The Ottoman state killed Ali Pasha of Ioannina in 1822 and confiscated more than 950 farms

Ali Pasha ruled Ioannina and much of Epirus for decades. The Ottoman government declared him a rebel in 1820. Hurşid Ahmed Pasha besieged him, and Ali took refuge in the Pandeleimon Monastery on the lake after a promise that his life would be spared. Hurşid then produced a sultan's decree ordering his execution. Ali resisted and was killed in the fight. His head was sent to Istanbul, displayed with a placard listing his crimes and buried outside the Silivrikapı gate. His sons Muhtar, Veli and Salih and his grandson Mehmed had already been executed, and their heads were buried with his. His body was buried in Ioannina beside his wife Emine. The state then confiscated his property. Registers made after his death recorded more than 950 farms and more than 2.5 million kuruş in cash. In 1817 his three sons' combined income had been about 7 million kuruş. The state was still selling his farms at Yenişehir in 1858 and 1859. When Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha was executed in 1683, the state took about 2,500 purses of cash and 2,000 purses of jewels but left his palaces to his children. In 2026 Ali Pasha's tomb stands in the Its Kale citadel of Ioannina^†.