Life of Byron
, p. 83). Hobhouse (
Journey through Albania, etc.
, vol. i. p. 193) says,
"The Vizier, for he is a Pasha of three tails, is a lively young man; and besides the Albanian, Greek, and Turkish languages, speaks Italian — an accomplishment not possessed, I should think, by any other man of his high rank in Turkey. It is reported that he, as well as his father, is preparing, in case of the overthrow of the Ottoman power, to establish an independent sovereignty."
Veli, in his father's struggle with the Sultan, betrayed Prevesa to the Turks. He was executed in 1822, and is buried at the Silivria Gate of Constantinople.
[cross-reference: return to Footnote 1 of Letter 146]
For "monastic Zitza," see