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'''Jovan Šibalija''' ([[Serbian Cyrillic]]: '''Јован Шибалија'''; c.1780-1810) is Serb from [[Montenegro]], [[Old Herzegovina]] and a member of the [[Drobnjak|Drobnjak tribe]]. Together with other [[Drobnjaci]] heroes, such as [[Šujo Karadžić]], [[Đoko Malović]], [[Gavrilo Šibalija]] and others, he offered great resistance to the Turks before and during the [[First Serbian Uprising]]. For the purpose of liberation and unification, he maintained ties with [[Karađorđe]], [[Petar Petrović-Njegoš I|Peter of Cetinje]] and Archimandrite Arsenije. He participated in the conquest of [[Belgrade]] in the First Serbian Uprising, together with [[Šujo Karadžić]], [[Vasa Čarapić]] and [[Uzun-Mirko]]. On that occasion, the Turks wounded him. Jovan Šibalija died replacing Karađorđe in a duel against the famous Turkish ''megdanji'' ([[Single combat]]) of that time, Turan Bey, who also died in the same duel. Jovan Šibalija was buried in [[Oplenac]] with full military honors.