Osman Pazvantoğlu
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Osman Pazvantoğlu was an Ottoman mercenary, the de facto ruler of the Sanjak of Vidin after 1794 as a rebel against Ottoman rule, amnestied and recognized in 1799 as pasha by the sultan, continuing re
19th-century portrait
Osman Pazvantoğlu Mosque in Vidin
Vidin
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Vidin is a port city on the southern bank of the Danube in north-western Bulgaria. It is close to the borders with Romania and Serbia, and is also the administrative centre of Vidin Province, as well
Osman Pazvantoğlu
…Serbian Uprising. Osman's grandfather Osman, who was of Bosniak descent from Tuzla, was a night watch guard or shop guard in Plovdiv, Adrianople and Vidin, as the surname relates (pazvant, "watcher"), that participated in the Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739) and distinguished himself in an attack in Krajina…
Location of Vidin Province in Bulgaria
Baba Vida Castle
Theater House in Vidin
Antifascist monument reliefs Vidin