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Wars</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><b>Early Ottoman invasions and <a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Albania" title="Sanjak of Albania">rule</a></b> <small>(1385–1443)</small> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ohrid#Middle_Ages" title="Ohrid">Ohrid</a> <small>(1375)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Savra" title="Battle of Savra">Savra</a> <small>(1385)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kosovo" title="Battle of Kosovo">Kosovo</a> <small>(1389)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muzaka_family#Ottoman_Empire_period" title="Muzaka family">Bayezid I's Campaign</a> <small>(1394)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Ohrid_(1395)" title="Siege of Ohrid (1395)">Ohrid</a> <small>(1395)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zenevisi_family#Ottoman_period" title="Zenevisi family">Zenevisi War</a> <small>(1414–18)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niketa_Thopia#Life" title="Niketa Thopia">Krujë</a> <small>(1415)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodor_Corona_Musachi#Ottoman_invasion" title="Theodor Corona Musachi">Muzaka War</a> <small>(1415–17)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gjon_Kastriot#War_with_the_Ottomans" class="mw-redirect" title="Gjon Kastriot">Kastrioti War</a> <small>(1428–30)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_revolt_of_1432%E2%80%9336" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian revolt of 1432–36">Albanian Revolt</a> <small>(1432–36)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodor_Corona_Musachi#Revolt" title="Theodor Corona Musachi">Muzaka Revolt</a> <small>(1437–38)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skanderbeg%27s_rebellion#Background" title="Skanderbeg's rebellion">Arianiti Revolt</a> <small>(1443)</small></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Skanderbeg%27s_rebellion" title="Skanderbeg's rebellion">Skanderbeg's Rebellion</a></b> <small>(1443–1468)</small> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Skanderbeg%27s_rebellion#Early_battles" title="Skanderbeg's rebellion">Svetigrad</a> <small>(1443)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Torvioll" title="Battle of Torvioll">Torvioll</a> <small>(1444)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mokra_(1445)" title="Battle of Mokra (1445)">Mokra</a> <small>(1445)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Otonet%C3%AB" title="Battle of Otonetë">Otonetë</a> <small>(1446)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Svetigrad_(1448)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Svetigrad (1448)">Svetigrad</a> <small>(1448)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Oranik_(1448)" title="Battle of Oranik (1448)">Oranik</a> <small>(1448)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kruj%C3%AB_(1450)" title="Siege of Krujë (1450)">Krujë</a> <small>(1450)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehmed_II%27s_first_Albanian_campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Mehmed II's first Albanian campaign">Mehmed II's first Campaign</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mehmed_II%27s_first_Albanian_campaign#Battle_of_Modrič" class="mw-redirect" title="Mehmed II's first Albanian campaign">Modrica</a> <small>(1452)</small> • <a href="/wiki/Mehmed_II%27s_first_Albanian_campaign#Battle_of_Meçad" class="mw-redirect" title="Mehmed II's first Albanian campaign">Meçad</a> <small>(1452)</small>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Polog" title="Battle of Polog">Pollog</a> <small>(1453)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Berat_(1455)" title="Siege of Berat (1455)">Berat</a> <small>(1455)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Oranik_(1456)" title="Battle of Oranik (1456)">Oranik</a> <small>(1456)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Albulena" title="Battle of Albulena">Albulena</a> <small>(1457)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sati_(castle)#During_Skanderbeg's_rebellion" title="Sati (castle)">Sati</a> <small>(1459)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mokra_(July_1462)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Mokra (July 1462)">Mokra</a> <small>(1462)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skanderbeg%27s_Macedonian_campaign" title="Skanderbeg's Macedonian campaign">Macedonian Campaign</a> (<a href="/wiki/Skanderbeg%27s_Macedonian_campaign#Battle_of_Mokra" title="Skanderbeg's Macedonian campaign">Mokra</a> <small>(1462)</small> • <a href="/wiki/Skanderbeg%27s_Macedonian_campaign#Battle_of_Pollog" title="Skanderbeg's Macedonian campaign">Pollog</a> <small>(1462)</small> • <a href="/wiki/Skanderbeg%27s_Macedonian_campaign#Battle_of_Livad" title="Skanderbeg's Macedonian campaign">Livad</a> <small>(1462)</small>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ohrid" title="Battle of Ohrid">Ohrid</a> <small>(1464)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vajkal" title="Battle of Vajkal">Vajkal</a> <small>(1465)</small></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Meçad</a> <small>(1465)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballaban%27s_campaign_of_1465" title="Ballaban's campaign of 1465">Ballaban's fourth Campaign</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ballaban%27s_campaign_of_1465#Battle_of_Vajkal" title="Ballaban's campaign of 1465">Vajkal</a> <small>(1465)</small> • <a href="/wiki/Ballaban%27s_campaign_of_1465#Battle_of_Kashari" title="Ballaban's campaign of 