Gjergj Elez Alia (Bosnian: Alija Đerđelez, Turkish: Gürz Ilyas) is a popular legendary hero of poetry and literature in Bosnia and Albania. Muslims from Bosnian Krajina modeled the poetic image of Djerzelez Alija after the image of Christian Prince Marko, based on the historic person Ali Bey Mihaloğlu. Songs about Djerzelez Alija were transmitted by bilingual singers from South Slavic milieu to northern Albanian highlands milieu where Djerzelez Alija was renamed to Gjergj Elez Alia.
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