Convulsions and Uprisings, 39-
Corfou, Disposition of, 143; torn to pieces, 151. Corinthians, colonies established by, 9.
Coup de Theatre, staged by the Greeks in Southern Albania, 121, 131.
Court Martial, for Turkish plot- ters, 129.
Cretan Bandits, in Southern Al- bania, 132, 134; terrorize pop- ulation, 141.
Crispi, Francesco, Italian Pre- mier, 208, 241.
Croia or Kroia, remains of, 8; the overlord of, 26; capital of Albania, 26, 28, 29; besieged by two Sultans, 32; lost to the Turks (1478), 34; claimed by the Slavs, 92. Crusaders, in Albania, 21. Cyclopean Remains, 8. Cyclops, survive
legends, 7-8; identical with Ghegs, 188.
Dalmatia, part of Illyria, 11. Deputation, to Neuwied, 131; to Durazzo, 137. Dervish Pasha, suppresses the Albanian League, 54, 213. Descoins, Colonel, coöperates in the establishment of the Re- public of Korcha, 160. Desperadoes, Greek, 118. Despotat, of Epirus, 22-23, 97. Devol, River, 171, 172, 184. Dialects, differences in Albanian,
187; fuse into each other, 188. Dibra, revolt of, 190-191, 238. Dielli, organ of the nationalists of the United States, 231. Dinaric, Alpine system, 170. Diocletian, Emperor, 17, 241. Disintegration, 120-123; causes of, 120-121.
Divide ut Impera, maxim of the Turks in Albania, 40-41. Djavella, 48.
Djavid Pasha, 106.
Doda, Prenk Bib, 55; family of, 194.
Dodona, oracle of, 4; remains of, 8. Domination, Byzantine, 19-20; Roman, 15-18; Turkish, 36–70. Doulis, Colonel, 131; conduct
questioned in the House of Commons, 134.
Drang Nach Osten Policy, Al- bania in the, 82.
Drin, River, 29, 171, 184. Dukaghin, Lek, 26, 92.
Duke John, Alexander, see Duka- ghin.
Dulcigno, defended by the Alba-
nians against the Powers, 52. Durazzo, 16; Government of, 122-127; Austro-Italian clash at, 145; natural harbor, 172; its future, 178.
Dutch Mission, 90, 129, 139. Dyrrachium, see Durazzo.
Egypt, Mehmed Ali Pasha of, 46, 57; delegation from, 137; col- ony of, 210; national societies in, 57, 216.
Elbasan, center of the Albanian League, 51; products of, 175; Normal School of, 224, 225. Elisabeth, Queen of Roumania, 124.
Epirots or Pelasgians, ancestors of Southern Albanians, 3; pro- genitors of Tosks, 4 and n.; join Alexander the Great, 14. Epirus or Molossia, Southern Al- bania, 13 and n.; Despotat of, 22; autonomous, 130; Provi- sional Government of, 131; Cretan bandits in, 134; Greek atrocities discussed in House of Commons, 134. Erseka, town of, 197. Essad Pasha, 66; surrenders Scutari to Montenegro, 101; forms the first Government of Durazzo, 122, 127; retires, 130; appointed Minister of
War and of the Interior, 138; questionable conduct, 143-144; overthrown, 145; surrendered into the hands of the Italians, 146; forms the second Govern- ment of Durazzo, 156; besieged in Durazzo, 157; relieved by the Serbo-Montenegrins, 158; flees from Durazzo, 159; his es- tates appropriated by the peas- ants, 149, 174.
Eugene IV, Pope, organizes cru- sade, 32.
European War, the, Albanian
crisis nearly brings about, 83; crisis renewed, 100; effect on Albania of the outbreak of, 153, 235; Albania in, 155-163.
Ferdinand-François, Duke of Montpensier, enters Valona and poses as candidate, 107; candidacy dropped, 124. Ferdinand, King of Naples, 33. Ferid Pasha Vlora, 64, 241. Ferizovitch, meeting of the Alba- nian chieftains at, 68. Ferrero, General Giacinto, pro- claims Albanian independence at Arghyrocastro, 161, 235. Feudal Lords, 26–27.
Fieri, town of, 197.
Filiki Etairia, aided by Ali Pasha, 47.
Finances, of Albania, 187-183. Fishta, Father George, foremost Albanian poet, 194. Fitzmaurice, Lord, proposes au- tonomy for Albania, 56 n. Florence, Conference of, 113, 119. Forests, "Virgin," 180.
France, attitude toward Albania,
84; "disinterestedness," 88; rôle played in the establish- ment of the Republic of Kor- cha by, 159-160.
Frasheri, Naim Bey, poet, 215. Frasheri, Sami Bey, patriot, 214, 215, 224.
Frasheri, town of, 197; revolt of, 215.
Gaius Fulvius Santumalus, 12. Gazi Mukhtar Pasha, 74.
