Celebrating an Ottoman Victory over the Revolted Greeks in 1822: The List of Revenues and Expenses

Ecclesiastical Academy Of Vella Of Ioannina -Greece ,Emmanouel Xynadas

doi:10.47191/ijsshr/v4-i10-14

Ecclesiastical Academy Of Vella Of Ioannina -Greece , Emmanouel Xynadas

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Abstract

The aim of this work is to present in detail the Abu Lubut Pasha's visit in Veria following the successful outcome of his campaign in Naoussa and Veria in the spring of 1822 having suppressed the Greeks' uprisings in the area. In the same context the festivities that followed are described, but most importantly a detailed catalogue with the expenses for this feast is presented, as well as the revenues to the Public Treasury after the siege of Naoussa following the confiscation and sale of the revolutionaries’ property. The study also provides information on the Ottomans' celebration after a victorious campaign of their forces.

Highlights

Following the suppression of the uprising in Naoussa in the spring of 1822, Abu Lubut Pasha, the Ottoman Governor of Thessaloniki[1], visited Veria on Wednesday, 25 of April 1822 accompanied by 400 armed Ottomans who had taken part in the battle of Naoussa bringing with him 400 captive women and children from the Naoussa[2]
Abu Lubut Pasha's stay in Veria lasted a few days, until he left to Thessaloniki, on the evening of 7 May 1822.3
THE EXPENSES FOR THE PASHA’S VISIT IN VERIA The financial information relevant to Abu Lubut Pasha’s visit in Veria is published in the “List of the Expenses and Revenues made by order of our most glorious Commander Mehmet Emin Pasha”

Summary

INTRODUCTION

Following the suppression of the uprising in Naoussa in the spring of 1822, Abu Lubut Pasha, the Ottoman Governor of Thessaloniki[1], visited Veria on Wednesday, 25 of April 1822 accompanied by 400 armed Ottomans who had taken part in the battle of Naoussa bringing with him 400 captive women and children from the Naoussa[2]. Poor Muslim residents of Veria alongside with the town criers who announced the Pasha's deed, and his seal keeper and the latter’s associates, the messengers who brought the news to Thessaloniki, the servants of mosques and Muslim temples, the chief confectioner, the widows and orphans of Muslim men scarified in the wars of the Empire and the daultzides and zournatzides, namely the musicians who played the drums (davul) and the wind instruments (zurna) who participated in the celebrations, were all given various gifts by the Governor of Thessaloniki In accordance to the above, the Pasha's desire to reward all those who participated in the campaign or were called upon to fulfil a specific mission becomes apparent, as well as his social sensitivity and interest, since he decided to present gifts to the poor Muslims, the widows and the orphans of those who sacrificed their lives in the battlefields, as opposed to the tough way he had earlier treated the Greek populace of Naoussa This procedure was part of the well-known Ottoman ceremonies that took place in the Empire on several similar occasions[7]. Value of food distributed to Abdul Vahi Aga's soldiers who pursuit the revolutionaries

25. Gifts to the clerks of the divan of Thessaloniki

33. Payment of the messenger who announced the joyful news in Giannitsa

CONCLUSION