1465">Kashari</a> <small>(1465)</small>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kruj%C3%AB_(1466%E2%80%931467)" title="Siege of Krujë (1466–1467)">Krujë</a> <small>(1466–67)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kruj%C3%AB_(1467)" title="Siege of Krujë (1467)">Krujë</a> <small>(1467)</small></li></ul> <p><i><b>Contemporaneous Campaigns</b></i> <small>(1447–1462)</small> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian%E2%80%93Venetian_War" title="Albanian–Venetian War">Venetian War</a> <small>(1447–48)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humoj_family#Struggle_against_the_Ottoman_Empire" title="Humoj family">Dukagjini Civil War</a> <small>(1456–57)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skanderbeg%27s_Italian_expedition" title="Skanderbeg's Italian expedition">Italian Expedition</a> <small>(1460–62)</small></li></ul> <p><b>Resistance until the Fall of Shkodra</b> <small>(1468–1479)</small> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Himar%C3%AB#History" title="Himarë">Himarë</a> <small>(1473–79)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Shkodra_(1474)" title="Siege of Shkodra (1474)">Shkodra</a> <small>(1474)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kruj%C3%AB_(1478)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Krujë (1478)">Krujë</a> <small>(1477–78)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Shkodra" title="Siege of Shkodra">Shkodra</a> <small>(1478–79)</small></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Albania" title="List of wars involving Albania">Wars involving Albania</a></i></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>The <b>Battle of Meçad</b> (<a href="/wiki/Albanian_language" title="Albanian language">Albanian</a>: <i lang="sq">Beteja e Meçadit</i>) took place in July 1465 between Skanderbeg's <a href="/wiki/League_of_Lezh%C3%AB" title="League of Lezhë">Albanian</a> forces and <a href="/wiki/Ballaban_Badera" title="Ballaban Badera">Ballaban Badera</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> forces. Skanderbeg had been leading a war against the Ottoman Empire for over two decades and Ballaban Badera was an Ottoman captain of Albanian origin who had been recruited through the <a href="/wiki/Dev%C5%9Firme" class="mw-redirect" title="Devşirme">devşirme</a> system. Ballaban planned to catch Skanderbeg's camp in a surprise when he was away. Skanderbeg had been warned of the stratagem, however, and surrounded the Ottoman camp instead. When Ballaban ordered his army out, the Albanians ambushed and routed them. Ballaban returned a month later and the month afterwards, but was defeated both times. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Me%C3%A7ad_(1465)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 1465, <a href="/wiki/Ballaban_Badera" title="Ballaban Badera">Ballaban Badera</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> sanjakbey of the <a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Ohrid" title="Sanjak of Ohrid">Sanjak of Ohrid</a> of Albanian origin, had been defeated at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vaikal" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Vaikal">Battle of Vaikal</a> by <a href="/wiki/Skanderbeg" title="Skanderbeg">Skanderbeg</a>, although at a great cost. Skanderbeg had been leading a war against the Ottoman Empire for over twenty years. Ballaban was favored by Sultan <a href="/wiki/Mehmed_II" title="Mehmed II">Mehmed II</a> who saw that a native Albanian would be useful in defeating an Albanian rebellion.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHodgkinson1999199_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHodgkinson1999199-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ballaban's appointment was a calculated act of social revolution, encouraging other Albanians to join the Ottoman army.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHodgkinson1999200_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHodgkinson1999200-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 1465, Mehmed assigned Ballaban to an army with which to invade Albania.<sup id="cite_ref-Francione175_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Francione175-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campaign">Campaign</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Me%C3%A7ad_(1465)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before the campaign, Ballaban presented Skanderbeg with expensive gifts. Skanderbeg responded by giving Ballaban a pickaxe and a plow to remind Ballaban of his peasant Albanian origins.<sup id="cite_ref-Francione174_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Francione174-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ballaban, in return for the gift he had received, tried to finish the campaign as quickly as he could. Ballaban tried to bribe an Albanian camp in Meçad, near Oranik, but Skanderbeg, who had been farther north, was warned of the movements and returned to fight Ballaban.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHodgkinson1999203_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHodgkinson1999203-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too-vague attribution or weasel words. (January 2012)">who?</span></a></i>]</sup> marched in through <a href="/wiki/Ohrid" title="Ohrid">Ohrid</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Francione174_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Francione174-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ballaban was not aware of Skanderbeg's return and still prepared for the attack. Skanderbeg had surrounded the Ottomans in Meçad and when Ballaban ordered his attack, he found himself surrounded. On one side, they were attacked by the Albanian cavalry and on the other, by the Italian volunteers.