Kučuk-Alija
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Kučuk Alija kills Hadži Mustafa Pasha in Belgrade, 15 December 1801 (1802 engraving) | |
| Birth name | Alija Đevrlić (Алија Ђеврлић) |
| Born | Rudnik, Sanjak of Smederevo, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Serbia) |
| Died | 5 August 1804 Ada Kaleh, Ottoman Empire |
| Allegiance | Ottoman Empire (1799–1801) "Dahije" (1801–04) |
| Branch | Janissary |
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Kučuk-Alija (Serbian Cyrillic: Кучук-Алија, Turkish: Küçük Ali; fl. 1801 – 5 August 1804) was a Janissary, mutesellim of Kragujevac and one of four Dahiyas (leaders of rebel Janissaries) who controlled the Sanjak of Smederevo (aka "Belgrade Pashalik") in the period between 15 December 1801 (when he killed Belgrade's vizier Hadži Mustafa Pasha) and the beginning of the First Serbian Uprising in Spring 1804. He was a brother of Sali Aga, a mutesellim of Rudnik Ottoman nahiyah at the beginning of 19th century.