Essad Pasha Toptani
 Essad Pasha Toptani or Esad Pasha Toptani (Albanian: Esad Pashë Toptani; c.. 1863 – 13 June 1920) primarily known as Essad Pasha was Ottoman army officer Albanian deputy in the Ottoman parliament and politician in the early 20th century in Albania. He was cooperating with the Balkan League after the Balkan Wars and established a state in central Albania based in Durrës called the Republic of Central Albania.