The Hidden History Of The Albanians Part 1
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Albanian History holds much controversy as mainstream Albanian history has done very little if any actual scientific study on the ethnogenesis of the Albanian people. Along with Serbian History, both Albanian History and Serbian History share a mutual connection which is larger than previously thought.
Teodora Toleva, PhD discovered secret documents that were hidden in the Vienna Royal Archives, that showed how the Austro-Hungarian empire, following 3 secret conferences held in the late 19th century, set the plan to create an Albanian nation.
The idea was to unite and combine all of these various tribes of different ethnicities that could not mutually understand one another and held conflicts. They would also set to make plans to Albanize the Serb and Greek population, therefore creating an artificial nation where a unified language, alphabet was put in place. This was all done for Austro-Hungarian Geopolitical purposes of preventing Serbia from reclaiming lost land from the crumbling Ottoman Empire as well as restricting Serbia’s access to the Adriatic sea.
Albanian history would then become falsified by Austro-Hungarian historians such as Von Hahn, Benjamin Von Kallay, Baron Von Zweideneck. They would create a pseudo-romantic narrative that portrays the present day Albanians as ancient Illyrians, a theory that lacks all evidence and primary sources. This was done for Austria-Hungary geopolitical goals such as creating a nation that will antagonise the Serbs and prevent Serbia from having access to the Adriatic sea.
A true look at genetical, archeological, linguistical as well as historical records reveals a completely different picture about the fascinating history of the Albanians.
In Eastern Roman (Byzantine) sources, Albanois are first mentioned in the 11th century by Michael Attaleiates. These are the Normans along with other mercenaries such as the Varangians that are found in Italy. In the period from the 12th to the 15th century, in Byzantine sources, these new settlers and migrants are mentioned as Arbanitoi, Arvanite, Alvani and Alvanite.
All of these terms are greek and latin metathesis-altered terms of the original term Rabanasi denoting the new settlers that settled around the mountain Raban.
Ptolemy's mention of Albani and Albanopolis is a Greco-Roman metathesis of the original Raban and Albanopolis being Belgrade (White City)
Michael Attaleiates and Michael Psellos, Byzantine historians from the 11th century, described the attempt of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) General from Sicily, George Maniakes, who attempted to take the Eastern Roman throne with the army he had gathered in Sicily and southern Italy and landed in Durres across the Adriatic sea. He bought with him the Albanois who were ethnically Normans, Franks, Varangians and even Christianized Berbers.
These mercenaries such as the Maniaketes who named themselves after George Maniakes and others who came as reserve companies for George Maniakete's war campaign against Constantine IX settled in Albania. When Maniaketes got killed at the battle of Ostrovo, they could not return to Italy and Sicily, because the ships that brought them returned as soon as the soldiers disembarked. These “so-called Albanians” as Anna Komnena referred to them as, settled in the area of Raban, near Kroja, which became their center.
These migrants were a mixture of Franks, Latins, Berbers, possibly Armenians as well. They were referred to as Albanois even in Italy, a Latin-Frankish term for someone who is not indigenous on the region that they are in, basically a foreigner.
Evliya Celebi, a prominent Turkish historian during his travels to the balkans, encountered these tribes in the 16th century. He noted in his travel book called “Seyahatname” that these tribes told him of their origins.
Some claimed to have Arabic / Berber ancestry and said that they mingled with the Franks at the time of their arrival and therefor due to there symbiosis with the so-called “Albanians” of Italy produced the Albanian tongue which was at the time a mixture of Frankish/Berber Arabic.
According to earlier Eastern Roman (Byzantine) sources such as Stefanos Byzantinus, it was reported that the Mirditi tribe of Albania are the descendants of Mardaites whom Emperor Justinian II bought over from Syria. Mardaites came from Syria along with Khurramites settled by the region of the Durres.
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
01:22 Invasion of Sicily By The Aghlabids & Fatimids
02:24 Who Was George Maniakes?
04:26 Arrival of Mercenaries In Albania
05:56 Albanian Linguistical Comparisons
09:37 Etymology of Raban - Albania
16:51 Etymology of Arberia/Arberesh/Laberia
21:41 Caucasian Albania
22:55 Serbian Toponyms In Albania
25:31 Arrival Of Normans In Albania
30:09 The Alexiad By Anna Komnena
31:36 Albanoi Etymology
32:26 Byzantine Frankish Norman Wars in Albania
36:42 The Fall Of Lucera
Albanian History holds much controversy as mainstream Albanian history has done very little if any actual scientific study on the ethnogenesis of the Albanian people. Along with Serbian History, both Albanian History and Serbian History share a mutual connection which is larger than previously thought.
