Kitsos Botsaris (Greek: Κίτσος Μπότσαρης; Albanian: Kiço Boçari[1]); 1741 in Missolonghi – 1813, in Arta),[2] was a leader of the Souliotes, an autonomous community in Ottoman-ruled Epirus.
He played a leading role in the aftermath of the last war between the Souliotes and the Ottoman ruler of Ioannina, Ali Pasha.
Soon Tzavellas managed to escape from Ali by offering his 12-year-old son as hostage, and joined the Souliotes.
Botsaris ordered the Souliotes to withdraw to inaccessible mountainous fortresses with provisions for 6 months.
The rest retreated in panic to Ioannina and Ali himself escaped with difficulty, exhausting to death two of his horses while fleeing.