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Berisha (tribe)
Berisha is a historical Albanian tribe (''fis'') and region in Pukë, northern Albania. Berisha is one of the oldest documented Albanian tribes, first recorded in 1242 in Dulcigno. In the Middle Ages, it was widely spread across northern Albania, southern Montenegro and Kosovo. People who traced their origin to Berisha are also found in the coastal trading hubs of Dalmatia in the Middle Ages. Berisha formed its own territorial community in Pukë in the course of the 14th century. In the apex of feudal development in Albania at the end of the 13th and during the long 14th century, Berisha was in a process of de-tribalization and reorganization of some branches as feudal families. This process stopped in the wake of the Ottoman conquest of the Balkans in the 15th century and was followed by a strengthening of tribal and kinship ties in the region. Berisha of Pukë is a Catholic ''fis''. In the Ottoman period, brotherhoods (''vllazni'') from Puka settled in parts of Tropojë, so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Overview Of Albanian Tribes, Franz Seiner, 1918
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Edith Durham
Edith Durham, (8 December 1863 – 15 November 1944) was a British artist, anthropologist and writer who is best known for her anthropological accounts of life in Albania in the early 20th century. Her advocacy on behalf of the Albanian cause and her Albanophilia gained her the devotion of many Albanians who consider her a national heroine. Early life Durham was the eldest of nine children. Her father, Arthur Edward Durham, was a distinguished London surgeon. She attended Bedford College (1878–1882), followed by the Royal Academy of Arts, to train as an artist. She exhibited widely and contributed a number of detailed drawings to the amphibia and reptiles volume of the ''Cambridge Natural History'' (published 1899). Balkan expeditions After the death of her father, Durham took on the responsibilities of caring for her sick mother for several years. It proved an exhausting experience. When she was 37, her doctor recommended that she should undertake a foreign vacation to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luma (region)
Lumë ( sq-definite, Luma, literally "river") is a region that extends itself in northeastern Albania and southwest Kosovo whose territory is synonymous with the historic Albanian tribe (''fis'') of the same name. It includes the village with the same name, Lumë, which is located in Albania. Luma is surrounded by Has region (north and northwest), Fan and Orosh (west), Reçi and M’Ujë e m’Uja (south west), Upper Reka (south east), Gora (east), Opoja and Vërrini of Prizren (north east). The region itself also includes the small Arrëni tribe in the west and the Morina tribe in the east. Only a small portion of the region, half of historic Tërthorë bajrak (tribal banner), is situated within the borders of Kosovo, from Prizren city to the border between Kosovo and Albania. During the Balkan wars (1912-1913), Serb military forces attempting to assert their control of the region entered Luma and attacked local inhabitants, killed tribal chieftains, removed livestock belon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plav, Montenegro
Plav ( cyrl, Плав; sq, Plavë) is a town in north-eastern Montenegro. It has a population of 3,717 (2011 census). Plav is the centre of Plav Municipality (population of 9,081 following the formation of Gusinje Municipality). Name The name ''Plav'' (Плав) is derived from Slavic ''plav'', "a flooded place" (''poplava'', "flood"). Geography Plav is located at the foot of the Accursed Mountains range, adjacent to the springs of the river Lim. The area contains many lakes and the most known is Lake Plav, one of the largest in this region. The lakes Hrid and Visitor are mountain lakes, and Visitor is noted for its floating island. Plav is also renowned for its karst wells, among which are Ali Pasha of Gucia Springs and Oko Skakavica. Villages in the municipality include Gusinje. History The toponym ''Hotina Gora'' (mountains of Hoti) in the Plav and Gusinje regions on the Lim river basin in 1330 is the first mention of the Hoti name in historical records in the chrysob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velika, Montenegro
Velika ( sr-Cyrl, Велика) is a village in the municipality of Plav, Montenegro, close to the village of Murino. History In 1479, the Ottomans annexed Gornje Polimlje and Velika. Subsequently, these villages were organized into the Sanjak of Scutari.It was the site of several conflicts during the battles for Plav and Gusinje, between the pro-Ottoman Albanians and Montenegrin forces in 1879–80. During WWII World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ..., when the region was annexed by Axis forces, 428 Serbs and Montenegrins from the village were killed by the ethnic, nazi Albanian SS Skandenberg division on July 28, 1944. Demographics According to the 2011 census, its population was 308. References External links Populated places in Plav Municipality Serb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koja E Kuçit
Koja e Kuçit (Koja of Kuçi) is a historical Albanian tribes, Albanian tribe and region in Malësia. Koja is a Catholic region located between Triepshi (tribe), Triepshi and Kuči. The people of Koja are referred to as ''Kojanë'' or ''Koqas''. History Koja is the smallest region in Malësia. It is attested for the first time in the Ottoman ''defter'' of 1582 where the villages of ''Koqa i Madh'' and ''Koqa i Vogël'' appear in the nahiyah of Kuçi. These settlements were not recorded in the previous registers suggesting that their founding can be attributed to an increase in population, possibly due to migrations, that occurred following the consolidation of Ottoman power in the region. In regards to their anthroponymy, over half of the inhabitants of these villages bore typical Albanian personal names, the remainder bearing mixed Albanian-Slavic anthroponyms. In the Montenegrin–Ottoman War (1861–62), Kuči, Piperi (tribe), Piperi and other groups attacked Triepshi and Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drekale
