Xhemal Pasha Zogu

Xhemal Pasha Zogu ([dʒɛ'mal pa'ʃa 'zɔɡu]; 1860–1911), also known as Jamal Pasha or Jamal Pasha Zogolli, was the Hereditary Governor of Mati, Albania (at the time part of the Ottoman Empire). He was the father of King Zog I of Albania.

Xhemal Pasha Zogu
Hereditary Governor of Mati
Born	1860 Burgajet Castle, Ottoman Empire
Died	1911 (aged 50–51) Burgajet Castle, Ottoman Empire
Burial	Burgajet Castle, Albania
Spouse	Melek Hanem Sadijé Hanem
House	Zogu
Father	Xhelal Pasha Zogolli
Mother	Ruhijé Hanem
Religion	Islam

Born at Burgajet Castle, Mati (or Constantinople), in 1860, he was the third son of Xhelal Pasha Zogolli and Ruhije Alltuni, from the wealthy Alltuni family of Kavajë. He was educated privately and became Hereditary Governor of Mati upon the death of his older brother, Riza.

During the Great Eastern Crisis, a meeting held in Debar (1880) by Albanian notables deciding on the course of action regarding the Ottoman cessation of Ulcinj to Montenegro, Xhemal was in the pro-government group advocating no action be taken and was against a declaration of Albanian autonomy in the Balkans.[1]

Xhemal married Zenja Malika Khanum (Melek Hanem) (Castle Burgajet, Mati, c. 1860 - Castle Burgajet, Mati, 1884), his cousin germain, in Mati in 1880; after she died in childbirth in 1884 he married Sadiya Khanum (Sadijé Hanem) in Mati in 1887. Her title was later changed to Nëna Mbretëreshë i Shqiptarëvet ("Queen Mother of the Albanians").

He became involved in an insurrection against the Ottomans planned for June 1903, which did not take place.