Xhemal Pasha Zogu

Xhemal Pasha Zogu
Hereditary Governor of Mati
Born1860
Burgajet Castle, Ottoman Empire
Died1911 (aged 50–51)
Burgajet Castle, Ottoman Empire
Burial
Burgajet Castle, Albania
SpouseZenja Malika Hanem
Sadije Hanem
Issueby Malika
Prince Xhelal Zogu
Stillbirth child
by Sadije
Princess Adile
Zog I, King of Albania
Princess Nafije
A son
Senije, Princess of Turkey
Princess Myzejen
Princess Ruhije
Princess Maxhide
HouseZogu
FatherXhelal Pasha Zogolli
MotherRuhije Hanem
ReligionIslam

Xhemal Pasha Zogu ([dʒɛ'mal pa'ʃa 'zɔɡu];[stress?] 1860–1911), also known as Jamal Pasha or Jamal Pasha Zogolli, was the Hereditary Governor of Mati, Albania (at the time part of the Ottoman Empire). He was the father of King Zog I of Albania.

Born at Burgajet Castle, Mati (or Constantinople), in 1860, he was the third son of Xhelal Pasha Zogolli and Ruhije Alltuni, from the wealthy Alltuni family of Kavajë. He was educated privately and became Hereditary Governor of Mati upon the death of his older brother, Riza.

During the Great Eastern Crisis, a meeting held in Debar (1880) by Albanian notables deciding on the course of action regarding the Ottoman cessation of Ulcinj to Montenegro, Xhemal was in the pro-government group advocating no action be taken and was against a declaration of Albanian autonomy in the Balkans.[1]

Xhemal married Zenja Malika Khanum (Melek Hanem) (Castle Burgajet, Mati, c. 1860 - Castle Burgajet, Mati, 1884), his first cousin, in Mati in 1880; after she died in childbirth in 1884 he married Sadiya Khanum (Sadijé Hanem) in Mati in 1887. Her title was later changed to Nëna Mbretëreshë i Shqiptarëvet ("Queen Mother of the Albanians").

He became involved in an insurrection against the Ottomans planned for June 1903, which did not take place.[citation needed]

Issue

By Zenja Malika Hanem, Xhemal had a son and a stillbirth child

  • Prince Xhelal Zogu (1881-1944). Political man. He married four time and had four sons and four daughters.
  • Stillbirth child (1884). The mother died in childbirth also.

By Sadije Toptani, Xhemal had two sons and six daughters:

References

  1. ^ Skendi, Stavro (1967). The Albanian national awakening. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p. 94. ISBN 9781400847761.
Regnal titles
Preceded by Hereditary Governor of Mati
?–1911 		Succeeded by

Bibliography

  • Patrice Najbor, Histoire de l'Albanie et de sa maison royale (5 volumes), JePublie, Paris, 2008, (ISBN 978-2-9532382-0-4).
  • Patrice Najbor, la dynastye des Zogu, Textes & Prétextes, Paris, 2002