Milenko Stojković
Milenko Stojković (Serbian Cyrillic: Миленко Стојковић; 1769, Kličevac, Požarevac – 1831) was a Serbian revolutionary and bimbaša in the First Serbian Uprising early in the 19th century. He is most famous for executing four dahije (renegade janissaries) tyrants during the start of the First Serbian Uprising, in vengeance for the "Slaughter of the Knezes".
Stojković
Having apprehended and, while running away, Milenko executed the Turkish tyrants Aganlija, Kucuk Alija, Mula Jusuf and Mehmed Focic, responsible for the killing of Serbian Princes that triggered the First Serbian Uprising, on the island of Ada Kaleh on the River Danube.
See also
Sources
- Simić, Tomislav M. (2003). Gospodar Milenko Stojković. Istorijski arhiv. ISBN 978-86-82395-13-3.
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