5182:Дрногорци су пристали уз Турке против Клемената и њихових савезника Врћана20), а седамдесет и две године касније, 1685. год., СулеЈман паша Бушатлија успео је да продре на Цетиње само уз припо- моћ Брђана, који су били у завади с Црногорцима.*7! То исто догодило се 1692. год., кад је Сулејман-пагаа поново изишао на Цетиње, те одатле одагнао Млечиће и умирио Црну Гору, коЈ"а је била пристала под заштиту млетачке републике.*8) 0 вери Бр- ђани су мало водили рачуна, да не нападају на своје саплеме- нике, јер им је плен био главна сврха. Од клементашких пак напада нарочито највише су патили Плаво, Гусиње и православнн живаљ у тим крајевима. Горе сам напоменуо да су се ови спуштали и у пећки крај,и тамо су били толико силни, да су им поједина села и паланке морали плаћати данак.
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Albanian territories Bizzi reported an incident in 1613 in which an
Ottoman commander, Arslan Pasha, raided the villages of the Kelmendi and started taking prisoners, until an agreement was reached with the Kelmendi clans. According to the agreement, the Kelmendi would surrender fifteen of their members as slaves, and pay a tribute of 1,000 ducats to the Ottomans. However, as Arslan Pasha waited for the payment of the tribute, the Kelmendi ambushed part of his troops and killed about thirty cavalrymen. After this incident the Ottoman troops retreated to
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lived in Lopare, he married a girl from
Triepshi, who followed him. His name was Amati, and his wife's name was Bumçe. According to others, his name was Klement, from where the tribe received its name. Another story, which Jovićević had heard in Selce, was that the founder was from Piperi, a poor man that had worked as a servant for a wealthy Kuči, there he sinned with a girl from a noble family, and left via the
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since he was there in the name of the
Kelmendi army, he was then given the name Patriarch of Kelmendi, by the Habsburgs. Yet Noel Malcolm debates it further and comes to the conclusion that the Albanians in kosovo were kosovars, however the Kelmendi did fight at Bijelo Polje when the Austrian troops were going back north and joined their troops to Habsburgs, to raide the ottomans at their weakest the
3903:. Immigrated to Plav-Gusinje in 1698 from the village of Vukël or Selcë in northern Albania and converted to Islam the same year. The clan's closest relatives are the Balidemaj. Legend has it that the Balaj, Balidemaj and Vukel clans descended from three brothers. However, a member of the Vukel clan married a member of the Balić clan, later resulting in severed relations with the Vukel clan.
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their knèze
Vokodoud, killed in a fight, and a few days after that of the Voivode Hotasch, whom the Pasha himself surprised by climbing an inaccessible peak with crampons, deprived the Clementi of their best chiefs and determined their submission, the other Kelmendi leaders were decapitated by the Ottomans and their heads sent to the Sultan.
2887:, which required mountain communities to maintain and protect land routes, throughout the countryside, which connected regional urban centres. In return they were exempted from extraordinary taxes. The Kelmendi were to guarantee safe passage to passengers in the route from Shkodra to western Kosovo (Altun-ili) and that which passed through
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with Bumçe, the daughter of the rich herdsman. When she became pregnant, the two were married but because their affair was punishable by customary law they left the area and settled to the south in the present
Kelmendi area. Their seven sons are the historical ancestors of the settlements of Kelmendi in Albania and the
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to resist with all their might any upcoming
Ottoman expeditions, thereby protecting their self-government and disallowing the establishment of the authority of the Ottoman Spahis in the northern highlands. Their uprising had a liberating character. With the aim of getting rid of the Ottomans from the
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Kelmendi was very well known in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries because of it constant rebellion against the
Ottomans. This caused the name of Kelmendi to be used as a synonym for all Albanian and Montenegrin tribes of the Ottoman borderlands as they were the best known community of that region
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with two villages (Selca and
Ishpaja) and 70 households. The katunds of the previous century had either settled permanently or moved to other areas like Leshoviq which moved northwards and settled in Kuči. Thus, the population in Kelmendi was less than half in 1582 in comparison to 1497. Anthroponymy
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Yugoslav anthropologist
Andrija Jovićević recorded several similar stories about their origin. One story has it that the founder settled from Lajqit e Hotit, in Hoti, and to Hoti from Fundane, the village of Lopare in Kuči; he was upset with the Hoti and Kuči, and therefore left those tribes. When he
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Gjonbalaj, in
Vusanje, with relatives in Vojno Selo. Their ancestor, a Catholic Albanian named Gjon Balaj, immigrated with his sons: Bala, Aslan, Tuça and Hasan; along with his brother, Nrrel, and his children: Nika, Ded (Dedush), Stanisha, Bruç and Vuk from the village of Vukël in northern Albania
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writing in 1638, the Kelmendi tribe grew very rich by attacking and stealing merchandise from Christian merchants in Albania, Bosnia and Serbia, killing those who resisted them. After merchants travelled to Constantinople, and representative of the local population of Novi Pazar and northern Kosovo
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There are many theories on the place of origin of the Kelmendi. Before the 20th century, several travellers, historians and clergymen have recorded various oral traditions and presented their own interpretations. In modern times, archival research has provided a more historically grounded approach.
