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Bytyqi (tribe)
Bytyçi () or Bytyqi, Bityçi and Bitiçi refers to an Albanian tribe or ''fis'' centred in the southeastern Highlands of Gjakova. The surname derived from the Albanian tribe that is found throughout Albania and Kosovo. Geography The Bytyçi tribe are situated in the southeastern parts of the Highlands of Gjakova, an ethnographic region in north-east Albania and western Kosovo. Bytyçi tribal territory borders Gashi in the northwest over the Luzha Pass ( sq, Qafa e Luzhës), Krasniqi in the west and Hasi in the south. Beyond the Prush Pass ( sq, Qafa e Prushit), east of Bytyçi, is the town of Gjakova. Traditional Bytyçi tribal territory also includes the high mountain pastures of Sylbica, nowadays shared by Kosovo and Albania. History and origins The term, ''Bytyç'', was first recorded in an Ottoman register of the Sanjak of Dukagjin in 1571; it was a neighbourhood of Rodogosht, and part of Rudina. It was registered as having 39 households at that time. Known as a Muslim tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albanian Tribes
The Albanian tribes ( sq, fiset shqiptare) form a historical mode of social organization (''farefisní'') in Albania and the southwestern Balkans characterized by a common culture, often common patrilineal kinship ties tracing back to one progenitor and shared social ties. The ''fis'' ( sq-definite, fisi; commonly translated as "tribe", also as "clan" or "kin" community) stands at the center of Albanian organization based on kinship relations, a concept which can be found among southern Albanians also with the term ''farë'' ( sq-definite, fara). Inherited from ancient Illyrian social structures, Albanian tribal society emerged in the early Middle Ages as the dominant form of social organization among Albanians. The development of feudalism came to both antagonize it, but also slowly integrate aspects of it in Albanian feudal society as most noble families themselves came from these tribes and depended on their support. This process stopped after the Ottoman conquest of Albania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llap (region)
Llap Region ( sq, Krahina e Llapit, lit=Region of Llap; sr, Лабско поље, Labsko polje, lit=Plain of Lab) is a region located in the north-eastern part of Kosovo. Llap in the broadest sense includes the watershed of the Llap river. The Lab water collection begins in the mount of Kopaonik in the north and west, and ends by joining the Sitnica river in Lumadh, municipality of Vushtrri, in the north-west of Prishtina. The topographic watershed of the Lab covers an area of 945.4 km. This area approximately corresponds to the administrative territory of the municipality of Podujevo in the current division of Kosovo. Podujevo as a city in the Llap region is the most important economic, political, administrative, educational, cultural and health center. About 120 villages gravitate to this region, although some of them administratively belong to the municipalities of Prishtina, Vushtrri or Mitrovica. The municipality of Podujevo includes 78 villages. Etymology The territory of L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Of The Bytyqi Brothers
The Bytyqi brothers were American-Kosovo Albanian members of the Kosovo Liberation Army who were killed by Serbian Police shortly after the end of the Kosovo War, while they were in custody in Petrovo Selo, Kladovo, Serbia. The bodies of the three brothers were discovered in July 2001 in a mass grave containing 70 Albanians, near Special Anti–Terrorist Unit (SAJ) training facility. The bodies were found with their hands bound and with gunshot wounds to their heads. The indictment against the alleged perpetrators says the brothers were brought to the edge of the pit and shot in the head, causing them to slump into a mass grave atop 70 corpses dumped there earlier. Agron (23), Mehmet (21) and Ylli (25) were American citizens of Kosovo Albanian origin born near Chicago, Illinois and living in New York City. After the rebellion started in Kosovo they decided to go to Kosovo and fight in KLA's "Atlantic Brigade". In July 1999, following the conclusion of NATO's military response to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosovo Liberation Army
The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA; , UÇK) was an ethnic Albanian separatist militia that sought the separation of Kosovo, the vast majority of which is inhabited by Albanians, from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) and Serbia during the 1990s. Albanian nationalism was a central tenet of the KLA and many in its ranks supported the creation of a Greater Albania, which would encompass all Albanians in the Balkans, stressing Albanian culture, ethnicity and nation. Throughout its existence the KLA was designated as a terrorist group by FRY. Military precursors to the KLA began in the late 1980s with armed resistance to Yugoslav police trying to take Albanian activists in custody.. By the early 1990s there were attacks on police forces and secret-service officials who abused Albanian civilians. By mid-1998 the KLA was involved in frontal battle though it was outnumbered and outgunned. Conflict escalated from 1997 onward due to the Yugoslavian army retaliating with a crackdown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bytyqi Brothers
Bytyçi () or Bytyqi, Bityçi and Bitiçi refers to an Albanian tribe or ''fis'' centred in the southeastern Highlands of Gjakova. The surname derived from the tribe is found throughout Albania and Kosovo. Geography The Bytyçi tribe are situated in the southeastern parts of the Highlands of Gjakova, an ethnographic region in north-east Albania and western Kosovo. Bytyçi tribal territory borders Gashi in the northwest over the Luzha Pass ( sq, Qafa e Luzhës), Krasniqi in the west and Hasi in the south. Beyond the Prush Pass ( sq, Qafa e Prushit), east of Bytyçi, is the town of Gjakova. Traditional Bytyçi tribal territory also includes the high mountain pastures of Sylbica, nowadays shared by Kosovo and Albania. History and Origins The term, ''Bytyç'', was first recorded in an Ottoman register of the Sanjak of Dukagjin in 1571; it was a neighbourhood of Rodogosht, and part of Rudina. It was registered as having 39 households at that time. Known as a Muslim tribe, the Byty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zymer Bytyqi
