Smail Agha Čengić
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Smail-aga Čengić (Serbian: Смаил-ага Ченгић; 1780 – 23 September 1840) was an Ottoman Bosnian lord (with the title of aga) and general in the Ottoman Army. In 1831–32, Čengić was one of the Ottoman generals that fought against Husein Gradaščević, who was leading a rebellion in Bosnia against the central Ottoman government.
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Smail-aga Čengić Смаил-ага Ченгић | |
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Born | 1780 (1780) Jelašce, Kalinovik, Bosnia Eyalet, Ottoman Empire |
Died | (aged 60) Mljetičak, Nikšić, Herzegovina Eyalet, modern-day Montenegro |
Allegiance | Ottoman Empire |
Years of service | 1809–40 |
Battles/wars | First Serbian Uprising (1809–13) Bosnian uprising (1831–2) Battle of Grahovo (1836) |
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Čengić was killed by Novica Cerović as revenge for killing the younger brother of the Prince-Bishop of Montenegro, Petar II Petrović-Njegoš. His death inspired the 1846 epic poem The Death of Smail-aga Čengić by Ivan Mažuranić.[1][2][3]