Teodora Toleva, PhD discovered secret documents that were hidden in the Vienna Royal Archives, that showed how the Austro-Hungarian empire, following 3 secret conferences held in the late 19th century, set the plan to create an Albanian nation.
The idea was to unite and combine all of these various tribes of different ethnicities that could not mutually understand one another and held conflicts. They would also set to make plans to Albanize the Serb and Greek population, therefore creating an artificial nation where a unified language, alphabet was put in place. This was all done for Austro-Hungarian Geopolitical purposes of preventing Serbia from reclaiming lost land from the crumbling Ottoman Empire as well as restricting Serbia’s access to the Adriatic sea.
Albanian history would then become falsified by Austro-Hungarian historians such as Von Hahn, Benjamin Von Kallay, Baron Von Zweideneck. They would create a pseudo-romantic narrative that portrays the present day Albanians as ancient Illyrians, a theory that lacks all evidence and primary sources. This was done for Austria-Hungary geopolitical goals such as creating a nation that will antagonise the Serbs and prevent Serbia from having access to the Adriatic sea.
A true look at genetical, archeological, linguistical as well as historical records reveals a completely different picture about the fascinating history of the Albanians.
In Eastern Roman (Byzantine) sources, Albanois are first mentioned in the 11th century by Michael Attaleiates. These are the Normans along with other mercenaries such as the Varangians that are found in Italy. In the period from the 12th to the 15th century, in Byzantine sources, these new settlers and migrants are mentioned as Arbanitoi, Arvanite, Alvani and Alvanite.
All of these terms are greek and latin metathesis-altered terms of the original term Rabanasi denoting the new settlers that settled around the mountain Raban.
Ptolemy's mention of Albani and Albanopolis is a Greco-Roman metathesis of the original Raban and Albanopolis being Belgrade (White City)
Michael Attaleiates and Michael Psellos, Byzantine historians from the 11th century, described the attempt of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) General from Sicily, George Maniakes, who attempted to take the Eastern Roman throne with the army he had gathered in Sicily and southern Italy and landed in Durres across the Adriatic sea. He bought with him the Albanois who were ethnically Normans, Franks, Varangians and even Christianized Berbers.
These mercenaries such as the Maniaketes who named themselves after George Maniakes and others who came as reserve companies for George Maniakete's war campaign against Constantine IX settled in Albania. When Maniaketes got killed at the battle of Ostrovo, they could not return to Italy and Sicily, because the ships that brought them returned as soon as the soldiers disembarked. These “so-called Albanians” as Anna Komnena referred to them as, settled in the area of Raban, near Kroja, which became their center.
These migrants were a mixture of Franks, Latins, Berbers, possibly Armenians as well. They were referred to as Albanois even in Italy, a Latin-Frankish term for someone who is not indigenous on the region that they are in, basically a foreigner.
Evliya Celebi, a prominent Turkish historian during his travels to the balkans, encountered these tribes in the 16th century. He noted in his travel book called “Seyahatname” that these tribes told him of their origins.
Some claimed to have Arabic / Berber ancestry and said that they mingled with the Franks at the time of their arrival and therefor due to there symbiosis with the so-called “Albanians” of Italy produced the Albanian tongue which was at the time a mixture of Frankish/Berber Arabic.
According to earlier Eastern Roman (Byzantine) sources such as Stefanos Byzantinus, it was reported that the Mirditi tribe of Albania are the descendants of Mardaites whom Emperor Justinian II bought over from Syria. Mardaites came from Syria along with Khurramites settled by the region of the Durres.
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
01:22 Invasion of Sicily By The Aghlabids & Fatimids
02:24 Who Was George Maniakes?
04:26 Arrival of Mercenaries In Albania
05:56 Albanian Linguistical Comparisons
09:37 Etymology of Raban - Albania
16:51 Etymology of Arberia/Arberesh/Laberia
21:41 Caucasian Albania
22:55 Serbian Toponyms In Albania
25:31 Arrival Of Normans In Albania
30:09 The Alexiad By Anna Komnena
31:36 Albanoi Etymology
32:26 Byzantine Frankish Norman Wars in Albania
36:42 The Fall Of Lucera
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