Written by Petrit Latifi

The following articles lists old publication where Hadji Petros is refered to as “Albanian”.

Miss Lesley Blanch refers to Hadji Petros an Albanian.

“Miss Lesley Blanch relates the lives of four women who became renowned through their lives in the East. Though at first glance they seem to lack any mutual similarity, they were each able to direct affairs about them as they could never have done in Europe, and achieved some startling results. After this she became involved with the Albanian general Hadji-Petros, also a favourite of Amalie’s, but this did not last either and Jane set off on a voyage to Syria for a change of scenery and a rest from passion, as she thought, However, on the way to Palmyra…”¹

Hadji Petros was an Albanian brigand chief²

“Hadji Petros was an Albanian brigand chief, who had been made general of the garrison at Lamia, Greece, for his part in the Greek War of Independence.”³

Albanian General Hadji Petros takes Miss Lesley Blanch to live in the caves

“… Albanian General Hadji Petros , who took her (Miss Lesley Blanch) to live in the caves and cliffs of the Balkans, where he fought. She then left Europe for the East, where she met and married the Bedouin sheik. She said he was an intelligent man …”⁴

Hadji Petros is refered to as “Albanian swashbuckler”

“After the last few relationships in Greece, one with a Count Spyridon Theotoky and another with an Albanian swashbuckler, General Xristodoloous Hadji-Petros, who took her off into the reckless life of the Balkan mountains”… ⁵

References

1. https://www.google.se/books/edition/Kulliyah/zIkeAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Hadji+Petros+albanais&dq=Hadji+Petros+albanais&printsec=frontcover ↩︎
2. https://www.nytimes.com/1973/02/25/archives/the-heart-is-an-impetuous-traveler-farewell-gesture-dearest-mama.html ↩︎
3. https://www.google.se/books/edition/Land_of_Eagles/67WKDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Hadji+Petros+albanian&pg=PA178&printsec=frontcover ↩︎
4. https://www.google.se/books/edition/Attraverso_i_mondi_Memorie_di_Richard_Fr/oPItEQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Hadji+Petros+albanesi&pg=PT227&printsec=frontcover ↩︎
5. Edward Rice’s biography of “Richard Francis Burton”, 1870. ↩︎