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In 1613, the Ottomans launched a campaign against the rebel tribes of Montenegro. In response, the tribes of the Vasojevići, Kuči, Bjelopavlići, Piperi, Kastrati, Kelmendi, Shkreli and Hoti formed a political and military union known as “The Union of the Mountains” or “The Albanian Mountains”. The
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This event was the starting point of other dramas, which took place during Enver Hoxha's dictatorship. Class struggle was strictly applied, human freedom and human rights were denied, Kelmend was isolated both by the border and by lack of roads for other 20 years, agricultural cooperative brought
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in November, and put under his wings a large army of Serbs, including some Kelmendi. However, Noel Malcolm does not support this statement at all since he has found sources which confirms that, Arsenje III Čarnojevíc, did not meet with General Piccolomini in Kosovo, but instead Pjeter Bogdani did
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recorded the most widely spread oral tradition about Kelmendi's origins in 1850. According it a rich herdsman in the region of Triepshi (which administratively in the past fell within Kuci) employed as a herdsman a young man who came to Triepshi from an unknown region. The young man had an affair
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asked Doudjé-Pasha, the governor of Bosnia, to lead a punitive expedition, in the heart of winter, against the Kelmendi. The tribe weakened by famine and lacking ammunition, put up a desperate defense, rolling huge blocks of rock from the tops of the mountains onto the Turkish army. The death of
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1497, which was a supplementary registry to that of 1485. The defter of households and property was initially carried out in 1485, but Kelmendi doesn't appear in the registry as they resisted the entry of the Ottoman soldiers in their lands. It had 152 households in two villages divided in five
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and its extensive battles and raids against the Ottomans which reached as far north as Bosnia and as far east as Bulgaria. By the 17th century, they had grown so much in numbers and strength that their name was sometimes used for all tribes of northern Albania and Montenegro. The Ottomans tried
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in the 1920s found the first reference to the Kelmendi name in the Venetian archives. The publication of the Ottoman defter of the sanjak of Scutari in 1974 marks the publication of the first historical record about the people of Kelmendi, their anthroponymy, toponymy and social organization.
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Yugoslavia: Integration Problems in the Past and Present: Proposal of the South-East Europe Working Group of the German Research Foundation to the Fifth International Congress on South-Eastern Europe of the Association internationale d'études du Sud-Est européen, Belgrade, 11–17 September
3910:. This branch of the clan remained Catholic for three generations, until Martin's great-grandson converted to Islam, taking the name Omer. Since then, the family was known as Omeraj. Until recently was the family's name changed to Balidemaj, named after Bali Dema, an army commander in the
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to the village of Vusanje/Vuthaj in the late-17th century. Upon arriving, Gjon and his descendants settled in the village Vusanje/Vuthaj and converted to Islam and were known as the Gjonbalaj. Relatives include Ahmetajt, Bruçajt, Çelajt, Goçaj, Lekajt, Selimajt, Qosajt, Ulajt, Vuçetajt.
2807:. The heads of the five katunds were: Rabjan son Kolë (Liçeni), Marash son of Lazar (Gjonoviq), Stepan son of Ulgash (Muriq), Lulë son Gjergj (Kolemadi). Kelmendi was exempted from almost all taxes to the new central authorities. Of the five katuns of Kelmendi, in four the name
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the Kelmendi peoples, who are almost entirely Latin, speak Albanian and Dalmatian and are divided in ten katuns: Kelmendi, Gruda, Hoti, Kastrati, Shkreli, Tuzi all Latins and Bjelopavlici, Piperi, Bratonosici, these are Dalmatians and Kuci of whom half are schismatics and half
3396:. On January 15, 1945, a battle between the Albanian 1st Brigade and nationalist forces was fought at the Tamara Bridge. Communist forces lost 52 soldiers, while in their retaliation about 150 people in Kelmend people were brutally killed. Their leader Prek Cali was executed.
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Jugoslawien: Integrationsprobleme in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Beitr̈age des Südosteuropa-Arbeitskreises der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft zum V. Internationalen Südosteuropa-Kongress der Association internationale d'études du Sud-Est européen, Belgrad, 11.-17. September
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By the end of the Second World War, the Albanian Communists sent its army to northern Albania to destroy their rivals, the nationalist forces. The communist forces met open resistance in Nikaj-Mertur, Dukagjin and Kelmend, which were anti-communist. Kelmend was headed by
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demanding Albanian sociopolitical and linguistic rights with three of the signatories being from Kelmendi. In later negotiations with the Ottomans, an amnesty was granted to the tribesmen with promises by the government to build one to two primary schools in the
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remained roughly the same as in 1497 as most names were Albanian and some showed Slavic influence. In the mid-1580s, the Kelmendi seemed to have stopped paying taxes to the Ottomans. They had by this time gradually come to dominate all of northern
3067:. The Kelmendi promised support to whichever side would fulfil their requests. in 1666, for instance some of the Kelmendi supported the Ottomans on condition that they be exempted from paying tribute for five years. Some of them also converted to
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in Rugova also include immigrant Shkreli, Kastrati and Shala families, but later is confirmed that Shala brotherhood is not related to that tribe, indeed they came from the Vukel brotherhood. A number of families of Kelmendi descent also live in
4509:"Kontribut për studimin e ngulitjes së katuneve dhe krijimin e fiseve në Shqipe ̈rine ̈ e veriut shekujt XV-XVI' [Contribution to the Study of Village Settlements and the Formation of the Tribes of Northern Albania in the 15th century]"
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were allowed to stay in their homes. Their chief had converted to Islam, and promised to convert his people to. A total of 251 Kelmendi households (1,987 people) were resettled in the Pešter area on that occasion. Other were resettled in
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to the north. In the late Ottoman period, the tribe of Kelmendi consisted of 500 Catholic and 50 Muslim households. The following lists are of families in the Kelmend region by village of origin (they may live in more than one village):
4038:. They immigrated to Gusinje in 1675 from the village of Vukël in northern Albania. A certain bey from the Šabanagić clan gave the clan the village of Doli. Also, they are ancestors of Shala brtherhood in Rugova.
