Petar Ičko

Petar Ičko
Born
Petros Itskos/Itskoglou

c. 1755
Died5 May 1808
OccupationsDiplomat and merchant
Known forRepresentative of Serbian rebels during First Serbian Uprising; Ičko's Peace
ChildrenNaum

Petar Ičko (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Ичко, c. 1755–1808) was an Ottoman Greek merchant active in Belgrade and dragoman (translator) for Ottoman delegations in Vienna and Berlin who notably joined the Serbian rebels during the First Serbian Uprising as an advisor and diplomat. His friend Hadji Mustafa Pasha, the Vizier of Belgrade, was murdered in December 1801 by the renegade Janissaries known as Dahije. He fled to Habsburg Zemun and worked with the Serbian rebel leadership, becoming their advisor and diplomat sent to Constantinople to negotiate with the Porte. He is remembered for instituting Ičko's Peace, though of short duration.