Nasuhzade Ali Pasha

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Nasuhzade Ali Pasha, commonly known as Kara Ali Pasha, was an Albanian admiral of the Ottoman navy during the early stages of the Greek War of Independence. In 1821, as second-in-command of the Ottoman navy, he succeeded in resupplying the isolated Ottoman fortresses in the Peloponnese, while his subordinate Ismael Gibraltar destroyed Galaxeidi. Promoted to Kapudan Pasha, and led the suppression of the revolt in Chios and the ensuing Chios massacre in April 1822. He was killed when a fireship captained by Konstantinos Kanaris blew up his flagship in Chios harbour on the night of 18/19 June 1822.

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• 1822

  Burning of the Ottoman flagship off Chios

  Greek War of Independence · Ottoman Empire