<sup id="cite_ref-Francione175_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Francione175-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Me%C3%A7ad_(1465)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Albanians won a decisive victory. Turkish flags fell into Albanian hands and few escaped. Ballaban returned to <a href="/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a> and Mehmed thus assigned him to an army of 20,000 which was again defeated by Skanderbeg in July 1465.<sup id="cite_ref-Francione175_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Francione175-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August, Ballaban <a href="/wiki/Ballaban%27s_campaign_(1465)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ballaban's campaign (1465)">launched his largest campaign</a> against Albania. The Ottoman army consisted of 40,000 men altogether, but it too was defeated by Skanderbeg.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHodgkinson1999204_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHodgkinson1999204-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next year, however, Mehmed launched a <a href="/wiki/Total_war" title="Total war">total war</a> against Albanian arms, completely devastating the country and laying <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kruj%C3%AB_(1466)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Krujë (1466)">siege to Krujë</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrancione2003181_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrancione2003181-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Me%C3%A7ad_(1465)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit 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p. 175</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Francione174-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Francione174_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Francione174_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFrancione2003">Francione 2003</a>, p. 174</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHodgkinson1999203-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHodgkinson1999203_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHodgkinson1999">Hodgkinson 1999</a>, p. 203.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHodgkinson1999204-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHodgkinson1999204_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHodgkinson1999">Hodgkinson 1999</a>, p. 204.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrancione2003181-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrancione2003181_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFrancione2003">Francione 2003</a>, p. 181.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Me%C3%A7ad_(1465)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFFrancione2003" class="citation book cs1">Francione, Gennaro (2003). <i>Skenderbeu: Një hero modern</i>. Shtëpia botuese "Naim Frashëri". <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-99927-38-75-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-99927-38-75-7"><bdi>978-99927-38-75-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Skenderbeu%3A+Nj%C3%AB+hero+modern&rft.pub=Sht%C3%ABpia+botuese+%22Naim+Frash%C3%ABri%22&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-99927-38-75-7&rft.aulast=Francione&rft.aufirst=Gennaro&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABattle+of+Me%C3%A7ad+%281465%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHodgkinson1999" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Hodgkinson_(writer)" title="Harry Hodgkinson (writer)">Hodgkinson, Harry</a> (1999). <i>Scanderbeg: From Ottoman Captive to Albanian Hero</i>. Centre for Albanian Studies. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-873928-13-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-873928-13-4"><bdi>978-1-873928-13-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Scanderbeg%3A+From+Ottoman+Captive+to+Albanian+Hero&rft.pub=Centre+for+Albanian+Studies&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=978-1-873928-13-4&rft.aulast=Hodgkinson&rft.aufirst=Harry&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABattle+of+Me%C3%A7ad+%281465%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Albanians_under_the_Ottoman_Empire" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible 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Italian expedition">Italian expedition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skanderbeg%27s_Macedonian_campaign" title="Skanderbeg's Macedonian campaign">Macedonian campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_uprisings_in_the_Ottoman_Empire" title="Albanian uprisings in the Ottoman Empire">Albanian revolts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_revolt_of_1432%E2%80%931436" title="Albanian revolt of 1432–1436">1432 – 36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uprising_of_Dervish_Cara" title="Uprising of Dervish Cara">1843 – 44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_revolt_of_1845" title="Albanian revolt of 1845">1845</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_revolt_of_1847" title="Albanian revolt of 1847">1847</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_revolt_of_1910" title="Albanian revolt of 1910">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malissori_uprising" title="Malissori uprising">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_revolt_of_1912" title="Albanian revolt of 