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- studied the klephts in the 19th century, and stated that the principle of kinship and honour seen in Albanian besa could be seen among the klephts after centuries...
- outbreak of the Gr**** War of Independence, he organized a band of Moreot klephts and captured Tripolitsa in late 1821. Kolokotronis achieved his greatest...
- called "klephts" (Gr****: κλέφτες) (the Gr**** equivalent of the hajduks) that struck at Muslims and Christians alike. Defying Ottoman rule, the klephts were...
- Muslims and Christians alike, called klephts (κλέφτες) in Gr****, the equivalent of Hajduks. Defying Ottoman rule, the klephts were highly admired and held a...
- composed of Gr****s who were either former klephts or village stalwarts who had taken up arms against the klephts in the defense of their district. The Gr****...
- to repress the klephts. They were hence called armatoli. In fact the armatole tended to act more as allies than enemies of the klephts. The conditions...
- Pindus mountains, where klephts such as Antonis Katsantonis operated. Although Russian propaganda had begun influencing the klephts and armatoloi, the ideals...
- Kara Michalis in 1489. The action of the klephts in Olympus led the Turks to visit their outrage on the klephts' ally-village of Milia (in the late 17th...
- invited all the chieftains of the bands of klephts in the Peloponnese to a meeting, and they formed a klepht-armatoloi federation. This federation brought...
- po****tion from the plains to the mountains. This occasioned the rise of the klephts, armed brigands and rebels, in the mountains, as well as the corresponding...