title: Harambaša
text: # Harambaša
  
  Harambaša (Serbian Cyrillic: Харамбаша) was the rank for a senior commander of a hajduk band (brigand gangs).
  
  ## Etymology
  
  It is derived from Turkish word for bandit leader (Turkish: haramibaşı; haram - "Bandit" + baş - "Head"), and was like some other Ottoman Turkish titles adopted into the irregular militias of Montenegrin, Serbian, Croatian rebels (bimbaša, serdar, buljubaša).
  
  ## Usage
  
  * Montenegrin hajduks
  * Serbian hajduks
  * Military Frontier: Seressaners, Pandurs, and others.
  * Serbian Revolution, most of the supreme commanders were former harambaša's
  * Military of Principality of Montenegro
  * Serbian Orthodox tradition of Čuvari Hristovog Groba ("Keepers of Christ's Grave") in Vrlika, Croatia
  