1804–1807) or Papazoglija (Папазоглија) was an Ottoman Bulgarian mercenary in Alija Gušanac's Dahije detachment in the Sanjak of Smederevo who switched sides to the Serb rebels during the First Serbian Uprising.
[1] He was at first a mercenary (krdžalija) in the forces of Alija Gušanac (who served the Dahije), with whom he arrived in Serbia.
[1] Papazoglija often, as he had done before, crossed deep into Ottoman territory with a strong unit of cavalry and infantry and plundered rich Turks and killed tyrants.
[1] Serbian supreme commander Karađorđe received an order by the Russians to issue penalties to any who cross into Ottoman territory.
[2] He returned to Crna Reka with great plunder, and was a guest at Petar Džoda's, who at night during his sleep murdered him with an axe.