Mandra, Haskovo Province

Village in Haskovo Province, Bulgaria

Mandra

Village

Mandra

Location in Bulgaria

Coordinates: 41°49′08″N 25°30′14″E﻿ / ﻿41.819°N 25.504°E﻿ / 41.819; 25.504
Country|  Bulgaria
Province| Haskovo Province
Municipality| Haskovo
Time zone| UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+3 (EEST)

Mandra is a village in the municipality of Haskovo, in Haskovo Province, in southern Bulgaria.[1]

The prominent Ottoman Ayan Hasköylü Emin Ağa, who belonged to the Bulgarian Turks, was born 1751 in this village [citation needed]. Around 1794-1795 he became the captain of 25.000 Kardzhali's, a band of Mountain Bandits (Rumeli Dağlı İsyanları) in Rumelia, and ruled the Kardzhali-Haskovo area, de facto independent of the Sublime Porte. He built a big konak, which today can only be seen as a ruin. He took many Bulgarian women to his harem. Among them, there was Güzel Gergana (the beautiful Gergana), who played a major role in his downfall, although she was pregnant by him at that time. His eldest son was Selim. Emin Aga's brother was called Mehmed. The Kardzhali gang attacked Edirne, at the 1806 Edirne incident.

Emin Ağa's rule ended in 1813 when he was defeated by the Sublime port, he died in 1830.

## References

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1. ^ Guide Bulgaria, Accessed May 24, 2010

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Haskovo Municipality

Capital: Haskovo

Villages|

* Aleksandrovo
* Bryagovo
* Dinevo
* Dolno Golemantsi
* Dolno Voyvodino
* Elena
* Galabets
* Garvanovo
* Golemantsi
* Gorno Voyvodino
* Klokotnitsa
* Knizhovnik
* Konush
* Koren
* Kozlets
* Krivo Pole
* Lyubenovo
* Malevo
* Manastir
* Mandra
* Maslinovo
* Momino
* Nikolovo
* Nova Nadezhda
* Orlovo
* Podkrepa
* Rodopi
* Shiroka Polyana
* Stamboliyski
* Stoykovo
* Teketo
* Trakiets
* Uzundzhovo
* Vaglarovo
* Voyvodovo
* Zornitsa

Landmarks|

* Aleksandrovo tomb
* Church of the Assumption

Culture|

* Battle of Klokotnitsa

Notable people|

* Tane Nikolov
* Asen Zlatarov
* Stanimir Stoilov
* Grigor Dimitrov
* Mamin Kolyu
* Moshe Dvoretzky
* Dimitar Inkiow

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