▁ways ▁to ▁Christians . ▁Under ▁Me h med ▁IV , ▁a ▁tax ▁was ▁placed ▁on ▁dead ▁Roma ▁that ▁would ▁continue ▁to ▁be ▁paid ▁until ▁enough ▁had ▁been ▁gathered ▁from ▁living ▁Roma ▁to ▁replace ▁their ▁supposed ▁dues , ▁while ▁other ▁r ul ers ▁made ▁attempts ▁to ▁“ re ed uc ate ” ▁Roma . ▁There ▁were ▁also ▁cases ▁where ▁the ▁presence ▁of ▁Roma ▁was ▁forb idden ▁in ▁mos ques ▁or ▁c em eter ies . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁Ott oman ▁Empire , ▁A rom ani ans , ▁Alban ians ▁and ▁Roma ▁shared ▁an ▁" opp ress ed " ▁position ▁of ▁being ▁so cio e conom ically ▁dis adv ant aged ▁minor ity ▁populations ▁inhab iting ▁a ▁cr umb ling ▁state . ▁In ▁this ▁way , ▁the ▁Ott oman ▁era ▁has ▁been ▁considered ▁one ▁of ▁relative ▁" equality " ▁for ▁the ▁Roma ▁and ▁g ad jo ▁populations ▁in ▁Alban ia , ▁with ▁the ▁two ▁populations ▁typically ▁living ▁peace fully ▁in ▁harm ony , ▁with ▁Roma ▁cam ps ▁typically ▁being ▁located ▁on ▁the ▁out sk ir ts ▁of ▁Alban ian ▁cities . ▁ ▁Early ▁Independ ence ▁Era ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 th ▁and ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁many ▁Roma , ▁mostly ▁Muslim ▁ones , ▁fled ▁areas ▁that ▁were ▁newly ▁independent ▁from ▁the ▁Ott om ans , ▁where ▁as ▁Muslim s ▁they ▁were ▁identified ▁as ▁" O tt oman ▁collabor ators ". ▁Roma ▁came ▁to ▁Alban ia ▁especially ▁from ▁Ser bia , ▁Kos ovo ▁and ▁Mac ed onia . ▁Roma ▁also