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Kelmendi is mentioned as early as the 14th century and as a territorial tribe it developed in the 15th century. In the Balkans, it is widely known historically for its longtime resistance to the
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Clashes with the Ottomans continued through the 1630 and culminate in 1637-38 where the tribe would repel an army of 12,000 (according to some sources 30,000) commanded by Vutsi Pasha of the
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In the early centuries of Kelmendi, in the 15th and 16th centuries the only information that is mentioned about them is their language, ethnic group and religion. As Catholic bishop
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As early as 1538, the Kelmendi rose up against the Ottomans again and appear to have done so also in 1565 as Kuči and Piperi were also in rebellion. The 1582–83 defter recorded the
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and others as being in a conflict with the Ottomans for 4 consecutive years. The local Ottomans were unable to counter them and were thus forced to ask the Bosnian Pasha for help.
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Relacione mbi gjendjen e Shqipërisë veriore e të mesme në shekullin XVII (1634-1650) [Correspondence on the situation in northern and central Albania in the 17th century]
5521:"VOAL - Online Zëri i Shqiptarëve - PAIONËT E VARDARIT I GJEJMË KELMENDAS NË LUGINËN E DRINITShtegëtimi i paionëve nga liqeni i Shkodrës në luginën e VardaritNga RAMIZ LUSHAJ"
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4741:"From serenissima's centralization to the selfregulating kanun: The strengthening of blood ties and the rise of great tribes in northern Albania from 15th to 17th century"
4581:"FROM SERENISSIMA'S CENTRALIZATION TO THE SELFREGULATING KANUN: THE STRENGTHENING OF BLOOD TIES AND THE RISE OF GREAT TRIBES IN NORTHERN ALBANIA FROM 15TH TO 17TH CENTURY"
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several times to expel them completely from their home territory and forcefully settle them elsewhere, but the community returned to its ancestral lands again and again.
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Mita Kostić, "Ustanak Srba i Arbanasa u staroj Srbiji protivu Turaka 1737-1739. i seoba u Ugarsku", Glasnik Skopskog naučnog društva 7-8, Skoplje 1929, pp. 225, 230, 234
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about economic backwardness, life became a physical blowing action etc. Many Kelmendi people fled, some others froze by bullets and ice when trying to pass the border.
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during the Kosovo campaign. Initially they were serving Süleyman, but after negotiations with a Venetian official, they abandoned the Ottoman ranks. In October 1689,
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Qosaj/Qosja (Ćosaj/Ćosović), in Vusanje. They are descendants of a certain Qosa Stanishaj, son of Stanisha Nrrelaj and are originally from Vukël in northern Albania.
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Dedushaj, in Vusanje. They are descendants of a Catholic Albanian named Ded (Dedush) Balaj, son of Nrrel Balaj, and are originally from Vukel in northern Albania.
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and got their hands of large quantities of weapons and equipment. In 1692, Süleyman defeated the Montenegrins at Cetinje, once again with the help of the Brđani.
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Vuçetaj (Vučetaj/Vučetović), in Vusanje. They are originally from Vukël in northern Albania. They are descendants of a certain Vuçetë Nikaj, son of Nika Nrrelaj.
4658:"Elementi shqiptar sipas onomastikës së krahinave të sanxhakut të Shkodrës [The Albanian element in view of the anthroponymy of the sanjak of Shkodra]"
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before taking refuge in Albania. The story went on to say he originated from either of those two provinces, and that he was encountered by a pastor in
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in the battles against the Ottomans; after that unsuccessful war, a part of the Kelmendi fled their lands. After the defeat in 1737, under Archbishop
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which, together, had 60 households and 400 inhabitants. However, it is also reported that the Kelmendi had come to occupy and absorb the plateau of
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2743:(Kelment or Kelmend in Albanian). A Franciscan priest in Shkodra, Gabriel recounted a story about a Clemens who was a Venetian who was a priest in
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Bruçaj, they are descendants of a Catholic Albanian named Bruç Nrrelaj, son of Nrrel Balaj, and are originally from Vukël in northern Albania.
3893:. They descend from a certain Ahmet Nikaj, son of Nika Nrrelaj and grandson of Nrrel Balaj, and are originally from Vukël in northern Albania.
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3307:, a significant number of Serbs and Kelmendis retreated into the north, Habsburg territory. Around 1,600 of them settled in the villages of
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According to Bardhi after being ambushed by the tribe in the mountains and suffering heavy casualties the Ottoman force returned to Bosnia.
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Stanovništvo slovenskog porijekla u Albaniji : zbornik radova sa međunarodnog naučnog skupa održanog u Cetinju 21, 22. i 23. juna 1990
3914:(1789). The clan's closest relatives are the Balajt. Legend has it that the Balaj, Balidemaj and Vukel clans descended from three brothers.
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sent a petition, to complain about Klemendi raids and ask for protection, the Sultan ordered Vučo Pasha, the Pasha of Bosnia, to lead the
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Ulaj, in Vusanje. They are originally from Vukël in northern Albania. They are descendants of a certain Ulë Nikaj, son of Nika Nrrelaj.
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When Pasha of Herzegovina attacked city of Kotor 1657, Albanian tribes of Kelmendi and Bjelopavlići also participated in this battle
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appears as a patronym (Liçeni, Gjonoviq, Leshoviq, Muriq), an indication of kinship ties between them. The leader of Liçeni in Selca
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3985:. The eponymous founder, a Catholic Albanian named Martin, immigrated to the village of Trepča in the late 17th century from Selcë.
