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On September 21st, 1797, the Ottoman governor of Rumelia, or the European

side of the Empire, Mustafa Pasha reported to Sultan Salim III that he is imperial forces

in the local community or in a dangerous situation that could escalate into a large-scale conflict

in the city of Filibay in Bulgaria. The official claimed that he had successfully

co-opted the mountain bandit leader, Karaphazy. He also co-opted his companions and their bands and

rolled them up into his own forces. He settled them in the Balkans and said he was on the

cusp of ending their five-year-long reign of pillaging that had devastated much of the region.

But Mustafa Pasha then complained that his plans went askew by another Ottoman officer.

The governor of Anatolia, Ali Pasha, marched his troops into the outskirts of Filibay and

attacked his divisions that included the bandit Karaphazy and completely disregarded Mustafa Pasha's

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