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- During First Balkan War, it was occupied by Serbian troops on 29 November 1912. They withdrew from Elbasan on 25 October 1913 due to United Kingdom and Austria Hungary's ultimatum.
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During First Balkan War, it was occupied by Serbian troops on 29 November 1912. They withdrew from Elbasan on 25 October 1913 due to United Kingdom and Austria Hungary's ultimatum. The Muslim majority of Elbasan opposed the installation of Prince Wied in 1914.
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The First Balkan War lasted from October 1912 to May 1913 and involved actions of the Balkan League (the Kingdoms of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Montenegro) against the Ottoman Empire.
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It was founded in 1466 by the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II, on the site of ancient Scampis, as a base for his military operations against the Albanian commander Skanderbeg. The town was a principal centre of Albanian nationalism during Ottoman rule.
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Although Halil Inalcik explains that the Sanjak of Elbasan was established as soon as the fortress of Elbasan has been constructed, based on Tursun Beg's records there is a possibility that Elbasan initially was part of the Sanjak of Ohrid. Marino Bizzi, the Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), stated in his report that on May 17, 1591, that name of the s...
Disestablishment
During the First Balkan War at the end of 1912 the Sanjak of Elbasan together with most of the territory of Albania was occupied and de facto annexed by the Kingdom of Serbia. The Sanjak of Elbasan was on 29 November included in the Serbian administrative system as a srez (Serbian: Срез Елбасан) within Drač County (Serbian: Драчки округ), one of four srezes (the other being Drač, Lješ, Tirana). In 1914 Elbasan became a part of the newly established Principality of Albania, established on the...
15th century
In 1467 many Christians from Skopje, Ohrid, Serres and Kastoria were forcibly deported to Elbasan.
16th century
At the beginning of the 16th century the Sanjak of Elbasan had the highest population density of all Ottoman sanjaks in the Balkans, with 5.65 per square kilometre (14.6/sq mi). Between 1520 and 1535 up to 94,5% population of the Sanjak of Elbasan were Christians.
17th century
An Ottoman traveller Evliya Çelebi recorded in 1670 that Elbasan had 18 quarters with Muslim population and 10 quarters populated by an Orthodox and Roman Catholic population. He also stated that Serbs, Bulgarians and Voyniks (Ottoman Christian mercenaries) were not allowed to take up residence in Elbasan, otherwise they would be immediately slain according to ancient custom.The Albanian language was spoken by all residents, most of whom also had an advanced knowledge of Turkish. The merchant...
Bizzi, Marino (1610). Elsie, Robert (ed.). "Relatione della visita fatta da me, Marino Bizzi, Arcivescovo d'Antivari, nelle parti della Turchia, Antivari, Albania et Servia alla santità di nostro S...Chelebi, Evliya (1670). Elsie, Robert (ed.). "1670 Evliya Chelebi: Seyahatname - a Journey to Berat and Elbasan". Archived from the originalon 2011-09-28.Gawrych, George (2006). The Crescent and the Eagle: Ottoman Rule, Islam and the Albanians, 1874-1913. I.B.Tauris. pp. 23, 27, 110. ISBN 978-1-84511-287-5.With the entry of the Ottoman Empire into the war, Esad-Pasha found himself besieged in Durres until Serbian troops arrived in the summer 1915, placing northern Albania under Serbian control. In the fall of 1914, the Italians occupied the island of Sasseno, Valona, and the whole of southern Albania.
During the Balkan Wars and World War I, the city was successively occupied by the armies of Serbia, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Italy. Until the Second World War, Elbasan’s landscape was purely oriental, with cobbled streets and typical ottoman houses; its modernisation took place in the 1950s when wide boulevards were created.
The city occupied since Roman times was expanded in the 15th century and flourished as a cultural center during Ottoman times and remained so until the town suffered much damage during World War II. Ancient walls of the fortress and several churches, mosques and Ottoman style dwellings survive.