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3181:, which collectively had 112 households and 660 inhabitants, following a series of incursions and attacks on the local population.
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in northern Albania, situated in the northernmost and most isolated part of the country. It borders the Albanian tribal regions of
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area, and they were so powerful there that some villages and small towns paid them tribute. In March 1688, Süleyman attacked the
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A folk etymology explains it as Kol Mendi. The historical origin of the toponym is traced to the Roman fort of Clementiana which
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4087:, and the Velovići, Odžići and Selmanovići in Donji Murići. The Mari and Gorvoki families, constituting the main element of the
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2705:. The first writing about Kelmendi's area of origin is from Franciscan missionary, Bernardo da Verona who in 1663 wrote that
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which settled there in the 16th century come from Kelmendi. The northernmost settlement from Kelmendi is in the villages of
3208:, and the Orthodox population in those regions suffered the most from the Kelmendi's attacks. The Kelmendi also raided the
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and Vojno Selo. They are originally from Vukël in northern Albania. They are descendants of a certain Lekë Pretashi Nikaj.
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Rugova, in Višnjevo with relatives in Vojno Selo and Babino Polje. They descend from a Kelmend clan of Rugova in Kosovo.
3935:. Immigrated to Plav-Gusinje in 1698 from the village of Vukël in northern Albania and converted to Islam the same year.
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4688:"Etnički odnosi u jugoslovensko-albanskom graničnom području prema popisnom defteru sandžaka Skadar iz 1582/83. godine"
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Dabović, in Gureza, Livari and Gornji Šestani. Can be found in Shkodër. Their relatives are the Lukić clan in Krajina.
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Musaj, Immigrated to Plav-Gusinje in 1698 from village Vukël in northern Albania and converted to Islam the same year.
3267:. With the help of other mountain tribes, he managed to block the Kelmendi in their homelands, the gorge of the upper
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4315:"Vështrim i shkurtër historik për fisin e Kelmendit [A short historical summary about the fis of Kelmendi]"
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it is not easy to make comments about Kelmendi's origin, but it has become customary to say that they came from
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3200:(including the Kelmendi), who were in feud with the Montenegrin tribes. The Kelmendi lived off of plundering.
5766:"Transhumance in Kelmend, Northern Albania: Traditions, Contemporary Challenges, and Sustainable Development"
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village, describing them as "an untiring, valorous and extremely rapacious people", with 178 houses, and 650
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3388:, in 1920, puts the Kelmendi as the first of the Albanian clans, as the most frequently mentioned of all.
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mentioned Kelmendi Albanians among the "infidel warriors" he saw manning Venetian ships in the harbour of
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2713:. The second commentary about Kelmendi's place of origin comes in 1685 in a letter by Catholic archbishop
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5253:. "popoli quasi tutti latini, e di lingua Albanese e Dalmata ... dalmatinisch, d.h. slawisch und ortodox"
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hail from Kelmend. Other families hailing from Kelmend include the Mujzići in Ćirjan, Džaferovići in
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2770:. Johan Georg von Hahn placed the settlement of Kelmendi's progenitor in Bestana, southern Kelmend.
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4119:. The oldest Kelmendi families in Rugova, the Lajqi, claim descent from a Nika who settled there.
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3133:. Gaspari also reports that the Kelmendi were primarily concentrated in the following villages:
5772:. Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology. Vol. 29. Berghahn Books. pp. 102–120.
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Zejnelović in Gusinje, oral tradition shows that most Zejnelović migrated east to Rozhaje, and
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on 23 June Albanian tribesmen and other revolutionaries gathered in Montenegro and drafted the
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recalls the oral tradition of the son Kelmend, Kola who founded Selca and who had three sons:
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Stefano Gaspari. According to the report, the Kelmendi had constructed a church dedicated to
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2849:. Their names indicate that the settlers who founded them came from the region of Kelmendi.
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In oral tradition, Bumçe, the wife of Kelmendi came from the Bekaj brotherhood of Triepshi.
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3125:(Ishpaja) 20 years earlier in 1651, that was used by the entire tribal community to attend
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Kelmendi's legacy is found throughout the region. Kelmendi is found beyond the Cem valley (
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4106:, the majority of the modern Albanian population descends from the Kelmendi. The Kelmendi
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Prelvukaj, in Martinovići. They descend from a Prelë Vuka from Vukël, of the Martini clan.
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4772:"The Balkans in the anti-Ottoman projects of the European Powers during the 17th Century"
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claiming they were independent from Ottoman rule and did not pay tribute to the empire.
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they belong to the Albanian nation, speak Albanian, hold our holy Roman Catholic beliefs
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4148:(1872–1945), Kelmendi chieftain, rebel leader, World War II guerrilla. Born in Vermosh.
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the Kelmendi played a tactical role between the Ottomans and the Venetians. In 1664,
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commanded by Smail Prentashev and Peda Suka. In 1614, they, along with the tribes of
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Light and Shadow: Isolation and Interaction in the Shala Valley of Northern Albania
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The Discovery of Albania: Travel Writing and Anthropology in the Nineteenth Century
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Grazing Communities: Pastoralism on the Move and Biocultural Heritage Frictions
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Histoire générale du IV siècle á nos jours: Les guerres de religion, 1559-1648
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by Jacob Adam (1748-1811). It is possibly the first depiction of the Kelmendi
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Santayana, Manuel Pardo de; Pieroni, Andrea; Puri, Rajindra K. (2010-05-01).
