1717 Mediterranean During the Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18, after Austrian military success in the Banat, Serb peasants rose against Ottoman rule in the Sanjak of Viçitrina, and also at Novi Pazar and Peja in 1717.
After the Austrians captured Belgrade in 1717, some of the Serbs in Eastern Kosovo also rose up[1] No special reprisals were reported after the war in 1718 but taxes continued to grow, and eight years later an Ottoman report noted that the tax rises had been so steep that many of the richer raya from Eastern Kosovo were emigrating.
[1] During the Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18, Austrian forces aided by Serb volunteers penetrated into West Morava and set up a new border there.
[4] In the second half of September 1717, during the retreat from Belgrade, at Niš the Ottoman sultan chose Vizier Abdul Pasha to maintain order and peace in Kosovo, and especially in Skopje, Pristina and Vushtrri.
[6] Trying to address the Albanian problem, in September 1718 Tahir Pasha sought a firman (official decree) to eradicate bandits to calm the land "from their plunder and murder".