1912">1912</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian%E2%80%93Venetian_War" title="Albanian–Venetian War">Albanian–Venetian War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Pasha_of_Ioannina#Downfall" title="Ali Pasha of Ioannina">Ali Pasha's Rebellion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballaban%27s_campaign_of_1465" title="Ballaban's campaign of 1465">Ballaban's campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massacre_of_the_Albanian_Beys" title="Massacre of the Albanian Beys">Massacre of the Albanian Beys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehmed_II%27s_first_Albanian_campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Mehmed II's first Albanian campaign">Mehmed II's campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morea_revolt_of_1453%E2%80%931454" title="Morea revolt of 1453–1454">Morea revolt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mustafa_Pasha_Bushatli#History" title="Mustafa Pasha Bushatli">Mustafa Pasha's Rebellion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:right;;width:1%">Battles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Albulena" title="Battle of Albulena">Albulena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ankara" title="Battle of Ankara">Ankara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_De%C3%A7iq" title="Battle of Deçiq">Deçiq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kosovo" title="Battle of Kosovo">Kosovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Lopate" title="Battle of Lopate">Lopate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Lum%C3%AB" title="Battle of Lumë">Lumë</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Martini%C4%87i_(1796)" title="Battle of Martinići (1796)">Martinići</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Meçad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mokra_(1445)" title="Battle of Mokra (1445)">Mokra I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mokra_(July_1462)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Mokra (July 1462)">Mokra II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Murino" title="Battle of Murino">Murino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nov%C5%A1i%C4%87e" title="Battle of Novšiće">Novšiće</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ohrid" title="Battle of Ohrid">Ohrid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Oranik_(1448)" title="Battle of Oranik (1448)">Oranik I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Oranik_(1456)" title="Battle of Oranik (1456)">Oranik II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Otonet%C3%AB" title="Battle of Otonetë">Otonetë</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Polog" title="Battle of Polog">Polog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Savra" title="Battle of Savra">Savra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Torvioll" title="Battle of Torvioll">Torvioll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ulcinj_(1880)" title="Battle of Ulcinj (1880)">Ulcinj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vaikal" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Vaikal">Vaikal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:right;;width:1%">Congregations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Congress_of_Dib%C3%ABr" title="Congress of Dibër">Dibër</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convention_of_Dibra" title="Convention of Dibra">Dibra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convention_of_Dukagjin" title="Convention of Dukagjin">Dukagjin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congress_of_Elbasan" title="Congress of Elbasan">Elbasan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frash%C3%ABr_Assembly_(1880)" title="Frashër Assembly (1880)">Frashër</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convention_of_Ku%C3%A7i" title="Convention of Kuçi">Kuçi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/League_of_Lezh%C3%AB" title="League of Lezhë">Lezhë</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congress_of_Manastir" title="Congress of Manastir">Manastir I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Congress_of_Manastir" title="Second Congress of Manastir">Manastir II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convention_of_Mat" title="Convention of Mat">Mat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/League_of_Peja" title="League of Peja">Peja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Preveza" title="Assembly of Preveza">Preveza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/League_of_Prizren" title="League of Prizren">Prizren</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:right;;width:1%">Sieges</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Krujë <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kruj%C3%AB_(1450)" title="Siege of Krujë (1450)">1450</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kruj%C3%AB_(1466%E2%80%931467)" title="Siege of Krujë (1466–1467)">1466 – 67</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kruj%C3%AB_(1467)" title="Siege of Krujë (1467)">1467</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kruj%C3%AB_(1478)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Krujë (1478)">1477 – 78</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Berat_(1455)" title="Siege of Berat (1455)">Berat</a></li> <li>Shkodër <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Shkodra_(1474)" title="Siege of Shkodra (1474)">1474</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Shkodra" title="Siege of Shkodra">1478 – 79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Scutari_(1912%E2%80%931913)" title="Siege