Lambros Tzavelas

{{Short description|Souliot military leader (1745–1792)}}

Lambros Tzavelas ({{langx|el|Λάμπρος Τζαβέλας}}; {{langx|sq|Llambro Xhavella}},{{cite book|title=Fjalor enciklopedik shqiptar: N-Zh dhe një shtojcë|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dkc5AQAAIAAJ|year=2009|publisher=Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë|isbn = 9789995610326|quote=Llambro Xhavella ( 1745-1792 ) ...}} 1745–1792) was a Souliot leader. He was famous for his role in the Souliot struggles against Ali Pasha, the Pasha of Yanina. Tzavelas was born in Souli.{{cite book|title=Fjalor enciklopedik shqiptar|author1=Buda, A.|author2=Akademia e Shkencave e RPS të Shqipërisë|author3=Fjalori enciklopedik shqiptar|date=1985|publisher=Akademia e Shkencave e RPSSH|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NDNBAQAAIAAJ}}

He was sent to help Ali Pasha to capture Gjirokastër with seventy Souliotes.{{cite book|title=Constable's miscellany of original and selected publications|author=Constable and co, ltd|date=1830|url=https://archive.org/details/constablesmisce02ltdgoog}} He was betrayed and his son Foto was captured and held prisoner in Castro castle in Ioannina, while Lambros was let free.{{cite book|title=The Greek Struggle for Independence, 1821-1833|author=Dakin, D.|date=1973|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520023420|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rk1iVvOr6RUC}} Foto was released by Ali Pasha's son, Veli Pasha.{{cite book|title=Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China and Australasia|date=1828|volume=25|publisher=Black, Parbury, & Allen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ips3AQAAMAAJ|page=762|accessdate=2014-10-05}} He became the leader of the Souliotes following the death of his father. His grandson was Kitsos Tzavelas.