Konda Bimbaša

Konda (Serbian Cyrillic: Конда, fl. March 1804–d. May/June 1807) was an Ottoman Greek mercenary in Alija Gušanac's Dahije detachment in the Sanjak of Smederevo who switched sides to the Serb rebels during the First Serbian Uprising, proclaimed a hero for his efforts in the Siege of Belgrade (1806).

Konda, an Orthodox Christian, was according to his contemporary, Triantafyllos Doukas, born in the frontier of Ioannina in Epirus (now Greece). According to some, he was Greek-Aromanian. He began his military career in 1804, as a mercenary (krdžalija) in the forces of Alija Gušanac. Gušanac served the Dahije, the renegade Janissaries that took over the Sanjak of Smederevo defying the Sultan since 1801. After the slaughter of the Knezes (January 1804), the Serbs decided to rise up against the Dahije after gathering in Orašac on 14 February. They crushed the power of the Dahije by August, but some towns were still held by the Dahije. The Ottomans now turned against the Serbs, and Gušanac had by then joined the Ottomans. In March 1804, with Gušanac's forces, Konda had gone to the Morava, around Ćuprija, and from there to the city of Belgrade where he stayed until prior to autumn 1806. At that time, he had the rank of bölükbaşı (captain). Konda joined the Serb rebels three months prior to the siege of Belgrade which took place on 30 November (St. Andrew's Day). He received the rank of bimbaša (major) in the rebel army, hence, is known as Konda Bimbaša (Конда Бимбаша) in historiography.

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