Alioth

(ul-e'oth.) [Ar.] The star e in the cons tel. Ursa Major. A'li Pash'a, Vizier of Janina, B. 1744, was the son of an Albanian chief. He early became an independent chief, and waged war against the Porte for nearly fifty years, bringing under his sway a wide extent of territory, which the Turkish govt. sanctioned his holding, together with the rank of pasha. A a inated by order of the Porto, 1822. [s. 20]