After Kočina Krajina, Pavle was elected Knyaz in Vranić. Until the First Serbian Uprising, he fought against the Turks, although he was friends with Aganlija. He escaped the Slaughter of the Knezes in 1804, thanks to that friendship, and on that occasion, he saved his friends Janko Katić, Sima Marković, Milisav Čamdžija, Nikola Nikolajević and others.