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Zenebishi (who was the leader of the most powerful tribe in the vicinity of Ioannina) formed an alliance against Carlo Tocco. They won an open-field battle against Tocco in 1412, but were unable to take over Ioannina. Tocco relied on support from the local Greeks. In 1414, Muriq Shpata died, and
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ZENEBISI, GHIN ( -1418) Mediaeval ruler. Ghin
Zenebisi, also known as John Zenevisi and by the Albanian neologism of Gjon Zenebishti, descended from a family of the Zagoria region between Gjirokastra and Përmet. In 1380, he was given the title of sevastocrator of Vagenetia, which corresponds to the
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Catholic lords of Arta asked the Ottoman troops for protection against the invading Albanian clan of the Zenebishi; the Ottomans routed the raiders and restored order in Epirus. Zenebishi submitted to the Ottomans after their victory against
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Letzterer hatte von Helena Vre« llubowna nur zwei Töchter, von denen die eine mit Ghin
Zenevisi, Sevastokrator von Vagenetia und Herrn von Argyrokastron und Parakolo, vermählt war, und Irene, die, ebenso sehr durch Muth und Tugend,
742:İskender'in yeğeni olan bu Hamza Kastriyota ile yine Arnavut senyörlerinden Gin Zenibisi'nin oğlu olup Osmanlı devleti hizmetinde bulunara 1460'da Mora'da Mizistra sancakbeyliği etmiş olan Hamza Zenebisi'yi birbirine karıştır mamalıdır.
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Albanian Zenevisi clan from Gjirokastër. The Muslim Turkish mercenaries routed the Albanian raiders and restored order in
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court of the Sultan, this time of Sultan Mehmed the
Conqueror, but fled to Naples where King Alphonso had him baptized and made him his vassal. The fate of this Alfonso Zenebishi was to be closely linked to that of Skanderbeg.
858:...Lord John Sarbissa (Zenevisi) was lord of the town of Gjirokastra and the region of Vagenetia and Paracalo (Parakalamo). This then passed to the son of Lord John, called Lord Amos Sarbissa (Zenevisi)...
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