Ahmet Kurt Pasha
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Ahmet Kurt Pasha was an Albanian pasha and the founder and the first ruler of the Pashalik of Berat, a semi-autonomous area within the Ottoman Empire. He possibly descends from the Muzaka family, which in the late Middle Ages had founded the Lordship of Berat.
Creation of the Pashalik
During the era of the Pashalik, he built the popular Gorica Bridge in the town of Berat in 1777.
See also
Sources
- "History of Albanian People" Albanian Academy of Science. ISBN 99927-1-623-1