Zymer Bytyqi (born 11 September 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Konyaspor. He previously played for Sandnes Ulf and Red Bull Salzburg, and became the youngest player that has ever played in the Norwegian top league when he made his first-team debut in 2012 (the record has since been broken by Martin Ødegaard). Born in Belgium to Kosovan parents and raised in Norway, Bytyqi plays for the Kosovo national team. Club career Early career and Sandnes Ulf Bytyqi was born in Belgium to Kosovar immigrants, but moved to Norway at the age of 2. He did not play football before he was 10 years old, when he started to play for Lura IL before he moved to Sandnes Ulf ahead of the 2010 season. In 2011, he played several matches for Sandnes Ulf's reserve team in the Third Division. He also trained with the first team but was ineligible for play in the First Division because of his young age. He gave an impressive performance for Norway U15 in September 2011, part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinan Bytyqi
Sinan Bytyqi (born 15 January 1995) is a Kosovan professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Unterliga Ost club Weiz II. Club career Admira His first inclusion in Admira II's matchday squad was as an unused substitute against Wiener in week 16 of the 2011–12 season in the Austrian Regional League East on 2 March 2012. The following week he made his debut in the starting XI playing the first 55 minutes before being replaced by Daniel Maurer in a 1–0 home win against SV Schwechat. In the third consecutive game, Bytyqi played again and as a starter on 16 March 2012 against Neusiedl am See 1919, which finished in a 4–1 loss, where he was substituted off in the 75th minute for David Peham. Manchester City On 24 September 2014 Bytyqi was included in the teamsheet in a 2014–15 Football League Cup match against Sheffield Wednesday, which finished in a 7–0 victory. Bytyqi was an unused substitute and held the shirt number 75. After fellow Kosovan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hysen Bytyqi
Hysen Bytyqi (* 5. October 1968 in Prishtina) is a Kosovo agricultural scientist who introduced animal breeding to Kosovo. He is professor of animal science and pro-rector of education and student matters at the University of Pristina Biography After studying agriculture Bytyqi was in 1994 chairman of the regional Agricultural Society Malisheva which encompassed 45 communities and continued in this position until 1999. In parallel he studied at the Agricultural Faculty of Pristina University and obtained, in 1991, the Agricultural Diploma in animal science. In 1999 and 2000 Bytyqi was the national representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as Kosovan consultant. He was responsible for the project „Agriculture 1998“, and was involved in the planning and distribution of seed supplies and agricultural goods for 1400 farmers in Kosovo. From 2000 to 2003 Bytyqi was responsible for the project „“Farm Reconstruction“ (EFRP) in the same organisation (FAO), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabiana Bytyqi
Fabiana Bytyqi (, born 30 December 1995) is a Czech professional boxer of Kosovan descent. She has held the WBC female atomweight title since 2018. Bytyqi is the first female boxer from the Czech Republic to win a major world title. As of May 2020, she is ranked as the world's sixth best active female atomweight by BoxRec. Career Early career Fabiana Bytyqi made her professional debut on 7 March 2015 at the Maritim Hotel in Magdeburg, Germany against Andrea Jenei. Bytyqi won the fight by technical knockout. Bytyqi won her next five fights before being booked to face Teodora Bacheva for the vacant WBC Youth female minimumweight title. The title bout took place on 5 March 2016, at the Home Monitoring Aréna in Plzeň, Czech Republic. She won the fight by unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring it 96–94 in her favor. Bytyqi faced Teodora Bacheva in an immediate rematch in her first title defense, which took place 25 June 2022. Bacheva retired from the fight at the end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enis Bytyqi
Enis Bytyqi (born 18 February 1997) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a forward. Having made four appearances for the Germany U18 team, he represented Kosovo at U21 level. Early life Bytyqi was born in Dushanovë near Lugina e Preshevës in former Yugoslavia to Albanian parents from Kosovo. At the age 2, he fled from the Kosovo War to Germany with his parents. Club career Early career Bytyqi started his youth career with Burger BC 08 in 2006 spending three years there. In 2009, he moved to 1. FC Magdeburg where he played for the under-17 side during the 2013–14 season scoring a hat-trick in the Junior Championship U17 relegation play-offs against Eintracht Norderstedt U17 side in a 5–1 away victory of his side. After scoring 45 goals in the U17 team's season, he caught the attention of major clubs and ended up signing for SV Werder Bremen in July 2014. He started the season with under-19 side of SV Werder Bremen and scored the only goal in a 3–1 loss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bardhec Bytyqi
Bardhec Ahmet Bytyqi (; born 8 January 1997) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a left midfielder for Esbjerg fB. In the course of his career, Bytyqi has played professionally for AaB, Skive IK, Jammerbugt FC, and Esbjerg fB. Internationally, he has played for the Albania national under-21 football team, Albania national U21 team. Club career Early career Born in Nørresundby, Denmark, to Albanian parents, Bytyqi started playing football with his hometown club Nørresundby FB, Nørresundby, from where he moved to Nr. Uttrup & Bouet Idrætsforening (NUBI), before moving to the youth academy of AaB at age 8. Following impressive performances with under-19 where he scored also 1 goal, in July 2016, he was promoted to the AaB first team alongside six other youth players, including Joakim Mæhle and Magnus Christensen. AaB He made his senior debut for AaB on 7 September 2016 in a local match in the Danish Cup against his hometown club Nørresundby, playing the entir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zogaj, Kukës
Zogaj is a village in the former municipality of Bytyç in Kukës County, Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares .... At the 2015 local government reform it became a part of the municipality Tropojë. There are several chromium mines near the village. Zogaj is part of the Bytyqi tribal territory, and is therefore situated in the Highlands of Gjakova. The village's name is derived from the personal name '' zog'', which means 'bird' in Albanian. In early documents it was referred to as ''Bardonja''. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Zogaj, Kukes Populated places in Tropojë Villages in Kukës County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