Gentius, last king of Illyria, 12. George Castriota, see Scanderbeg. Ghegs, or Northern Albanians, 4,
187; tallest men in the Bal- kans, 188.
Gibbs, Mr., M. P., question put in the House of Commons by, 134.
Goths, invasion of the, 20. Granville, Earl, on Albanian au- tonomy, 55-56 n.
Great Britain, proposal of Alba- nian autonomy, 55; attitude in 1912, 83, 86-87; proposal on the southern Albanian fron- tier, 119; in the International Commission of Control, 127; conduct questioned in the House of Commons, 133. Greece, Albanian migrations to, 24; Albanians of, 25 and n., 205-207; activities of Ali Pasha in, 47; the momentous rôle played by the Albanians in the struggle for independ- ence, 47-48; Congress of Ber- lin assigns Janina to, 51; but she is unable to get it, 53; attitude toward Albania, 80, 94-100, 111-120; 121-122, 130- 135, 139-143, 151-153, 157-158, 160, 169.
"Greek Documents," 95.
Greek Government, trying to
evade evacuation of Southern Albania, 131; tricks, 131-134. Greek Influence, slight in Alba- nia, 9.
Greek Mythology, borrowed from
the Pelasgians, 6.
Grey, Sir Edward, on the menace of European war, 83; mediates, 86; on the making of Albania, 89; replies to questions put in the House of Commons, 134; ascribes atrocities in Southern Albania to Greeks, 152. Guiscard, Robert, invades Al- bania, 21.
Gurakuki, Louis, 107, 224. Gussigne-Plava, 51, 53.
Gymnasia, 115, 140.
Hahn, Dr. Georg Johann von, 3, 4; on the Albanians of Greece, 205.
Hanotaux, Gabriel, 242.
Herbert, Aubrey, M. P., questions put in the House of Commons by, 151.
Holstein, Duke of, 39. Holy Roman Empire, 39. Homer, Ghegs the Giants of, 188. Homeric Poems, affinity with Al- banian language, 7.
Hoti and Gruda, resist incorpora-
tion in Montenegro, 93; should be returned to Albania, 238. House of Commons, questions put in the, 89, 133, 134, 152. Hyllus, king of Illyria, 11.
Illyria, extent of, 11; kingdom
of, 11-13; conquered by the Romans, 12.
Illyrians, ancestors of the Alba- nians, 3; progenitors of the Ghegs, 4; influence of the Illy. rian language on Balkan speech, 6; antiquities of the Illyrian period, 9; join Alex- ander the Great against the Persians, 12.
Independence, proclamation of, 79.
Independent Principalities, Alba- nian, 21-24, 41-47. Indo-European, groundwork and grammar of the Albanian lan- guage, 6.
International Commission of Con- trol, 90; make up and func- tions, 126; failure and causes, 127, 133; assumes administra- tion of Albania, 130; ignored by the Prince of Wied, 137- 138; negotiates with Zogra- phos, 143; reassumes adminis- tration of Albania, and dis- solves, 155.
Frontiers, see Boundary Com- mission. International Interregnum, 127-
130. Intervention, of Austria and Italy, 82; reasons for, 81-82; Russia responds to the chal- lenge, 83-84; consequences of the, 84. Invasions:
(1) Balkan Allies, 75-79; (2) Barbarian, 20-21; (3) European War, 157-159. Isa Bolatin, 107. Ismail Kemal Bey, 77, 78, 79, 80,
110; accused of incompetence, 120; warns the Powers, 122; willing to retire, 128; retires, 130.
Italy, Pelasgians in, 4; Pyrrhus in, 14; Scanderbeg in, 33; Al- banian colonies in, 36-37, 207- 208; intervention of, 79-82, 84; attitude in the London Conference, 99; attitude in the election of the Prince, 123–124; delegation from, 137; agent of, 138; supports Essad Pasha, 157; occupies Valona, 158; oc- cupies Southern Albania, 159; proclaims the independence of Albania, 161; commercial rela- tions with Albania, 178-179. Italian Princes, Albanians' ap- peal to, 39.
Italian Navy, protects Essad Pasha, 157.
Izzet Pasha, would-be dictator of Albania, 107.
Jamestown, N. Y., first Alba- nian society in the United States established in, 228. Janina, capital of the Despotat of Epirus, 22; capital of Ali Pasha, 42-47; assigned to Greece, 51; but remains Alba- nian, 53; defended by the Alba- nians in 1912, 76; Gymnasium of, 115.
John Bua Spata, 25,
John Castriota, delivers his sons as hostages to the Sultan, 28. John Hunyady, battles against the Turks, 29.
Joseph II, Emperor of Austria, negotiates with the Pasha of Scutari, 42, 43.
Julian the Apostate or the Phi- losopher, 241. Justinian, Emperor, 20.
Kara Mahmud Pasha, fights Montenegrins, Venetians and Turks, 42; negotiates with
Joseph II of Austria, 43. Karapanos, 131.
Katundi, the interesting town of, 197.
