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What political goal did the Albanian League pursue for the Albanian territories within the Ottoman Empire?

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The primary political goal of the Albanian League was to unify all Albanian-inhabited territories—which were then divided among the four Ottoman provinces (vilayets) of Kosovo, ShkodĂ«r, Monastir, and Janina—into a single autonomous state within the Ottoman Empire.1

Initially, the league also sought to influence the Congress of Berlin to prevent the partition of Albanian lands and their transfer to neighboring states like Montenegro, Serbia, and Greece. While the league was ultimately suppressed by the Ottoman government in 1881 due to these demands for autonomy, its efforts served as a foundational movement for Albanian nationalism, eventually contributing to the country's declaration of independence in 1912.21