Dahije
| Dahije | |
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| Dahije | |
Dahije beheading a Serb knez (Slaughter of the Knezes). | |
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| Dates of operation | 15 December 1799 — 5–6 August 1804 |
| Headquarters | Belgrade |
| Allies | Osman Pazvantoğlu |
| Opponents | Ottoman Empire Local Serbs |
The Dahije (Serbian Cyrillic: Дахије, from Turkish: dayı) were the renegade Janissary officers who revolted against the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II and took power in the Pashalik of Belgrade, after capturing and murdering Vizier Hadji Mustafa Pasha in 1801. The four supreme Dahije leaders were Mehmed-aga Fočić, Kučuk Alija, Aganlija and Mula Jusuf. Rebels against the sultan, they were defeated by the Serbs in the initial phase of the First Serbian Uprising, which is also called "Uprising against the Dahije" (Serbian: Буна против дахија; Buna protiv dahija).