Ali Pashë Gucia

Ali Pashë Gucia
Ali Pashë Gucia
	Ali Pashë Gucia on a 2022 stamp of Albania
Birth name	Ali Hasan Shabanagaj
Born	1828; Gusna, Ottoman Empire (present-day Gusinje, Montenegro)
Died	5 March 1888 (aged 59–60); İpek, Ottoman Empire (present-day Peja, Kosovo)
Buried	Peja, Kosovo
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire; League of Prizren (1878–1881)
Service years	1845–1888
Rank	kaymakam of Gusinje (1845–?); mutesarrif of the Sanjak of İpek (1881–?); beylerbey (1881–?);
Conflicts	Battle of Novšiće

Ali Pashe Gucia (1828 – 5 March 1888) was an Albanian military commander and one of the leaders of the League of Prizren. He governed, as an Ottoman kaymakam (sub-governor), an area in what is today eastern Montenegro around Plav and Gusinje. He was commonly known as Ali Pashë Gucia or Ali Pasha of Gusinje in some English sources (Turkish: Gusinyeli Ali Paşa). He was the leader of the Albanian irregular troops of the League of Prizren against the Principality of Montenegro at the Battle of Novšiće. He was governor of the area of Plav and Gusinje located in a valley between steep mountains.