The goal of the committee was to disseminate the idea of an autonomous Albanian region within the steadily diminishing Ottoman Empire. The committee's plan and ideals were printed in the Tercuman i Sark paper, and anticipated the founding of a single Albanian vilayet that would encompass the vilayets of Kosovo, Monastir, Janina and Scutari. Contrary to what is often said, a claim for territories very often included the Salonica Vilayet too.[3][4] As support for both the committee and the idea of a united autonomous Albania grew, supporters decided to meet in the city of Prizren. This became the first meeting of what came to be known as the League of Prizren.[5]
In October 1879, elite members of the committee formed the Society for the Publication of Albanian Letters, which would perform the difficult tasks of establishing a unified alphabet and primer, and spreading the Albanian writings.
^Rilindasi Hoxha Hasan Tahsini në mbrojtje të trojeve joshqiptare të Çamërisë nga aneksimi dhe kolonizimi grek (in Albanian), ardhmeriaonline.com, archived from the original on 2016-03-05, retrieved 2014-01-25, Më 18 dhjetor 1877 u formua komiteti qendror për mbrojtjen e të drejtave të kombësisë shqiptare apo siç u quajt shkurt "Komiteti i Stambollit", në të cilin Hasan Tahsini ishte pjesëtar aktiv. [On December 18, 1877, the Central Committee for defending rights of the Albanian nation, or as abbreviated "Committee of Instambul", was formed, and Hasan Tahsini was an active member of it]