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The Siege of Shkodra
Language: en
Pages: 336
Authors: Marin Barleti
Categories: Albania
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012 - Publisher: David Hosaflook

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The Siege of Shkodra is a book written by a Shkodran priest, Marin Barleti (also known as Marinus Barletius), about the Ottoman siege of Shkodra in 1478, led pe
The Siege of Shkodra
Language: en
Pages: 272
Authors: Marin Barleti
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2012 - Publisher: I. B. Tauris

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Marin Barleti (c.1450-1520) was an Albanian historian and Catholic priest. His seminal work recounts the dramatic history of the Turkish campaign against Shkodr
The Albanian Bektashi
Language: en
Pages: 392
Authors: Robert Elsie
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-07-25 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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The Bektashi dervish order is a Sufi Alevite sect found in Anatolia and the Balkans with a strong presence in Albania. In this, his final book, Robert Elsie ana
Scanderbeg
Language: en
Pages: 221
Authors: A.K. Brackob
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-05-01 - Publisher: Vita Histria

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The struggle of the Albanian people led by George Castriota Scanderbeg to defend Europe against the assault of the Ottoman Turks has been much celebrated. For a
Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time
Language: en
Pages: 618
Authors: Franz Babinger
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1978 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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One of the most important figures in Ottoman history, Mehmed was the architect of victories that inspired fear throughout Europe and contributed to an image of