Ali Pasha, commonly known as Ali Pasha of Yanina or Ali Pasha of Tepelena, was an Albanian ruler who served as pasha of the Pashalik of Yanina, a large part of western Rumelia. Under his rule, it acqu
Portrait of Ali Pasha in 1818 by Spyridon Ventouras
The statue of Ali Pasha in Tepelenë
Portrait of Ali Pasha, drawn by Charles Robert Cockerell (published in 1820), based on Thomas Smart Hughes' travels in Albania in 1813.
"Ali Pasha of Janina hunting in the lake of Butrint in March 1819" by Louis Dupré (1825)
The Vilayet of Janina, Yanya or Ioannina was a first-level administrative division of the Ottoman Empire, established in 1867. In the late 19th century, it reportedly had an area of 18,320 square kilo
Educational institutions in Vilayet (1908): red for Greek, purple for Romanian, blue for Italian