of Scutari (1912–1913)">1912 – 13</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Svetigrad_(1448)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Svetigrad (1448)">Svetigrad</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:right;;width:1%">Other events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_National_Awakening" title="Albanian National Awakening">Albanian Renaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armatoles" title="Armatoles">Armatoles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albania_during_the_Balkan_Wars" title="Albania during the Balkan Wars">Balkan Wars</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Massacres_of_Albanians_in_the_Balkan_Wars" title="Massacres of Albanians in the Balkan Wars">Massacres of Albanians in the Balkan Wars</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Albanian Declaration of Independence">Declaration of Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janissary" title="Janissary">Janissary</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bashi-bazouk" title="Bashi-bazouk">Bashi-Bazouk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devshirme" title="Devshirme">Devshirme</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%ABsonj%C3%ABtorja" title="Mësonjëtorja">Mësonjëtorja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_nationalism" title="Albanian nationalism">Nationalism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_nationalism_in_Albania" title="Albanian nationalism in Albania">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_nationalism_in_Kosovo" title="Albanian nationalism in Kosovo">Kosovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_nationalism_in_North_Macedonia" title="Albanian nationalism in North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partition_of_Albania" title="Partition of Albania">Partition of Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_piracy" title="Albanian piracy">Piracy</a></li> <li>Principalities <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Dukagjini" title="Principality of Dukagjini">Dukagjini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Kastrioti" title="Principality of Kastrioti">Kastrioti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Muzaka" title="Principality of Muzaka">Muzaka</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rum_Millet" class="mw-redirect" title="Rum Millet">Rum Millet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myth_of_Skanderbeg" title="Myth of Skanderbeg">Skanderbeg myth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sipahi" title="Sipahi">Spahiu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stratioti" title="Stratioti">Stratioti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vithkuqi_script" class="mw-redirect" title="Vithkuqi script">Vithkuqi script</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Geography</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Eyalets <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ioannina_Eyalet" title="Ioannina Eyalet">Ioannina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rumelia_Eyalet" title="Rumelia Eyalet">Rumelia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Pashaliks" title="Albanian Pashaliks">Pashaliks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pashalik_of_Berat" title="Pashalik of Berat">Berat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pashalik_of_Scutari" title="Pashalik of Scutari">Scutari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pashalik_of_Yanina" title="Pashalik of Yanina">Yanina</a></li></ul></li> <li>Sanjaks <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Albania" title="Sanjak of Albania">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Avlona" title="Sanjak of Avlona">Avlona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Delvina" title="Sanjak of Delvina">Delvina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Dibra" title="Sanjak of Dibra">Dibra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Elbasan" title="Sanjak of Elbasan">Elbasan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_G%C3%B6rice" title="Sanjak of Görice">Görice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Ioannina" title="Sanjak of Ioannina">Ioannina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Monastir" title="Sanjak of Monastir">Monastir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Ohrid" title="Sanjak of Ohrid">Ohrid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Scutari" title="Sanjak of Scutari">Scutari</a></li></ul></li> <li>Vilayets <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Vilayet" title="Albanian Vilayet">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janina_Vilayet" class="mw-redirect" title="Janina Vilayet">Janina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Vilayet" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosovo Vilayet">Kosovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manastir_Vilayet" class="mw-redirect" title="Manastir Vilayet">Manastir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scutari_Vilayet" class="mw-redirect" title="Scutari Vilayet">Scutari</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:right;;width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Besa_(Albanian_culture)" title="Besa (Albanian culture)">Besa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamization_of_Albania" title="Islamization of Albania">Islamization</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bektashi_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Bektashi Order">Bektashism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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