Sali Aga

Sali Aga Đevrlić, also known as the Rudnik Bull, was a mutesellim (local governor) of the nahiyah (Ottoman administrative district) of Rudnik in what is now Serbia at the beginning of the 19th century. He was a brother of Kučuk Alija, who was a Janissary, a mutesellim and one of four Dahiyas (leaders of rebel Janissaries) who controlled Belgrade Pashaluk from 1802 until the beginning of the First Serbian Uprising.

Biography

Sali Aga was born to the Đevrlić family from Rudnik. Before the First Serbian Uprising he was appointed by the Dahiyas to the position of mutesellim of Rudnik nahiyah and became known for his cruelty towards the local Christian population. He was particularly proud of his nickname, "Rudnik bull", which he received because of orgies with the local Christian population that he organized for him and his men. On Sali Aga's orders Christian brides and young women were brought to his wooden house near Rudnik every Sunday to dance in front of him so he could choose the most beautiful of them. If there was more than one bride he liked he would choose them to stay with him for the night. Sometimes he would keep a bride with him for a longer time. While they danced they sang songs dedicated to him, some of them still preserved in sources.

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Żagań

Żagań [ˈʐaɡaɲ] (French and German: Sagan, Upper Sorbian: Zahań, Czech: Zaháň, Latin: Saganum) is a town on the Bóbr river in western Poland, with 26,253 inhabitants (2010). The town is the capital of Żagań County in the historic region of Silesia. Previously in the Zielona Góra Voivodeship (1975–1998), Żagań has been in the Lubusz Voivodeship since 1999. Before 1945 it was part of Germany.

Toponymy

The town's name probably means "place of the burnt forest" (pol. żegać, żagiew): probably referring to the burning of primaeval forest by early settlers. If this is correct, it is consistent with the names of nearby places: Żary, Zgorzelec, Pożarów.

Geography

Żagań is located roughly halfway between Cottbus and Wroclaw/Breslau, approximately 100 meters above sea level and at the centre of the Żagań administrative district. It is approximately 100 km (63 miles) north of the Polish frontier with the former Czechoslovakia (now the Czech republic), and since the most recent reconfiguration of the frontiers has been located approximately 40 km (25 miles) to the east of the Polish frontier with Germany (formerly East Germany). The rural district of Żagań surrounds the town on its northern, eastern and southern sides. Iłowa lies to the south-west and the rural district of Żary is to the north-west. The Rivers Bóbr and Kwisa meet up just outside the town on its south-eastern side.

Țaga

Ţaga (Hungarian: Cege; German: Zegen) is a commune in Cluj County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Năsal (Noszoly), Sântejude (Vasasszentegyed), Sântejude-Vale (Vasasszentegyedi völgy), Sântioana (Vasasszentiván) and Ţaga.

Demographics

According to the census from 2002 there was a total population of 2,162 people living in this commune. Of this population, 91.67% are ethnic Romanians, 6.15% are ethnic Hungarians and 2.12% ethnic Romani.

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Church (Ţaga)

Church (Ţaga)

Traditional house (Ţaga)

Traditional house (Ţaga)

Wass Castle (Ţaga)

Wass Castle (Ţaga)

Reformed church, 15th century (Năsal)

Reformed church, 15th century (Năsal)

Wooden church, 1804 (Năsal)

Wooden church, 1804 (Năsal)

Reformed church (Sântejude)

Reformed church (Sântejude)

Wooden church (Sântejude)