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French consul Hyacinte Hecquard (1814–1866), noted that all of the Kelmendi (
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The Crescent and the Eagle: Ottoman rule, Islam and the Albanians, 1874–1913
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Rebels, Believers, Survivors : Studies in the History of the Albanians
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Lecaj, in Martinovići. They are originally from Vukël in northern Albania.
4803:"Mariano Bolizza: Report and Description of the Sanjak of Shkodra (1614)"
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according to oral stories the progenitor of Kelmendi came from the Upper
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5180:. Vol. 2–4. Štamparija Mate Jovanovnića Beograd. 1900. p. 74.
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The self-governing rights of northern Albanian tribes like Kelmendi and
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Ethnobotany in the new Europe: people, health, and wild plant resources
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Dalmatia Between Ottoman and Venetian Rule: Contado Di Zara, 1645-1718
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3165:(Selcë) with 28 households and 250 inhabitants; and the villages of
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Documentary on Logu Bjeshkeve Beauty Contest Tradition (Albanian)
5674:(1st ed.). Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
3141:(Gjonoviq or Gjenoviq) with seven households and 60 inhabitants;
5566:
Early Albania: a reader of historical texts, 11th-17th centuries
5199:. Vol. 13. Cetinjsko istorijsko društvo. 1940. p. 15.
5020:
Galaty, Michael; Lafe, Ols; Lee, Wayne; Tafilica, Zamir (2013).
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4708:
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5114:. Centar za mitološki studije Srbije. 2004. pp. 24, 41–45.
3271:, from three sides and advanced on them with his own army from
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3463:
1240:, which is Albania's northernmost village. Vermosh pours into
5594:
A dictionary of Albanian religion, mythology and folk culture
5127:"Stefano Gaspari: Travels in the Diocese of Northern Albania"
4950:
4948:
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of Kelmendi and pay the wages of teachers allocated to them.
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when 1,600 Catholic Albanian refugees settled there in 1737.
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and western Kosovo mainly. In Montenegro, half of the tribe (
5742:
Istorija Crne Gore (3): od početka XVI do kraja XVIII vijeka
2937:
documents from 1609 mention the Kelmendi, the tribes of the
5284:
Albanische Geschichte: Stand und Perspektiven der Forschung
2635:
Albanian bajraks (1918). Kelmendi bajraks are numbered 1–4.
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mentions in the mid 6th century in the road that connected
5798:
5075:
Albania sacra: geistliche Visitationsberichte aus Albanien
4012:
Rekaj, in Bogajići, immigrated to Plav-Gusinje circa 1858.
2845:(southern Greece), there are two Albanian villages called
2784:
The first historical record about Kelmendi is the Ottoman
5026:. The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press. p. 50.
4540:"Corinth in the Ottoman period (1458-1687 and 1715-1821)"
4358:
4356:
27:
Region in Albania and Montenegro; historic Albanian tribe
4205:, Montenegrin-born American footballer. Born in Vusanje.
3235:
allied himself with the Habsburgs, gaining the title of
5649:
Histoire et description de la Haute Albanie ou Ghégarie
3113:
The Kelmendi appear in a report of 1671 written by the
5052:
5050:
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4620:
4618:
4616:
3550:. Please see the relevant discussion on the article's
3444:(customary law) that is applied in Kelmend is that of
3318:
In ca. 1897, the Boga would become a fully integrated
2975:
recorded the "Climenti" in his 1614 report as being a
5716:. Vol. 74. Izd. Zadužbine Mikh. R. Radivojeviča.
5376:
Prek Cali thërret: Rrnoftë Shqipnia, poshtë komunizmi
5131:
Robert Elsie: Texts and Documents of Albanian History
4844:
Wissenschaftliche Tätigkeit in Albanien 1957 und 1958
4075:
The families of Dobanovići, Popovići and Perovići in
2911:. They were mobile and went raiding in what is today
5724:
E folmja e Kelmendit [The idiom of Kelmendi]
4896:"Frang Bardhi: The Pasha of Bosnia attacks Kelmendi"
4890:
4888:
4886:
3295:
In the 18th century, Hoti and Kelmendi assisted the
5545:
The Tribes of Albania: History, Society and Culture
3145:(Leshoviq) with 15 households and 120 inhabitants;
1340:
1298:
1290:
1264:
1249:
46:
5646:Hecquard, Hyacinthe (1859). "Tribu des Clementi".
4483:. Academy of Sciences of Albania. pp. 431–434
3220:, destroyed the army of Süleyman twice, took over
2609:dominus Georgius filius Georgii Clementi de Spasso
2539:and others), Gusinje (in particular, the villages
5304:Pregled kolonizacije Vojvodine u XVIII i XIX veku
5201:Марта мјесеца 1688 напао је Сулејман-паша на Куче
5154:Zbornik za narodni život i običaje južnih slavena
3432:During Easter processions in Selcë and Vukël the
3161:(Zeka) with seven households and 40 inhabitants;
3137:(Muriqi) with six households and 40 inhabitants;
2834:in the defter belongs to the historical tribe of
5327:
5325:
5306:. Novi Sad - Pančevo: Matica Srpska. p. 61.
3153:(Vukël) with 32 households and 200 inhabitants;
2797:). The katund of Liçeni lived in the village of
2515:Albanian bajraks (1918). Berisha is numbered 16.
5652:(in French). Paris: Bertrand. pp. 175–197.
5631:] (in German). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
4922:Nobody's Kingdom: A History of Northern Albania
4714:
4638:
4063:Lukić - Related to the Dabović clan in Krajina.
