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Line 443: In 1787, [[Ali Pasha]], a Muslim Albanian brigand, was awarded the [[pashaluk]] of [[Trikala]] in reward for his support of the Sultan [[Abdülhamid I]]'s war against [[Habsburg Monarchy\|Austria]]. Shortly afterwards, he seized control of Ioannina and Chameria. As a practically independent ruler, for the next 33 years, Ali expanded his influence through Albania and most of [[Ottoman Greece]]. The first defeat Ali Pasha suffered was at the hand of the inhabitants of the villages of [[Souli]]. These were ~~a group of Orthodox Chams,~~ the [[Souliotes]], who had managed to gain a sort of independence, through a military confederacy, without paying the taxes to the pasha.<ref name = Fleming>{{cite book \|last=Fleming \| first =Katherine Elizabeth \|title=The Muslim Bonaparte: Diplomacy and Orientalism in Ali Pasha's Greece \| url=http://books.google.com/books?id=zZqbA6Jk0uUC \| year=1999 \| publisher=Princeton University Press \| isbn=978-0-691-00194-4}}</ref> In 1792 Ali declared war against them, the reason being their persistent refusal to acknowledge his authority, rather than the uncollected taxes.<ref name = Clogg>{{citation \|last=Clogg \|first=Richard

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