}) was according to tradition the chieftain (''vojvoda'', "duke") of the Kuči tribe and founder of the Drekalovići brotherhood which produced the chieftains of Kuči for three centuries. Name There are differing views on the etymology of ''Drekale''. One view maintains that it is derived from the archaic Slavic Verb ''dreka'' (as in ''derati se'') "to scream, shout, outcry". However, according to Pavel Rovinsky, ''Drekale'' is the Albanian-language corruption of ''Andrej''; that being his actual name. Similarly, Mehmet Ahmetaj argues that the name is a compound of the Albanian anthroponyms ''Ndre(ri)'' + ''Kalë'' and is reflected in micro-toponyms such as ''Gropa e Drekalit'' (Albanian for "Drekali's Pit") in the village of Stjepoh in Trieshi. History Drekale was elected the position of '' vojvoda'' ("duke") of the Kuči tribe probably in the second half of the 16th century, based on the proposal of Dreca Dedin. According to a story, ''vojvoda'' Žijo Peralov of Kosor mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piperi (tribe)
Piperi ( cyrl, Пипери) is a historical tribe (''pleme'') of Albanian origin and a region in northeastern Montenegro. Piperi is located between the Morača and Zeta rivers up to the northern suburbs of the Montenegrin capital Podgorica. Origins Originally an Albanian tribe ( sq, Pipri), the Piperi underwent a process of gradual cultural integration into the neighbouring Slavic population. A Franciscan report of the 17th century illustrates the final stages of their acculturation. Its author writes that the Bratonožići, Piperi, Bjelopavlići and Kuči:"'' nulla di meno essegno quasi tutti del rito serviano, e di lingua Illrica ponno piu presto dirsi Schiavoni, ch' Albanesi ''" (since almost all of them use the Serbian rite and the Illyric (Slavic) language, soon they should be called Slavs, rather than Albanians). Historical research has shown that Piperi is not a tribe (''pleme'') of common patrilineal ancestry. It formed in the period between the mid 15th century and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstantin Jireček
Konstantin Josef Jireček (24 July 1854 10 January 1918) was an Austro-Hungarian Czech historian, politician, diplomat, and Slavist. He was the founder of Bohemian Balkanology (or Balkan Studies) and Byzantine studies, and wrote extensively on Bulgarian and Serbian history. Jireček was also a minister in the government of the Principality of Bulgaria for a couple of years. Life Jireček was the son of Czech historian Josef Jireček (1825–1888) and Božena, a daughter of Slovak philologist Pavel Jozef Šafárik (1795–1861). His family was deeply involved in Slavistics. Jireček was brought up in Vienna and enrolled in the 1864–1872 period at Theresianum, a prestigious preparatory school in Vienna. During his education, he became very interested in and studied several foreign languages (French, Serbo-Croatian, Bulgarian, Italian, Russian, English, Hungarian, Turkish and Greek). In 1872 he became a student at the Philological Faculty at the University of Prague, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marko Miljanov
Marko Miljanov Popović ( sr-Cyrl, Марко Миљанов Поповић, ; 25 April 1833 – 2 February 1901) was a Brda chieftain and Montenegrin general and writer. He entered the service of Danilo I, the first secular Prince of Montenegro in the modern era, and led his armed Kuči tribe against the Ottoman Empire in the wars of 1861–62 and 1876–78, distinguishing himself as an able military leader. He managed to unite his tribe with Montenegro in 1874. There was later a rift between Miljanov and Prince Nikola I. He was also an accomplished writer who gained repute for his descriptions of Montenegrin society. His grand-daughter Olgivanna Lloyd Wright headed Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic fellowship and foundation in the United States. Biography Marko was born in the village of Medun on 25 April ( St. Mark's Day) 1833, and was given the name "Marko" accordingly. His father was Miljan Jankov Popović, his mother Borika, born in Oraovo. He was baptized by Orthodox prie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirdita (tribe)
Mirdita is a region of northern Albania whose territory is synonymous with the historic Albanian tribe of the same name. Etymology The name Mirdita derives from a legendary ancestor named Mir Diti from whom the tribe claims descent. Other alternative folk etymologies have been presented. Another folk etymology links the word to the Albanian greeting "mirëdita" meaning hello, "good day". Geography Historically Mirdita was the largest tribal region of Albania in terms of geographic spread and population. The region is situated in northern Albania, and it borders the traditional tribal areas of Puka (Berisha, Kabashi, Qerreti) in the north; the Lezha highlands (Vela, Bulgëri, Manatia, Kryeziu) in the west and southwest; the northern Albanian coastal plain of Lezha and Zadrima between the Drin and Mat rivers in the west; the river Mat and region of Mat in the south and the area of the Black Drin river in the east. The traditional areas and settlements of Mirdita are: Bisak, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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