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“Once there was a Sultan l\/lurat…”Thus begins the Albanian epic on the Battle of Kosovo.‘ This is the story of Murat, a i\’loses—like leader who performs miracles for his people and is destined to die as a martyr, and Kopiliq, the daring warrior with magic powers who kills Murat.The historical event that provides
the background to this epic is Sultan l\/lurat l’s Kosovo campaign in the spring of B89, culminating in a confrontation with the coalition of Balkan forces led by the Serbian Prince Lazar
Hrcbeljanovioz Both the Sultan and the Prince were killed ina battle that apparently ended with no decisive victory in the field, or no immediate outcome, but signaled the weariness of
local forces against the Ottomans. Seventy years later the last resistance was finally overcome; Kosovo feudal lords lost their independence to the Ottomans, who established their rule over
the entire region.