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| The territory of modern '''] was part of the ]''' during certain periods in the ] and some parts in what is now eastern Albania were populated and ruled by the ] for centuries. Most of Albania became part of the ] in the early 840s during the reign of Khan ].<ref name="pr">{{cite book | |||
| | last = Andreev | |||
| | first = Yordan | |||
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| | title = The Bulgarian Khans and Tsars (Balgarskite hanove i tsare, Българските ханове и царе) | |||
| | publisher = Abagar | |||
| | series = | |||
| | page = 70 | |||
| | year = 1996 | |||
| | doi = | |||
| | isbn = 954-427-216-X }}</ref> Some coastal towns such as ] remained in the hands of the ] for most of that period. The castles of the inner mountainous country remained one of the last Bulgarian strongholds to be conquered by the Byzantines in 1018/1019 during the fall of the First Bulgarian Empire. During the Byzantine rule Albania was one of the centres of a ]. The last Bulgarian Emperor to govern the whole territory was ] (1218-1241) but after his successors the Bulgarian rule diminished. | |||
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