Mountains.
Tanzimât emerged from the minds of reformist sultans
Mahmud II and his son, sultan
Abdülmecid I. It aimed to modernize the Ottoman Empire by introducing European-inspired reforms. Most importantly, it involved a centralization and streamlining of the administration and military. This hurt the old-established feudal order among the Empire's Muslim communities, and especially the various local leaders who had exercised considerable regional authority and often enjoyed wide-ranging autonomy from the imperial government.
The Tanzimat reforms caused the uprising as the new reforms began the arresting and liquidation of the local Albanophone pashas, most notably that of Abdurrahman Pasha of Kalkandelen and his two brothers, Havzi Pasha of Uskub (present-day
Skopje), who later died in prison, and Hussein Pasha of Kustendil (present-day
Kyustendil).
Dervish Cara was sentenced to death by the Ottoman Porte, but the sentence was later reduced to a lifetime sentence. He died in the Ottoman prisons.[SUP]
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Dervish Cara inspired the rebels in Debar and İşkodra to continue. A school is named after him in Palcište and the work of paving the road “Dervish Cara” has started in Tetovo.[SUP]
[7][/SUP] In a bid to rename many streets in Macedonia's capital, Skopje, Dervish Cara name has been suggested by the Albanian political parties.[SUP]
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