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Founding Meeting in Prizren

When: 10 June 1878
Where: Prizren, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Part of: Founding of the League of Prizren

Delegates from Ottoman vilayets met in Prizren to establish the League for the Defense of the Rights of the Albanian Nation.

Approximately eighty delegates, mostly Muslim religious leaders and clan chiefs, gathered in Prizren on June 10, 1878. The organization was officially founded to defend the rights of the Albanian Nation against territorial claims assigned to Serbia, Montenegro, and Bulgaria by the Treaty of San Stefano.

Sources

League of Prizren Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-24

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