Albanian revolt of 1845

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Albanian revolt of 1845
Part of the Albanian revolts against the
Yakova highlinds) and western North Macedonia (Reka
region)
Result Suppression of the revolt by the Ottomans
Belligerents Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire Albanian rebelsCommanders and leaders
Bib Doda Pasha
Binak Alia[1]
Sokol RamaStrength Unknown number of regular soldiers
3000 irregulars from
Plav-Gusinje and Mirdita
c. 8,000[2][3]
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The Albanian revolt of 1845, known Revolt of 1845 between Albanians was one of the 19th-century uprisings in Ottoman Albania directed against the Ottoman Tanzimat reforms.

Background

The revolt came in continuity of a series of mistrust events between the Ottoman Empire and the Albanian population following the demise of

Albanian Nationalism were sown.[4]

Events

After the suppression of the

Shkodra
, all districts were ordered to give up their arms. Winter then put an end of all further operations.
In mid-May 1845,
Mavrovo and Rostuša municipality in North Macedonia). The rebels comprised about 8,000 men. They drove the Ottoman garrison out of Yakova.[3][5]

Reşid Pasha,

Catholic Malësia highlanders from the tribes of Hoti, Shkreli, Kastrati, Reçi, Lohja, Shala, Shoshi, and Postriba tribes, as well as men from Mirdita and Mat. In early June, imperial troops retook Gjakova and the irregular forces advanced on Reka and the mountains through Junik. The rebel sent most of the women and children to take refuge in the mountains near Bellaje (Deçan area).[6] The revolt was initially successful, but when the irregular troops were reinforced by imperial forces with artillery, they were able to take the Morina Pass in Bytyçi area, and when the rebels were put to flight on 1 July, the troops marched into Gashi and Krasniqi.[5]

In order to defeat the rebels completely, Reşid Pasha ordered further irregulars from Shkodra on the other side of the mountains to advance in order to block their escape route. This operation was carried out successfully by the Malissors of Shala and Shoshi, and by

Kuči. As a result, the revolt was suppressed on 6 July 1845.[5]

Further, the Ottomans arrested a number of suspicious individuals in Yakova and fortified their position in front of local population.

Bib Doda Pasha, Catholic Kapidan of Mirdita with his irregulars from Mirdita and Mat, and some from Tetovo went into the mountain valleys to conscript soldiers among the highlanders, therefore enforcing one of the Tanzimat requests.[5]
At the same time, many Albanians arrested during previous uprisings received amnesty and were released in an Ottoman attempt to calm down the situation.

Aftermath

The success of the Turkish policy of centralization was, however, ephemeral. As long as Turkish troops were present in full force, some soldiers could be conscripted and some taxes collected by force. In Kosovo, the Tanzimat reforms could not be carried out until 1860.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kush ishte Binak Alia? - Gazeta Dita Online". Archived from the original on 2017-01-08. Retrieved 2014-12-28.
  2. ^ Theodor Ippen (1916), Robert Elsie (ed.), Nineteenth-Century Albanian History, translated by Robert Elsie, archived from the original on 2013-01-08, The rebels comprised about 8,000 men.
  3. ^
    OCLC 752354052
  4. ISBN 978-0810861886
  5. ^ a b c d Theodor Ippen (1916), Robert Elsie (ed.), Nineteenth-Century Albanian History, translated by Robert Elsie, archived from the original on 2013-01-08
  6. OCLC 866404541
  7. ISBN 978-1848854772
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