Petar Dobrnjac

Petar Dobrnjac
Native name
Петар Теодоровић
Birth namePetar Teodorović
Other name(s)Petar Dobrnjac
Born1771 (1771)
Dobrnje, Sanjak of Smederevo, Ottoman Empire
Died1831 (1832) (aged 60)
Allegiance Revolutionary Serbia
RankBimbaša
Voivode
Battles / warsBattle of Deligrad, Battle of Ivankovac

Petar Teodorović (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Теодоровић; 1771–1831),[1] known as Petar Dobrnjac (Петар Добрњац) was a Serbian Vojvoda in the First Serbian Uprising. He was born in the Požarevac nahija, in the village of Dobrnje, Petrovac.[2] In his youth, he was a hajduk, and later a trader in farm animals. He had a brother Stevan Dobrnjac who with Marko Todorović launched a short-lived revolt against Miloš Obrenović in 1821.[3]

Role in the Uprising

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In 1804, the year of the First Serbian Uprising, he was a Buljubaša, the commander of a četa (company), under Milenko Stojković.[4] In 1805 he took part in the Battle of Ivankovac against Hafuz Pasha.[5] On his initiative Serbs came to the idea to fortify themself in the battle which proved crucial for Serbian victory.[6][7] Afterwards, the Governing Council-Soviet (Правитељствујушчи совјет) awarded him the rank of Bimbaša (a commander of 1000 men) and Vojvoda.[citation needed]

After the Battle of Deligrad in 1806 against Ibrahim Bushati, pasha of Scutari, he became one of the most important men in Serbia.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Balkanski, Ostoja Gordanić (2004). Renovators of Serbian State, 1804-1839: Reliefs. Historical Museum of Serbia. p. 52. ISBN 978-86-82925-06-4. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  2. ^ Simon, Thomas; Bender, Gerd; Kirov, Juri, eds. (30 April 2017). "The Beginning of Serbian Constitutionality". Konflikt und Koexistenz (in German). Klostermann. doi:10.5771/9783465143109. ISBN 978-3-465-04310-2. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  3. ^ Wilson, Sir Duncan (1986). The Life and Times of Vuk Stefanović Karadzić, 1787-1864: Literacy, Literature, and National Independence in Serbia. Michigan Slavic Publications. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-930042-63-9. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  4. ^ Nenadović, Konstantin N. (1884). Život i dela velikog Dorda Petrovića Kara (in Serbian). Jovana N.'s Publishing House. p. 795. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  5. ^ Fourteen Centuries of Struggle for Freedom. Belgrade Military Museum. 1968. p. xxxi.
  6. ^ Суботић, Војислав (2006). Меморијали ослободилачких ратова Србије, Book 1, Volumes 1-2. Влада Републике Србије, Министарство рада, запошљавања и социјалне политике. p. 101. ISBN 9788676860678.
  7. ^ Stanojević, Ljiljana (2004). The First Serbian Uprising and the Restoration of the Serbian State. Historical Museum of Serbia, Gallery of the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts. p. 57. ISBN 9788670253711.