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Albanokratia
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Albanokratia (, , ) is apejorative term for the rule by Albanian elites in regions of the Ottoman Empire between 1750-1846. The word is a combination of "Alvanos" (Greek for Albanian, see Albanos) and "kratos" (strength). During periods of Ottoman instability, Albanokratia increased as local lords relied more on their own policies than Ottoman centralism. Famous albanocrats were Mehmet Bey Bushati and Kara Mahmud Pasha in Shkodër, Ali Pasha Tepelena of Ioannina and Mohammed Ali in the Western Balkans and Egypt. During the , Albanian warbands were brought in to suppress the Orlov Revolt in the Morea. They remained there for several years after, plundering the country demanding payments from the locals. |
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