Xhemal Pasha Zogu
Xhemal Pasha Zogu ([dʒɛ'mal pa'ʃa 'zɔɡu]; 1860–1911), also known as Jamal Pasha or Jamal Pasha Zogolli, was the Hereditary Governor of Mati, Albania (at the time part of the Ottoman Empire). He was the father of King Zog I of Albania.
Xhemal Pasha Zogu
1911 (aged 50–51)
Burgajet Castle, Ottoman Empire
Zenja Malika Hanem
Sadije Hanem
by Malika
Prince Xhelal Zogu
Stillbirth child
by Sadije
Princess Adile
Zog I, King of Albania
Princess Nafije
A son
Senije, Princess of Turkey
Princess Myzejen
Princess Ruhije
Princess Maxhide
Ruhije Hanem
Born at Burgajet Castle, Mati (or Constantinople), in 1860, he was the third son of Xhelal Pasha Zogolli and Ruhije Alltuni, from the wealthy Alltuni family of Kavajë. He was educated privately and became Hereditary Governor of Mati upon the death of his older brother, Riza.
During the Great Eastern Crisis, a meeting held in Debar (1880) by Albanian notables deciding on the course of action regarding the Ottoman cessation of Ulcinj to Montenegro, Xhemal was in the pro-government group advocating no action be taken and was against a declaration of Albanian autonomy in the Balkans.[1]
Xhemal married Zenja Malika Khanum (Melek Hanem) (Castle Burgajet, Mati, c. 1860 - Castle Burgajet, Mati, 1884), his first cousin, in Mati in 1880; after she died in childbirth in 1884 he married Sadiya Khanum (Sadijé Hanem) in Mati in 1887. Her title was later changed to Nëna Mbretëreshë i Shqiptarëvet ("Queen Mother of the Albanians").
He became involved in an insurrection against the Ottomans planned for June 1903, which did not take place.
By Zenja Malika Hanem, Xhemal had a son and a stillbirth child
By Sadije Toptani, Xhemal had two sons and six daughters: