A collection of the papers which were presented in the English language at the Second International Symposium on Islamic Civilisation in the Balkans which was held in Tirana, Albania, on 4-7 December 2003. The symposium was jointly organised by IRCICA, the Academy of Sciences of Albania, the General Directorate of Archives (Albania), the University of Tirana, and ISAR Foundation of İstanbul. The volume contains thirteen articles. The papers in Turkish and in Albanian will be published in a second volume and a third volume, respectively.