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Encyclopedia > Xhemal Pasha Zogolli

Xhemal Pasha Zogu [IPA: dʒɛmal paʃa zɔgu] (1860-1911) (also known as Jamal Pasha, or Jamal Pasha Zogolli) was the Hereditary Governor of Mati, Albania. He was the father of Zog I of Albania. 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... The District of Mat (Albanian: Rrethi i Matit) is one of the thirty-six districts of Albania. ... King Zog of Albania King Zog (October 8, 1895–April 9, 1961) was an Albanian politician and the first king of Albania from 1928 to 1939. ...


Born at Castle Burgajet, Mati, in 1860, he was the 3rd son of Xhelal Pasha Zogolli. He became governor of Mati upon the death of his brother, Riza. Castle Burgajet was a large fortified house and the birth-place, and family seat of, King Zog I of the Albanians. ...


He maried Malika Khanum in 1880 and after she died in childbirth in 1884, he married Sadijé Toptani (or Hanem, Queen Sadiya Khanum. Her title was later raised to Nëna Mbretëreshë i Shqiptarëvet ("Queen Mother of the Albanians"). 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Sadijé Toptani was the Queen Mother of Albania (Nëna Mbretëreshë i Shqiptarëvet) 1928-1939. ...


He died in 1911.


His sons were:

  1. Xhelal Bey Zogu
  2. A son by his second wife who died in infancy
  3. Zog of Albania

His Daughters: Xhelal Bey Zogu, Prince of Albania, was born May 14, 1881 to Xhemal Pasha Zogu (c. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

  1. Princess (Princësh) Adila
  2. Princess (Princësh) Nafisa
  3. Princess (Princësh) Xenia
  4. Princess (Princësh) Muza Jan
  5. Princess (Princësh) Ruqiya
  6. Princess (Princësh) Majida
Titles of Nobility
Preceded by:
Riza Zogolli
Hereditary Governor of Mati
?–1911
Succeeded by:
Ahmet Zogu

 

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