The expulsions occurred in the regions of Morava Valley, the Sanjak of Niš, and west Serbia.

[5] When the Serbian state became fully autonomous in 1817 (de facto 1815), Muslims and Albanian Catholics began leaving to the Ottoman Empire or to other places.

Despite working with other peoples before, including Albanians, the Serbian government began viewing them as an existential threat to the nation.

[1] In the Pashalik of Belgrade, which the Serbian Principality inherited the borders of and retained until 1833, most Muslims were either Bosniaks or Albanians.

[5] In 1832, Miloš Obrenović ordered that every Albanian in Serbia should be beaten for not fighting for their freedom with Mustafa Pasha Bushatli.