Among his early associates was a Solyman Dervish, who had afterwards become his confidential agent in several im-
portant negociations. They had some differ-
ence of opinion ; on which Solyman left his
service, retired to a convent, and took the
order of a dervish. When he heard of the
death of his old friend and master, he was
much concerned ; and, when his head was ex-
posed, he purchased it from the public execu-
tioner for a higher price than the merchant
had offered. He afterwards obtained the
heads of his three sons, and of his grandson,
who were all decapitated in succession, under
various pretences ; and having deposited them
in this spot, he placed over them the tomb-
stones 1 had seen just opposite the Selyvria
gate, that all who came there might see them
and read their fate.
On the first stone is the following inscrip-
tion : — **
Here lies the head of the once cele-
brated Tepedelenly Ali Pasha, Governor of
the Sangiac of Yanena ; who for upwards of
fifty years pretended to independence in Al-
bania."
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