The Islamic Union of The Balkans was an attempt at uniting the Balkans after a rebellion which occurred in the Ottoman occupied region of the Balkans.
In 1779, Mustafa Gurund of the region of Albania started a rebellion, which was followed by many others, including the Greek rebellion under Konstantinos Bildine in 1783, the Serb rebellions under many different people from 1780-1785, and the Moldavian rebellion in 1786.
After Mustafa's rebellion was successful, he established the Republic of Albania, but then he saw the rebellion around his newly formed nation failing, so he provided military support. This gave mass support to incorporate these new nations/movements into a union. Although Mustafa gave it the name the Islamic Union, it was a majority orthodox and had very good religious tolerance.
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