Ka cika wannan jumlar: Balša II ya yi ƙoƙari na huɗu don ya ci birnin Durrës, wanda babban cibiyar kasuwanci ne, wanda abokin hamayyarsa, Karl Thopia ke sarauta. A cikin 1385, Balša II ya fara kai hari, ya kama Durrës daga Karl Thopia a shekara mai zuwa, kuma ya ayyana kansa a matsayin "Duke na Durazzo" (Durrës). Thopia ta nemi taimakon Turkawa. Murad da farin ciki na aika da sojoji 40,000 daga Makidoniya. A cikin filin Savra tsakanin Elbasan da Lushnja, Balša II
ya yi yaƙi da Turkawa kuma an ci shi da ya mutu. Thopia ya sake samun iko akan Durazzo, mai yiwuwa a ƙarƙashin Ottoman suzerainty.