In 1479 after the Venetian-Ottoman treaty that gave to the Ottomans the last free part of Albania, areas of Peloponnesus and Dalmatia ([[Albania Veneta]]) he defected from the Venetian army and joined the rebellion of [[Krokodeilos Kladas|Corcondilo Klada]] in Morea. [[Laonikos Chalkokondyles]] describes an incident in which the Venetian commander of Nauplio[[Nafplio]] sent an Albanian contingent against him and Meksha Buziqi but the soldiers refused to attack them because of their kinship ties.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?ei=rfPXTc2kH8iBOt2SpIkH&ct=result&id=_QAWAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22the+rebels+were+their+compatriots%21%22&q=%22Meksha+Buziqi%22#search_anchorStudia Albanica, University of Tirana]</ref> The rebellion failed after the two commanders broke their alliance. Afterwards Bua returned to Venetian territory but was jailed in Monembasia.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=0Sz2VYI0l1IC&pg=PA328&dq=%22Theodore+Bua%22&hl=en&ei=bebXTZKbLImfOsOPvKYH&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Theodore%20Bua%22&f=false The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571: The fifteenth century p.329]</ref>
