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The 1770 Ottoman Invasion of Mani was one of a series of invasions by the Ottomans to subdue the Maniots. Mani was one region of Greece that the Ottomans had not occupied due to the rough terrain and the rebellious spirit of Maniots. The Maniots caused damage to the Ottomans by allying with the Venetians whenever there was a war between Venice and the Ottomans and they also were pirates. After the failed Orlov Revolt of 1770 in which the Maniots took part, Turko-Albanians ravaged the Peloponnese and kept the Maniots cooped up inside Mani. The Turks also tried to keep the Maniots quiet by placing a bey who was a Maniot to govern them. In 1770 the Ottoman bey of the Peloponnese, Hassán Ghazi, saw his chance to invaded Mani and subjugate them once and for all. With a large force of Turko-Albanians he penetrated into Mani and laid siege to the tower of the powerful Grigorakos of Ayeranos and Skoutari. The Grigorakos' tower held out for three days before being destroyed. The Ottomans then fought a battle against the Maniot army and lost and were forced to withdraw from Mani. The Maniots then sacked the Ottoman castle of Passavas on Easter Sunday. ==Prelude== The failed Orlov Revolt of 1770 was a disaster for Mani. The Maniots were bottled up inside Mani and were forced to pay a tribute of 15,00 groshes to the Ottomans.〔Greenhalgh and Eliopoulos. Deep into Mani: Journey to the Southern Tip of Greece.〕 The Ottomans also appointed a Maniot bey to govern of the Maniots. The Ottomans sent parties of Turko-Albanians troops to raid Mani. The Maniots still caused some trouble for the Ottomans with their ships. The Ottoman pasha of the Peloponnese, Hatzi Osman thought it was his chance to take over Mani once and for all and to impress the sultan. He gathered and large and seasoned group of Turko-Albanians soldiers to accompany him in his invasion of Mani. When the Maniots heard of the Ottoman preparations they gathered their army under the command Éxarchos Grigorakis and his nephew Tzanetos Grigorakos who were from the powerful clan of Ayeranos and Skoutari in the mountains above Parasyros and waited for the Ottomans to arrive. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ottoman invasion of Mani (1770)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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