3033:would come to life during this epic struggles.
5713:Đerdapski ribolovi u prošlosti i u sadašnjosti
3196:. Süleyman was said to have been aided by the
5744:. Titograd: Redakcija za istoriju Crne Gore.
4651:
4649:
4647:
4375:von Hahn, Johan Georg; Elsie, Robert (2015).
3575:The region consists of six primary villages:
3315:, where they later adopted a Croat identity.
3216:tribe; the Kuči, with help from Kelmendi and
2735:believe that they descend from one ancestor,
2476:
1182:
8:
5373:Ndue Bacaj (Gazeta "Malësia") (March 2001),
5067:
5065:
4961:(in French). Paris: Didier. pp. 124–128
4847:. Südost-Forschungen. S. Hirzel. p. 408
4167:, Albanian freedom fighter. Born in Vusanje.
3543:The inclusion of certain items in this list
2543:, Doli, Martinovići and Gusinje itself) and
1224:). It is located in the upper valley of the
5692:Albania in the twentieth century: a history
5170:
5168:
5166:
5164:
3498:. Unsourced material may be challenged and
5398:
5396:
5379:(in Albanian), Shkoder.net, archived from
4502:
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3149:with seven households and 40 inhabitants;
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899:
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29:
5740:Stanojević, Gligor; Vasić, Milan (1975).
5246:
5078:. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 139.
4555:
4450:"Të parët e Kelmendit erdhën nga Trieshi"
4435:
4173:(1900–1939), Albanian communist. Born in
3518:Learn how and when to remove this message
2877:increased when their status changed from
5507:
5480:
5468:
5409:(in Albanian). Camaj-Pipaj. p. 66.
4726:
4362:
4347:
4154:(17th century), legendary woman warrior.
3227:In 1689 the Kelmendi volunteered in the
3157:with six households and 30 inhabitants;
3020:1638 Ottoman expedition against Kelmendi
2510:
5343:
5331:
5316:
5262:
4877:
4243:
4199:, Kosovo Albanian writer. Born in Peja.
4193:, Kosovo Albanian judoka, Born in Peja.
3906:Balidemaj (Bal(j)idemaj/Balidemić), in
2841:In the Ottoman register of the area of
2016:
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4985:(in French). A. Colin. p. 2-PA894
3938:Çelaj, in the villages of Vusanje and
3229:Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Empire
2697:writes in his correspondence with the
2639:The Kelmendi region is located in the
2559:, descendants of Kelmendi live in the
1246:
5429:
5104:
5102:
5056:
4865:
4822:(in Montenegrin). Pobjeda. p. 41
4788:
4626:
4335:
2766:. Kola, the eldest is the founder of
7:
4227:, Albanian activist. Born in Gjilan.
3496:adding citations to reliable sources
5406:Prek Cali, Kelmendi dhe kelmendasit
4480:Defter i Sanxhakut të Shkodrës 1485
4294:. University of Tirana. p. 161
2499:Copperplate etching of Kelmendi in
1236:. The Vermosh river springs in the
1220:) and eastern Montenegro (parts of
2711:or one of the neighbouring tribes.
25:
5448:. London: IB Tauris. p. 31.
4979:Lavisse, E.; Rambaud, A. (1895).
4805:– via Montenegrina History.
4381:. I. B. Tauris. pp. 120–22.
2869:Highland woman of Kelmendi, 1890s
1228:river and its tributaries in the
5829:Historical regions in Montenegro
5619:Grothusen, Klaus Detlev (1984).
4260:. Matica hrvatska. p. 136.
3534:
3468:
3364:On May 26, 1913, 130 leaders of
3074:In 1651, they aided the army of
2995:, sent a letter to the kings of
1339:
45:
3990:Martinovići, GusinjeMartinovići
3983:Martinovići, GusinjeMartinovići
3305:Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta
3186:Süleyman, sanjak-bey of Scutari
2225:Reconciliation Movement in 1990
931:Reconciliation Movement in 1990
4408:. Berghahn Books. p. 21.
4233:, Montenegrin football player.
3036:According to French historian
2861:A group of Kelmendi men, 1912.
2838:that became part of Kelmendi.
2830:The katun that was spelled as
2096:Kanun (Albanian customary law)
802:Kanun (Albanian customary law)
1:
5824:Historical regions in Albania
5794:Discover Kelmend & Shkrel
5727:. Artjon Shkurtaj. p. 23
5356:Südost Forschungen, Vol 59-60
4841:Lambertz, Maximilian (1959).
3192:that supported Venice at the
3013:According to Albanian bishop
2731:) except the families called
5569:. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag.
5493:Erdeljanović, Jovan (1907).
5003:Tea Perinčić Mayhew (2008).
4739:Kola, Azeta (January 2017).
3279:plateau. Only the people of
5768:. In Bindi, Letizia (ed.).
5721:Shkurtaj, Gjovalin (2013).
5657:Jovićević, Andrija (1923).
4955:François Lenormant (1866).
4925:. Andrews UK. p. 115.
4715:Stanojević & Vasić 1975
4639:Stanojević & Vasić 1975
3188:, annihilated the bands of
3106:allied themselves with the
2206:Albanian National Awakening
912:Albanian National Awakening
5855:
5710:Petrović, Mihailo (1941).
5302:Borislav Jankulov (2003).
5219:. Macmillan. p. 155.
3923:Canaj, in the villages of
2641:District of Malësi e Madhe
5495:Kuči - pleme u Crnoj Gori
4919:Winnifrith, T.J. (2021).
