Karaïskákis, Geórgios

Karaïskákis, Geórgios

▪ Greek rebel
born c. 1780, , Mavrommati, Ágrafa, Epirus [Greece]
died May 5, 1827, Athens

      a klepht, or brigand chief, who played an important role in the Greek War of Independence. He is remembered both for his treachery and for his reckless courage.

      A native of the district of Ágrafa in Epirus, a region known for its bandits and rebels, Karaïskákis served in the armatoli (armatole), or militia, and participated in the struggles between the Turkish authorities and the rebel Ali Paşa (Ali Paşa Tepelenë), pasha of Ioánnina (Janina). He served in Ali's bodyguard (1808–20) but was on the Turkish side when the pasha was defeated and killed in February 1822. During the next few years he fought with the Greek patriots in western Greece but capitulated to the Turks whenever the struggle for independence seemed a poor risk.

      Despite his treachery and selfish ambition, Karaïskákis was a brave warrior and one of the few Greek commanders the Turks actually feared. Pardoned by the Greek central government at Nauplia, he put down a regional revolt in the Peloponnese in the autumn of 1824; in April 1826, as commander of the armatoli, he attempted to relieve the second siege of Missolonghi; his illness and the lack of discipline of the armatoli, however, prevented him from giving the Missolonghiots effective support in their attempt to break through Turkish lines, and few of the defenders survived. He was killed at the relief of the siege of the Acropolis in Athens in 1827.

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