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Milenko Stojković (Serbian Cyrillic: Миленко Стојковић; 1769, Kličevac, Požarevac – 1831, Bakhchysarai, Crimea) was a Serbian revolutionary and bimbaša in the First Serbian Uprising early in the 19th century. He is most famous for executing four dahije (renegade janissaries) tyrants during the start of the First Serbian Uprising, in vengeance for the "Slaughter of the Knezes".
 Milenko Stojković | |
| Native name | Миленко Стојковић |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Milenko Stojković |
| Born | 1769 Dobrnje, Sanjak of Smederevo, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1831 |
| Allegiance |  Revolutionary Serbia |
| Rank | Bimbaša Voivode |
| Battles / wars | Battle of Ivankovac |
Having apprehended and, while running away, Milenko executed the Turkish tyrants Aganlija, Kučuk Alija, Mula Jusuf, and Mehmed Fočić, responsible for the killing of Serbian Princes that triggered the First Serbian Uprising, on the island of Ada Kaleh on the River Danube.[1] He was also known for keeping a harem of Muslim women who were widows of slain Ottoman Turks.[2]
He distinguished himself in the Battle of Ivankovac, and Battle of Malajnica and Štubik.[3]
In 1810, Stojković and Petar Dobrnjac led a failed revolt against uprising leader Karađorđe, leading them to be banished from Serbia a year later.[4]
He died in Russia.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Trajković, Lj̀ubica D.; Balašević, Jovan; Ćukić, Dragan (1968). Srbija: Itinereski vodič. Turistički savez Srbije. p. 118.
- ^ Hoare, Marko Attila (2024). Serbia: A Modern History. Oxford University Press. p. 50. ISBN 9780197769423.
- ^ a b Bataković, Dušan (2005). Histoire du peuple serbe (in French). L'age d'homme. p. 138. ISBN 9782825119587.
- ^ Cirkovic, Sima M. (2008). The Serbs. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 180–181. ISBN 9781405142915.
Further reading
edit- Simić, Tomislav M. (2003). Gospodar Milenko Stojković. Istorijski arhiv. ISBN 978-86-82395-13-3.
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