3889:Ahmetaj or Ahmetović, in
2962:leaders swore an oath of
1254:
5510:, pp. 175–176, 184.
5442:Gawrych, George (2006).
4257:Izabrani politički spisi
3261:Hudaverdi Mahmut Begolli
1238:village of the same name
5764:Wolff, Martine (2022).
5216:Kosovo: a short history
4819:O etnogenezi Crnogoraca
4816:Kulišić, Špiro (1980).
4656:Pulaha, Selami (1972).
4507:Pulaha, Selami (1975).
4477:Pulaha, Selami (1974).
4288:Zamputi, Injac (1963).
4217:, Yugoslav soldier and
3958:Hasilović, in Bogajiće.
3607:, to the west, and the
3350:Albanian revolt of 1911
3324:of the Kelmendi tribe.
3233:Arsenije III Čarnojević
2547:(Hakaj) to the east in
2211:Albanian revolt of 1911
917:Albanian revolt of 1911
5799:Kelmend Municipal Unit
5689:Pearson, Owen (2004).
5668:Malcolm, Noel (2020).
5591:Elsie, Robert (2001).
5563:Elsie, Robert (2003).
5542:Elsie, Robert (2015).
5403:Luigj Martini (2005).
5213:Malcolm, Noel (1998).
4770:Mala, Muhamet (2017).
4557:10.36816/shedet.003.05
4538:Machiel, Kiel (2016).
4313:Ukgjini, Nikë (1999).
4136:
3453:
3429:
3417:
3345:
3255:In 1700, the pasha of
3252:
2870:
2862:
2793:pastoral communities (
2636:
2628:
2516:
2508:
5072:Bartl, Peter (2007).
4958:Turcs et Monténégrins
4694:(in Serbo-Croatian),
4130:
4066:Radovići, in Zagonje.
3423:
3411:
3340:surrounded by men in
3335:
3250:
3121:in the settlement of
2868:
2860:
2759:Johann Georg von Hahn
2659:to the east, and the
2634:
2622:
2597:Procopius of Caesarea
2514:
2498:
2451:Traditional tattooing
1157:Traditional tattooing
5157:. 1930. p. 109.
4579:Kola, Azeta (2017).
3492:improve this section
3194:Battle on Vrtijeljka
2953:writes in 1610 that
2945:to outsiders. Thus,
1555:Highlands of Gjakova
1222:Gusinje Municipality
1218:Kelmend municipality
261:Highlands of Gjakova
5483:, pp. 111–112.
5334:, pp. 186–187.
4757:10.19233/AH.2017.18
4600:10.19233/AH.2017.18
4185:President of Kosovo
4131:Kelmendi chieftain
4095:, hail from Vukël.
3545:is currently being
3380:sent a petition to
2923:and even as far as
2623:Catholic church in
2166:Bukë, Kripë e Zemër
1327:Part of a series on
872:Bukë, Kripë e Zemër
33:Part of a series on
5525:www.voal-online.ch
5125:Gaspari, Stefano.
4801:Bolizza, Mariano.
4221:. Born in Lipljan.
4137:
3961:Goçaj, in Vusanje.
3899:Balaj (Balić), in
3430:
3418:
3346:
3253:
3241:Silvio Piccolomini
3108:Republic of Venice
3042:François Lenormant
2939:Dukagjin highlands
2871:
2863:
2661:Montenegrin tribal
2651:to the southwest,
2637:
2629:
2517:
2509:
1456:Dukagjin highlands
1350:Tribes and regions
1230:Accursed Mountains
162:Dukagjin highlands
56:Tribes and regions
5834:Tribes of Albania
5702:978-1-84511-013-0
5638:978-3-525-27315-9
5604:978-1-85065-570-1
5576:978-3-447-04783-8
5555:978-1-78453-401-1
5226:978-0-333-66612-8
5111:Mitološki zbornik
5085:978-3-447-05506-2
4932:978-1-909930-95-7
4776:Studime Historike
4662:Studime Historike
4594:(25–2): 361–362.
4513:Studime Historike
4438:, pp. 60–61.
4415:978-1-84545-456-2
4317:. Phoenix Journal
4191:Majlinda Kelmendi
4053:Skadarska Krajina
3968:Kukaj, in Vusanje
3912:Battle of Novšiće
3568:
3567:
3528:
3527:
3520:
3414:Qafa e Bordolecit
3412:Mountain pass of
3239:. He met up with
3163:Selza di Clementi
3123:Speia di Clementi
3115:apostolic visitor
3078:, which attacked
2951:Archbishop of Bar
2949:(1570–1624), the
2790:sanjak of Scutari
2745:Venetian Dalmatia
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2357:Kângë Kreshnikësh
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3031:Nora of Kelmendi
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2973:Mariano Bolizza
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5133:. Robert Elsie
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4231:Emrah Klimenta
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3131:holy sacrament
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5232:18 November
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4338:, p. .
4159:By ancestry
4055:and Šestani
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3908:Martinovići
3742:Kajabegolli
3348:During the
3177:(Nikç) and
3092:Bratonožići
2981:men in arms
2969:Herceg Novi
2749:Herzegovina
2699:Roman Curia
2663:regions of
2376:Sword dance
2335:Epic poetry
2161:Hospitality
1978:Herzegovina
1082:Sword dance
1041:Epic poetry
867:Hospitality
684:Herzegovina
5813:Categories
5430:Elsie 2001
5387:2013-12-25
5358:, p. 149,
5249:, p.
