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Topic: Kara Mahmud Bushati

	Encyclopedia: Albanian lands under Ottoman domination (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Kara Mahmud Bushati attempted to establish an autonomous principality and expand the lands under his control by playing off Austria and Russia against the Sublime Porte.
		Kara Mahmud's brother, Ibrahim Bushati, cooperated with the Sublime Porte until his death in 1810, but his successor, Mustafa Pasha Bushati, proved to be recalcitrant despite participation in Ottoman military campaigns against Greek revolutionaries and rebel pashas.
		After crushing the Bushatis and Ali Pasha, the Sublime Porte introduced a series of reforms, known as the tanzimat, which were aimed at strengthening the empire by reining in fractious pashas.
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	Ali Pasha -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Ali Pasha (1741 – January 24, 1822, Monastery of Pandelimonos (near (additional info and facts about Ioaninna) Ioaninna)), the Lion of Janina, was born to a powerful clan from Tepelenë (in modern (A republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula) Albania) and spent much of his youth as a bandit.
		Like Kara Mahmud Bushati, Ali Pasha wanted to create an autonomous state under his rule.
		The sultan sent an Ottoman general to (additional info and facts about Bitola) Bitola (then called Monastir, in Macedonia), where he invited 1,000 Muslim Albanian leaders to meet him, and in August 1830 Reshid Pasha had about 500 of the Albanian leaders killed.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/al/ali_pasha.htm (301 words)

	ipedia.com: Ali Pasha Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He rose to become governor of the Ottoman province of Rumelia, which included Albania, Macedonia, and Thrace, before establishing himself in Janina.
		When Ali Pasha forged links with the Greek revolutionaries, Sultan Mahmud II decided to destroy him.
		The sultan sent an Ottoman general to Bitola (then called Monastir, in Macedonia), where he invited 1,000 Muslim Albanian leaders to meet him, and in August 1830 Reshid Pasha had about 500 of the Albanian leaders killed.
	www.ipedia.com /ali_pasha.html (283 words)

	AllRefer.com - Albania - Local Albanian Leaders in the Early Nineteenth Century \| Albanian Information Resource
		In the late eighteenth century, two Albanian centers of power emerged: Shkodër, under the Bushati family; and Janina, under Ali Pasha of Tepelenë.
		Kara Mahmud's brother, Ibrahim, cooperated with the Sublime Porte until his death in 1810, but his successor, Mustafa Pasha Bushati, proved to be recalcitrant despite participation in Ottoman military campaigns against Greek revolutionaries and rebel pashas.
		He then turned on Mustafa Pasha, who surrendered and spent the rest of his life as an official in Constantinople.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/albania/albania15.html (809 words)

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