Niš conspiracy (1821)
The Niš conspiracy was a failed attempt of a rebellion in Niš in 1821, revealed by the Ottomans the same year. It was led by the Niš Secret Organization, created in 1820 by Orthodox priest Meletius, who was a Greek.[1] It was influenced by the Greek revolutionary organization, Filiki Eteria (Society of Friends).[1] At the end of 1820, the Nis Secret Organization sent its representative to Constantinople, "who was in the patriarchate for 2 to 3 months" as "the envoy of the Bishop of Nis". The muhafiz of the Pashaluk of Niš in 1821 was Husein-paša, who was also the commander of the Niš garrison with 8,000 soldiers.[1] After revealing of the conspiracy by the Ottomans, Father Meletius along with 5 other priests and laity, was hanged on charges of complicity in the Wallachian uprising of 1821.[2]
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- ^ a b c Mirčetić 1994, p. 90.
- ^ Др Борислава Лилић, Оданост Срба Нишављана вери и традицији. Епархија Нишка, Ниш 1998, стр. 44.
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- Milić, Danica (1983). Istorija Niša: Od najstarijih vremena do oslobođenja od Turaka 1878. godine. Gradina.
- Milićević, Milan (1888). Поменик знаменитих људи у српскога народа новијега доба. Srpska kraljevska štamparija. pp. 443–446. (Public Domain)
- Mirčetić, Dragoljub (1994). Vojna istorija Niša. Vol. 2. Prosveta.