Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo

The Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo (Albanian: Komiteti i Mbrojte Kombetare e Kosoves) was an Albanian organization illegally founded in Shkoder at the beginning of November 1918. It was mainly consisted of the political exiles from Kosovo and was led by Hoxha Kadriu from Priština.[1] It existed in looser form since May 1915. Its members were Hasan Pristina and Bajram Curri.[2]

The main objectives of the committee were to[3]:

  1. campaign against the borders of the Principality of Albania, established on the basis of London Treaty 1913
  2. liberate Kosovo
  3. unite all Albanian inhabited lands

The committee organizationally and financially supported the kachaks in Kosovo and Skopje.

References

  1. ^ Vickers, Miranda (1999). The Albanians: a modern history. I.B.Tauris. p. 91. ISBN 978-1860645419. http://books.google.com/books?id=IzI0uOZ2j6gC. "Soon after piece was signed, at the beginning of November 1918, the Committee for Defence of Kosova..... was setup illegaly in Shkoder" 
  2. ^ Vickers, Miranda (1999). The Albanians: a modern history. I.B.Tauris. p. 91. ISBN 978-1860645419. http://books.google.com/books?id=IzI0uOZ2j6gC. "Two of the most prominent members were Hasan Pristina and Bajram Curri" 
  3. ^ Vickers, Miranda (1999). The Albanians: a modern history. I.B.Tauris. p. 91. ISBN 978-1860645419. http://books.google.com/books?id=IzI0uOZ2j6gC. 

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