Xhemal Pasha Zogu

Hereditary Governor of Mati

Xhemal Pasha Zogu
Hereditary Governor of Mati

Born	1860 Burgajet Castle, Ottoman Empire
Died	1911 (aged 50–51) Burgajet Castle, Ottoman Empire
Burial	Burgajet Castle, Albania
Spouse	Zenja Malika Hanem Sadije Hanem
Issue	by 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
House	Zogu
Father	Xhelal Pasha Zogolli
Mother	Ruhije Hanem
Religion	Islam

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 cousin germain, 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:

Princess Adile (1890-1966). She married once and had three sons and two daughters.
King Zog I (1895-1961). King of Albania.
Princess Nafije (1896-1955). She married once and had a son.
A son who died in young age.
Princess Senije (1903-1969). She married Şehzade Mehmed Abid and became a princess of Ottoman Empire.
Princess Myzejen (1905-1969). Unmarried, without issue.
Princess Ruhije (1906-1948). Unmarried, without issue.
Princess Maxhide (1907-1969). Unmarried, without issue.

References

^ Skendi, Stavro (1967). The Albanian national awakening. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p. 94. ISBN 9781400847761.

Regnal titles
Preceded by Riza Zogolli	Hereditary Governor of Mati ?–1911	Succeeded by Ahmet Zogu

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