Milutin Ilić

Milutin Ilić
NicknameProta Gučanin
Born1739 (1739)
Guča, Sanjak of Smederevo, Ottoman Empire
Died1814 (aged 74–75)
Ovčar-Kablar, Ottoman Empire
Buried
Holy Trinity Monastery, Ovčar-Kablar
AllegianceRevolutionary Serbia
Service years1804–1813
Rankvojvoda
UnitDragačevo
CommandsČačak area
Known forarchpriest, commander in Čačak
ChildrenĐoka Protić

Milutin Ilić (Serbian: Милутин Илић; 1739–1814), known by the demonym Gučanin (Гучанин), was a Serbian archpriest and commander in the First Serbian Uprising (1804–13).

Early life

Ilić was born in the village of Guča, in the Čačak nahiya.[1] The village was part of the Dragačevo knežina (Christian self-governing villages).[2] His paternal family, the Radešić, hailed from Herzegovina.[3] An ancestor called Đuđa was the village knez of Guča, and was killed in a Turk attack on the village in which many in his family were killed or taken slaves.[4] Only two boys survived, Đerman and Đerasim; Milutin was the grandson of Đerasim through Ilija (hence the patronymic Ilić).[5]

Ilić became the Orthodox archpriest in the Dragačevo parish and was seated in Guča.[5] He was respected among the people.[6]

Uprising

With the outbreak of the uprising, Ilić rose up Dragačevo,[7] and in the beginning of operations served under the command of general Milan Obrenović, and governed Dragačevo independently.[5] In his ten years of military activity, he was mostly under the command and supporting supreme commander Karađorđe's operations, and participated in many larger battles and lesser skirmishes, especially in the Užice and Čačak nahiyas.[7]

In 1805, he and the Dragačevo unit supported supreme commander Karađorđe at Karanovac (29 June–1 July).[7] After the battle, he was promoted to vojvoda (general) of Dragačevo by Karađorđe.[8] He participated in the siege of Užice (1 August [O.S. 20 July] 1805), a Dahije stronghold, alongside Radič Petrović, Lazar Mutap, the Obrenović brothers Milan and Miloš, Luka Lazarević, Jakov Nenadović, Milovan Grbović, Cincar-Janko and Petar Moler.[9] He was eventually made the starešina (chief) of all of the Čačak nahija.[8] He had under him lesser commanders Milić Radović from Kaone, Novak Bošković from Goračić, Ilija from Samajla, and his son Đoka Protić.[8]

In 1806, on the feast day of the Holy Trinity, Ilić intercepted the Janissary Ord-Aga from Sarajevo in the Lopate village in Dragačevo and managed to kill him and then cut off his head as a trophy; this event was made a epic poem titled Boj na Lopatu.[10] He then fought at Ponikve against Đul-Beg and Mehmed-Beg, decimated their 1,500 troops by half.[7]

In 1807 he supported Karađorđe at Užice, with the town being surrendered on 10 July [O.S. 28 June] 1807.[7]

On 11 January 1811, Ilić received the vojvoda (general) diploma and the governorship of the villages of Guča, Rogača, Osok, Markovica, Kojić, Tijanje, Turica, Iritari, Dučelovići, Tučkovo, Dren, Čučanik, Negrišori, Lisica, Puovo, Pilatović, Kapica, Požega, Bakionica, Prijanović, Lopat, Kravarica Donja, Kravarica Gornja, Virovo, Cerovo, Trešnjevica, Mirosaljci.[5] With Novak Bošković and Milić Radović he was to appoint two or three kmet (serfs) to become judges in the magistrate at Karanovac, educated by the Serbian Governing Council, and also set up four postage offices.[5] His son Đoka Protić was also appointed vojvoda in Dragačevo as Ilić was old.[11]

With the Ottoman suppression of the uprising in 1813, Ilić and his son stayed in monasteries and woods and did not flee to the Habsburg monarchy as the majority of rebel leaders did.[12] He died on 14 January 1814 at the Monastery of the Holy Trinity in the Ovčar-Kablar gorge where he was buried.[13] His son was killed while kidnapped by Ottoman troops during the Second Serbian Uprising.[14]

The archpriest Milutin Ilić was described as a very reasonable and wise man, great hero and skillful commander.[8] He was very respected among the people and rebel leadership.[8]

See also

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References

  1. ^ Milićević 1888, p. 115, Nenadović 1884, p. 690
  2. ^ Pavlović 1990, p. 126.
  3. ^ Milićević 1888, p. 115.
  4. ^ Milićević 1888, pp. 115–116.
  5. ^ a b c d e Milićević 1888, p. 116.
  6. ^ Milićević 1888, p. 116, Nenadović 1884, p. 690
  7. ^ a b c d e Nenadović 1884, p. 690.
  8. ^ a b c d e Nenadović 1884, p. 691.
  9. ^ Milutinović, Dragutin (1895). "Iz Srbijanke Sime Milutinovića: Prvi pohod na Užice". Godišnjica Nikole Čupića. XV. Državna Štamparija: 211.
  10. ^ Milićević 1888, p. 116, Nenadović 1884, p. 691-693
  11. ^ Milićević 1888, p. 117.
  12. ^ Milićević 1888, p. 117, Nenadović 1884, p. 691
  13. ^ Milićević 1888, p. 117, Nenadović 1884, p. 691
  14. ^ Milićević 1888, p. 118.

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