Peasant Revolt (Albania)

Peasant Revolt
	; Hendrik Reimers, Dutch captain of the International Gendarmerie, captured by rebels (June 1914)
Date	May - September 1914
Location	Principality of Albania
Result	Principality of Albania victory
Belligerents
Albania; Supported by:; Austro-Hungarian Empire; Kingdom of the Netherlands	Pro-Ottoman Muslim Albanian peasants; Supported by:; Young Turks; Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus
Commanders and leaders
Vilhelm I ; Lodewijk Thomson †; Prênk Bibë Doda; Isa Boletini; Essad Toptani (After October)	Haxhi Qamili ; Arif Hiqmeti †; Musa Qazimi ; Mustafa Ndroqi
Units involved
International Gendarmerie; Volunteers from Kosovo; Mirdita Catholic volunteers; Romanian volunteers; Austro-Hungarian volunteers; Albanian Navy (armed steamer Herzegovina);	Pro-Ottoman Muslim Albanian peasants; Young Turks; Northern Epirote belligrents;
Casualties and losses
Unknown	800+ Killed, wounded or missing

The Peasant Revolt, also known as the Muslim uprising and in Albania as the Central Albania Uprising (Albanian: Kryengritja e Shqipërisë së Mesme), was an uprising of peasants from central Albania, mostly Muslims against the regime of Wilhelm, Prince of Albania during 1914. It was one of the reasons for the prince's withdrawal from the country which marked the fall of the Principality of Albania.^[3] The uprising was led by Muslim leaders Haxhi Qamili, Arif Hiqmeti, Musa Qazimi and Mustafa Ndroqi.^[4] Along with a demand of total amnesty, the rebels required the return of Albania to the suzerainty of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.^[5]^[6]

^ Besier, Gerhard; Stokłosa, Katarzyna (2014-01-03). European Dictatorships: A Comparative History of the Twentieth Century. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4438-5521-1.
^ "LEVIZJA DUMBABISTE (TURKOMANE) E MUSA QAZIMI, LEVIZJE ANTISHQIPTARE (1914)- Prof. Abas Ermenji - DODONA NEWS". 2018-08-12. Archived from the original on 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
^ Heaton-Armstrong, Duncan (2005). "An Uprising in the Six-Month Kingdom". Gervase Belfield and Bejtullah Destani (IB Tauris, in association with the Centre for Albanian Studies). Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved January 25, 2011. Muslim uprising in central Albania, one of the factors that led to the Prince's withdrawal from the country and the fall of the so-called six-month kingdom on the eve of the First World War.
^ "The Efforts to settle amputated Albania state". albaniainbrief.com. Archived from the original on June 1, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2011. Thousands of muslim peasants, …were exploited by their leaders Haxhi Qamili, Arif Hiqmeti, Musa Qazimi and Mustafa Ndroqi, …to rebel
^ Jelavich, Barbara (1999) [1983], History of the Balkans: Twentieth century, vol. 2, Cambridge, UK: The Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge, p. 103, ISBN 0-521-27459-1, retrieved January 25, 2011, Soon the government was faced with major peasant revolt
^ "Fighting in Albania, The armistice broken". The Advertiser. Adelaide: 15. 1914. Retrieved January 25, 2011. Essad Pasha wished to obtain the Crown of Albania, and the peasants' revolt as well as Arif Hikmet's actions were his work.

[1] Besier, Gerhard; Stokłosa, Katarzyna (2014-01-03). European Dictatorships: A Comparative History of the Twentieth Century. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4438-5521-1.

[2] "LEVIZJA DUMBABISTE (TURKOMANE) E MUSA QAZIMI, LEVIZJE ANTISHQIPTARE (1914)- Prof. Abas Ermenji - DODONA NEWS". 2018-08-12. Archived from the original on 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2024-07-20.

[3] Heaton-Armstrong, Duncan (2005). "An Uprising in the Six-Month Kingdom". Gervase Belfield and Bejtullah Destani (IB Tauris, in association with the Centre for Albanian Studies). Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved January 25, 2011. Muslim uprising in central Albania, one of the factors that led to the Prince's withdrawal from the country and the fall of the so-called six-month kingdom on the eve of the First World War.

[4] "The Efforts to settle amputated Albania state". albaniainbrief.com. Archived from the original on June 1, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2011. Thousands of muslim peasants, …were exploited by their leaders Haxhi Qamili, Arif Hiqmeti, Musa Qazimi and Mustafa Ndroqi, …to rebel

[5] Jelavich, Barbara (1999) [1983], History of the Balkans: Twentieth century, vol. 2, Cambridge, UK: The Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge, p. 103, ISBN 0-521-27459-1, retrieved January 25, 2011, Soon the government was faced with major peasant revolt

[6] "Fighting in Albania, The armistice broken". The Advertiser. Adelaide: 15. 1914. Retrieved January 25, 2011. Essad Pasha wished to obtain the Crown of Albania, and the peasants' revolt as well as Arif Hikmet's actions were his work.

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