Complex sentence: During the Ottoman period and before the Albanian Declaration of Independence in 1912, Gramsh, then known as "Grameç" in Turkish, was a kaza administrative division within the Sanjak of Elbasan of the Monastir Vilayet.
Split into simpler sentences: During the Ottoman period and before the Albanian Declaration of Independence in 1912, it was known as "Grameç" in Turkish. During Ottoman rule, it was a kaza administrative division within the Sanjak of Elbasan of the Monastir Vilayet.