Kavaja, plain of, 170; cultiva- tion of, 173; products of, 175; Primary School of, 225. Kennedy, Rev. Phileas, Ameri- can missionary, expelled from Korcha by the Greeks, 139. Kethella, province of, quered, 194.
Kleitos, king of Illyria, defeated by Alexander the Great, 12. Kodra, massacre of, 142.
Kombi, first Albanian newspaper in the United States, 228. Konitza, Faik Bey, nationalist leader, 231 and n.
Koprulu Grand Vizirs, 224, 240. Korcha, or Koritza, eastern ter- minus of the southeastern fron- tier, 100; Gymnasium of, 115; Boundary Commission at, 117; province assigned to Albania, 119; evacuated by the Greeks, 133; outbreak of, 139-141; her rôle in Albanian national poli- tics, 139-140; establishment of the Republic, 159-160; coal mines of, 180; social condi- tions in, 196; educational so- ciety in the United States, 232. Kossova, battle of, 42; assigned to Serbia, but resists incor- poration, 94; should be re- turned to Albania, 238-239.
Kullurioti, Anastas, nationalist,
Kumanovo, battle of, 76. Kutzo-Vallachians, origin of the, 17; want union with Albania, 239.
Labia, Signor, Italian Commis- sioner, 117.
Lamb, Mr. Harry, British Dele- gate to the International Com- mission of Control, 127. Land, ownership of, 174; crops and stock raising, 175–177. Language, The Albanían, dis- tinct from other languages, of Thraco-Illyrian origin, 5; for- eign words in, 8; use in writ- ing prohibited by Turkey, 58, 114; Young Turks attempt to change characters of, 67, 224- 225.
Liaskoviki, burned by the Greeks, 143, 197.
Liberty Loan, Third, Albanian subscriptions to the, 233. Lichnowski, Prince, on Albania, 102-104.
Liosha, Peter, leader of migra- tion, 25.
Literary Movement, 61, 213–221, 224-226.
Literature, smuggling in the Al- banian, 59, 65, 214–218. London Conference, see Confer- ence of London.
London, Secret treaty of, 235. Lorecchio, Anselmo, Italo-Alba- nian writer, 208. Lowell, A. L., 108.
Lucius Postumius Albinus, 12. Luma, 34; unconquered, 194.
Macedonians, ancestors of Alba- nians, 3.
Mahmud Pasha, of Scutari, 41- 43.
Mahmud Shefket Pasha, The Turkish dictator, resigns, 73. Manfred, King of Sicily, 23.
Massachusetts, Albanians in the
Mavromatis, Greek consul, on the frontiers of Albania, 167, 168, 169.
Mati, unconquered, 34, 194. Mbret, Albanian title given to
the Prince of Wied, 136, 153. Medua, San Giovanni di, seaport of, 172.
Mehmed Ali Pasha, of Egypt, 46 n., 125. Mehmed
Ali Pasha, Turkish statesman, murdered by mobs,
Mehmed Bushatli, becomes hered- itary Pasha of Scutari, 41. Metternich, Prince, and the "Con- stitution," 45 n.
Miauli, Admiral, 48, 241. Michael Comnenus, founder of the Despotat of Epirus, 22. Migrations, of Albanians,
Greece, 24-25; to Italy, 36. Military Authorities, Greek, con- duct in Southern Albania, 113; stage autonomous Epirus, 130; plant "twentieth century" an- tiquities, 132.
Mimar Sinan, 224.
Mineral resources, Albania rich in, 180-181.
Mirdita, unconquered, 34, 194; gold mines in, 180. Misurata, the Prince of Wied
leaves Albania on the, 153. Modus Vivendi, sought by the Powers in making Albania, 89. Mohammed II, The Conqueror,
besieges in vain Croia, 32; defi- nitely retires from Albania, 33. Molossia, kingdom of, 13-15;
devastation and fall of, 15. Monastir, vilayet of, 21 n., 68; Boundary Commission at, 112, 120.
Montenegro, wrested from Alba-
nia, 20; Albanians in, 209. See also Nicholas, King of Montenegro. Moslem Albanians, their respect
for Scanderbeg, 33; how they were converted, 37-38, 201- 202; progress of Islamism, 40; not allowed to use the Alba- nian language, 58; attitude toward the Christian Alba- nians, 64, 202-203; cruelly persecuted by the Greeks, 122; oppose Moslem candidate, 124; are in majority in Albania, 200; comparison with other converts, 202–203; attitude to- ward the Prince of Wied, 203; Reformed Moslems, 294; pseudo-Moslems, 204-205; con- tributions to the Orthodox Albanian Church, 229.
Moslem National Alliance, 232. Motherland, first Albanian soci-
ety founded in the United States, 228.
Mufti, what is a, 110-111 and n. Mukhtar Pasha, aids Montene-
grins against Albanians, 52. Murad II, invades Albania, 27; besieges Croia, 32.
Muzakia, plain of, 78, 170; culti-
vation of, 173; horses of, 176.
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