Theodor Bua (

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: Teodor Bua) was a 15th-century

military commander who served as a captain of the

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regiments of the

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After the Venetian-Ottoman peace treaty of 1479, that gave to the Ottomans the last free part of Albania, areas of Peloponnesus and Dalmatia (

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), Teodor Bua defected from the Venetian army and joined the rebellion of

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in the

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. In his ''Dispacci al Senato e ad Altri'',

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describes an incident in which the Venetian commander of

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sent an Albanian contingent against him and Meksha Buziqi. Still, the soldiers refused to attack them because of their kinship ties and compatriotism. The rebellion ultimately failed after the two commanders broke their alliance. Afterwards, Bua returned to Venetian territory but was jailed in

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