History Today, September 1st, 2001
Jason Tomes looks at the reign of King Zog
Monarchy in Albania 1928-1939
SHORTLY BEFORE FIVE O'CLOCK on Saturday, September 1st, 1928, Europe gained a new kingdom and its only Muslim king: thirty-two year-old Zog I of Albania. Few foreign journalists were actually present in the Parliament House in Tirana to see him swear his oath on the Koran and the Bible, yet the birth of the Kingdom of Albania -- a native monarchy, not an alien imposition -- did attract a flicker of international attention. King Zog was a curiosity. So he has remained. Information about him was scarce enough even durin...
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