5057:Elsie 2015
5039:3 February
4989:2023-09-17
4965:2013-11-19
4938:2023-09-15
4905:2023-09-15
4866:Elsie 2015
4789:Elsie 2003
4627:Elsie 2015
4605:1 February
4523:30 January
4487:28 January
4336:Elsie 2015
4238:References
4034:Vukel, in
4006:Pepaj, in
3974:Lekaj, in
3951:Hakaj, in
3940:Vojno Selo
3879:Montenegro
3774:Prekelezaj
3609:Vasojevići
3301:Vasojevići
3088:Vasojevići
3057:Cretan War
3044:, in 1638
2977:Roman rite
2836:Goljemadhi
2825:Rabin Kola
2669:Vasojevići
2411:Fustanella
2152:Gjakmarrja
2047:Malakasioi
2037:Kurveleshi
1984:hinterland
1938:Palabardhi
1894:Bratonishi
1724:Zadrimë -
1277:Montenegro
1117:Fustanella
858:Gjakmarrja
753:Malakasioi
743:Kurveleshi
690:hinterland
644:Palabardhi
600:Bratonishi
430:Zadrimë -
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4566:211648429
4183:, former
4146:Prek Cali
4133:Prek Cali
4071:Elsewhere
3762:Preldakaj
3700:Bardhecaj
3640:Lekutanaj
3552:talk page
3479:does not
3404:Tradition
3394:Prek Cali
3269:Cem river
3184:In 1685,
2884:derbendci
2615:Geography
2567:) of Old
2304:Kulshedra
2071:Souliotes
1968:Goljemadi
1914:Malonšići
1865:Kakarriqi
1846:Pamalioti
1787:highlands
1728:highlands
1715:Kastrioti
1660:Dukagjini
1441:Lepuroshi
1304:Kelmendi
1242:Lake Plav
1010:Kulshedra
777:Souliotes
674:Goljemadi
620:Malonšići
571:Kakarriqi
552:Pamalioti
493:highlands
434:highlands
421:Kastrioti
366:Dukagjini
147:Lepuroshi
5731:22 March
5660:Malesija
5177:Karadžić
4700:29549273
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4668:18 March
4462:19 March
4321:22 March
4298:17 March
4273:20 March
4254:(2000).
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3929:Višnjevo
3925:Bogajići
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3815:Mernaçaj
3771:Gildedaj
3721:Gjikolli
3703:Pepushaj
3683:Vuktilaj
3674:Selmanaj
3652:Mernaçaj
3547:disputed
3460:Families
3450:Albanian
3374:Kastrati
3336:A young
3313:Hrtkovci
3171:Radenina
3143:Lesovich
3139:Genovich
2935:Venetian
2929:Bulgaria
2904:Clementi
2847:Kelmendi
2832:Kolemadi
2800:Selçisha
2753:Triepshi
2729:Clementi
2605:Petrizên
2577:Hrtkovci
2551:and the
2435:Xhubleta
2429:Xhamadan
2401:Clothing
2253:Paganism
2110:Concepts
2088:Law code
2066:Zenevisi
2052:Mazaraki
2022:Chameria
1998:Mataruga
1919:Mataguzi
1899:Bytadosi
1889:Bukumiri
1766:Kryezezi
1565:Krasniqi
1490:Dushmani
1426:Gruemiri
1412:Marsheni
1397:Kastrati
1378:Kelmendi
1299:Branches
1265:Location
1250:Kelmendi
1202:Kelmendi
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1135:Xhamadan
1107:Clothing
959:Paganism
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625:Mataguzi
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595:Bukumiri
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196:Dushmani
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103:Kastrati
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5819:Malësia
5536:Sources
5137:21 July
4113:Prizren
4081:Crmnica
4046:Kruševo
4026:Novšići
3953:Hakanje
3948:Berisha
3891:Vusanje
3857:Pllumaj
3759:Smajlaj
3727:Martini
3718:Mirukaj
3712:Vucinaj
3677:Shqutaj
3661:Pllumaj
3619:Vermosh
3593:Vermosh
3571:Kelmend
3500:removed
3485:sources
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3309:Nikinci
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3040:and to
2925:Plovdiv
2909:Albania
2879:florici
2853:Ottoman
2843:Corinth
2809:Kelmend
2805:Ishpaja
2788:of the
2764:Sandžak
2741:Clement
2737:Clemens
2675:History
2581:Nikinci
2541:Vusanje
2423:Qeleshe
2345:Çifteli
2300:Drangue
2242:Culture
2190:History
1993:Burmazi
1982:Ragusan
1860:Kryethi
1801:Gjonima
1796:Progani
1771:Manatia
1761:Bulgëri
1742:Bushati
1737:Zadrima
1646:Kabashi
1641:Qerreti
1617:Mirdita
1612:Berisha
1575:Mërturi
1510:Prekali
1505:Mazreku
1500:Mavriqi
1495:Toplana
1481:Shllaku
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1388:Rrjolli
1383:Shkreli
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1273:Kelmend
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896:History
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688:Ragusan
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443:Zadrima
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3806:Tamarë
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3589:Tamarë
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3359:nahiye
3328:Modern
3321:bajrak
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3265:Kosovo
3218:Piperi
3198:Brđani
3155:Rvesti
3096:Piperi
3001:France
2989:Piperi
2921:Serbia
2917:Bosnia
2913:Kosovo
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2557:Kosovo
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2173:Honour
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2018:Epirus
2003:Španji
1943:Rogami
1924:Mugoša
1909:Macure
1851:Mahine
1826:Muzaka
1811:Myzeqe
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1669:Upper
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