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"Helena of Albania", who was Nora of Kelmendi

2022-10-18 18:04:03Histori SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
"Helena of Albania", who was Nora of Kelmendi
Nora of Kelmendi

Nora e Kelmendi was an Albanian noblewoman of the 17th century who has already become a legend for her beauty and bravery.

She is also known as "Helena of Albania" for her beauty and for the fact that she caused a great war. It is also called the Albanian Brünhilde, since she herself is the most important woman warrior in the history of Albania. There are two versions of the legendary Nora: both end with Nora killing a Pasha of the Ottoman army, who had promised to turn the Highlands to ashes if Nora did not become his wife.

The events take place around 1637, while according to older sources during the clash of the Kelmendi tribe with the Ottomans in 1638 or 1639. Nora's father, a noble warrior, wanted a son to help him fight against the Ottoman Empire. When Nora was born, he abandoned her in an orphanage. His sister (Nora's aunt), knowing her brother's actions, adopted Nora and raised him as a son. Nora's father, out of a desire to train him and make him a warrior, and thinking that this was his sister's adopted son, decided to train him as a warrior, not knowing that he was training his own daughter. When Nora grew up, she became the most beautiful girl in Malsia. She was said to be as beautiful as a real Mountain Fairy. The fame of her beauty spread throughout the country. A pasha who lived in Rozafat of Shkodra heard about him. One day, Nora went down to the city with her parents. Pasha came out of the castle and fell in love with Nora as soon as he laid eyes on her.

Being from Bosnia, which has traditions similar to those of Albania, the pasha wanted to marry under the Albanian laws of the Kanun, which meant that he would send a trusted man to Nora's house and ask for her hand. However, Nora's family replied that the Albanian Canon does not allow the marriage of girls with non-Albanians. The pasha was not used to such rejections and meanwhile kept a large harem. He sneered: "Either Nora will become my wife, or I will burn all of Malsia to ashes." The Pasha then led his army and besieged Malsina. Nora had proven to be a warrior, but now it was her duty to prove that she was also wise, and for this she must save the Highlands from destruction. So she hatched a plan to kill the Bosnian Pasha.

There are two versions of the event

In the first version, Nora claims that she will marry the Pasha without her family's permission. Dressed in a robe, she goes to the Pasha's tent. Pasha, as soon as he sees Nora, falls to his knees and begins to pray, believing that Nora was a real gift from God for his services to him. The Pasha orders his troops to rest and prepare to return to Shkodër. The soldiers, all amused, throw down their weapons and start celebrating by poking their noses into bags of hashish. When all was quiet around the Pasha's tent, Nora took out the dagger that her father had given her and that had been passed down through many generations of the family (this dagger had magical powers, for no man whom he held in his hand had died of wounds inflicted by his opponents—very unusual at that time and in that troubled region) and thrusting it at the pasha, kicked him on the back of the head, and hold his breath so he couldn't scream. The Pasha dropped the Persian carpet on him. At this point, Nora could no longer stab him, as it is shameful for Albanians to stab someone who is not standing. Nora escapes and, as planned, Malsija's army attacks the Ottomans, and temporarily wins over them. But the Pasha survived his wounds, gathered the soldiers and followed Nora to the house, where Nora kills him in a duel. because it is a shame for Albanians to hit someone who is not standing. Nora escapes and, as planned, Malsija's army attacks the Ottomans, and temporarily wins over them. But the Pasha survived his wounds, gathered the soldiers and followed Nora to the house, where Nora kills him in a duel. because it is a shame for Albanians to hit someone who is not standing. Nora escapes and, as planned, Malsija's army attacks the Ottomans, and temporarily wins over them. But the Pasha survived his wounds, gathered the soldiers and followed Nora to the house, where Nora kills him in a duel.

"Helena of Albania", who was Nora of Kelmendi

In a second version of the legend, Nora does not go to the tent. When the armies fight, some of the Ottomans break away from the army to attack the villages. Nora leads an army of 300 women against the Ottomans who were burning, looting and raping, she goes before the Pasha and kills him in a duel. In both versions, Nora kills the pasha in a fair duel. In both versions the Pasha's name is Vutsi Pasha from Bosnia.

Historical events

Burimet historike japin një version më pak folklorik dhe përqendrohen më shumë në betejën e vazhdueshme prej mbi një dekadë mes Osmanëve dhe malësorëve të Kelmendit, fillimisht për shkak të bashkëpunimit të tyre me malazezët, dhe famës së tyre si malësorët më kokëfortë në mes të fiseve shqiptare, në vend të portretit të Norës apo heroinave të tjera, edhe pse këto burime përmendin se gratë kanë luftuar bashkë me burrat. Sipas Pjetër Bogdanit, në Cuneus Prophetarum, ishin rreth 500 kelmendas që sulmuan ushtrinë Osmane prej 12,000 forcash. François Lenormant në veprën Turcs et Monténégrins (Paris, 1866) përmend një ushtri Osmane prej 30,000 burrash kundër 900 kelmendasve, ndërsa konflikti fillon në vitin 1624 dhe kulmon në vitin 1638.

Another description comes from Father F. Arcangelo da Salto, theologian and councilor of Savoy and consultant from the Holy See, who mentions about 700 kelmendas, and 4,000 Ottoman victims, in the publication Vita del Venerabile Padre Fr. Bonaventura da Palazzuolo Riformato, vol. II, Venice, October 1722.


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