In 1389, a Christian coalition, the Balkan group, composed of Serbia, Albania, Rumania, and Bosnia faced the Ottoman Empire, headed by Sultan Murad, together with his two sons: Princes Yakub and Bayezid. The Balkan group was defeated greatly by the Turks. Sultan Murad and Prince Yakub, his heir, were killed by his people, and Prince Bayezid was proclaimed as the new sultan. Sultan Murad's body was brought back to Anatolia, but his blood and intestines were buried on the soil of Kosovo. Through the years, that land was continually haunted and cursed by strife and war: the Catholic Albanians versus the Orthodox Serbs, the ethnic cleansing during Milosovich rule.
This is a wonderful piece of writing from the International Man Booker winner Ismail Kadare.