Osman Pazvantoğlu

Ottoman soldier, a governor of the Vidin district after 1794, and a rebel against Ottoman rule

1758 CE to 1807 CE

Osman Pazvantoğlu (1758 – January 27, 1807, Vidin) was an Ottoman soldier, a governor of the Vidin district after 1794, and a rebel against Ottoman rule.

He is also remembered as the friend of Rigas Feraios, a Greek revolutionary poet, whom he tried to rescue from the Ottoman authorities in Belgrade.

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