Английская Википедия:Dragan Papazoglu

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Шаблон:Short description Dragan Papazoglu (Шаблон:Lang-sr-cyr; Шаблон:Floruit 1804–1807) or Papazoglija (Шаблон:Lang) was an Ottoman Bulgarian mercenary in Alija Gušanac's Dahije detachment in the Sanjak of Smederevo who switched sides to the Serb rebels during the First Serbian Uprising.

Born in the village of Studeno buche (now in northwestern Bulgaria), Dragan was the son of an Orthodox priest (hence patronymic Papazoglu and Popović, "son of the priest").Шаблон:Sfn He was at first a mercenary (krdžalija) in the forces of Alija Gušanac (who served the Dahije), with whom he arrived in Serbia.Шаблон:Sfn He then left Gušanac's forces and joined the Serbian Revolutionaries.Шаблон:Sfn

He became a bimbaša (major) in Crna Reka.Шаблон:Sfn Papazoglija often, as he had done before, crossed deep into Ottoman territory with a strong unit of cavalry and infantry and plundered rich Turks and killed tyrants.Шаблон:Sfn During a cease-fire he crossed into Ottoman territory and brought great damage, according to which the Ottomans complained to Russia.Шаблон:Sfn

Serbian supreme commander Karađorđe received an order by the Russians to issue penalties to any who cross into Ottoman territory.Шаблон:Sfn Papazoglija, not respecting the order, took 300 cavalrymen and as many infantry and penetrated as far as the field of Sofia.Шаблон:Sfn There he killed a Turk hero in a duel, for which he was celebrated.Шаблон:Sfn He returned to Crna Reka with great plunder, and was a guest at Petar Džoda's, who at night during his sleep murdered him with an axe.Шаблон:Sfn It is said that Hajduk-Veljko and Petar Dobrnjac were involved in the plot.Шаблон:Sfn

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