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Malësia

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Malësia e Madhe, known simply as Malësia, is a historical and ethnographic region in northern Albania, corresponding to the highlands of the geographical subdivision of the Malësi e Madhe District. [1]

53 relations: Albania, Albanian Declaration of Independence, Albanian nationalism, Albanian revolt of 1910, Albanian revolt of 1911, Albanian revolt of 1912, Anton Harapi, Baca Kurti, Battle of Deçiq, Battles for Plav and Gusinje, Bratonožići, Bushati family, Catholic Church in Albania, Cecil Burney, Cem (river), Ded Gjo Luli, Edith Durham, Franciscans, Ghegs, Gjergj Fishta, Gjon Buzuku, Greçë Memorandum, Gruda (tribe), Grudë, Albania, Gusinje, Hoti (tribe), Islam in Albania, Kastrati (surname), Kastrati (tribe), Kelmendi (tribe), Kuči, Lake Skadar, League of Prizren, Lekë Dukagjini, Lohja (region), Malësi e Madhe District, Montenegrin–Ottoman War (1876–78), Nora of Kelmendi, Party of Labour of Albania, Pashalik of Scutari, Piperi (tribe), Plav, Montenegro, Prek Cali, Prokletije, Republic of Venice, Sanjak of Scutari, Serbo-Montenegrins in Albania, Shkreli (tribe), Sokol Baci, The Highland Lute, ..., Triepshi (tribe), Tringe Smajli, Vasojevići. Expand index (3 more) »

Albania

Albania (Shqipëri/Shqipëria; Shqipni/Shqipnia or Shqypni/Shqypnia), officially the Republic of Albania (Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe.

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Albanian Declaration of Independence

The Albanian Declaration of Independence (Albanian: Shpallja e Pavarësisë, or Deklarata e Pavarësisë) is the declaration of independence of Albania from the Ottoman Empire.

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Albanian nationalism

Albanian nationalism is a general grouping of nationalist ideas and concepts generated by ethnic Albanians that were first formed in the 19th century during the Albanian National Awakening (Rilindja).

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Albanian revolt of 1910

The Albanian revolt of 1910 was reaction to the new centralization policies of the Young Turk Ottoman government in Albania.

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Albanian revolt of 1911

The Albanian revolt of 1911 or the Malësori uprising of 1911 was one of many Albanian revolts in the Ottoman Empire and lasted from 24 March 1911 until 4 August 1911 in the region of Malësia.

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Albanian revolt of 1912

The Albanian revolt of 1912 was the last Albanian revolt in the Ottoman Empire and lasted from January until August 1912.

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Anton Harapi

Dom Anton Harapi (January 5, 1888, Shiroka - February 15, 1946, Tirana) was an Albanian Roman Catholic priest of the Franciscan Order, as well as a writer, political figure and Axis collaborator.

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Baca Kurti

Baca Kurti Gjokaj (1807–1881) was an Albanian nationalist leader who participated in the Battle of Ržanicë against the Principality of Montenegro.

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Battle of Deçiq

The Battle of Deçiq (Beteja e Deçiqit) marked the beginning of the turning point for Albanian liberty.

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Battles for Plav and Gusinje

The Battles for Plav and Gusinje were armed conflicts between the Principality of Montenegro and Ottoman irregular armies (pro-Ottoman Albanian League of Prizren and Bosniaks) that broke out following the decision of the Congress of Berlin (1878) that the territories of Plav and Gusinje (part of former Scutari Vilayet) be ceded to Montenegro.

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Bratonožići

Bratonožići (Братоножићи) was a tribe in the Brda region during the Ottoman period and a nahija of the Principality of Montenegro.

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Bushati family

The House of Bushati was a prominent Ottoman Albanian family that ruled the Pashalik of Scutari from 1757 to 1831.

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Catholic Church in Albania

The Catholic Church in Albania is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.

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Cecil Burney

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Cecil Burney, 1st Baronet, (15 May 1858 – 5 June 1929) was a Royal Navy officer.

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Cem (river)

The Cem (Cem, or in its definite form Cemi; Cijevna, Цијевна) is a river that flows through Albania and Montenegro.

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Ded Gjo Luli

Ded Gjo Luli (1840–1915), was an Albanian nationalist figure and guerrilla leader most notable for commanding the 1911 revolt against Ottoman troops.

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Edith Durham

Mary Edith Durham (8 December 1863 – 15 November 1944) was a British traveller, artist and writer who became famous for her anthropological accounts of life in Albania in the early 20th century.

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Franciscans

The Franciscans are a group of related mendicant religious orders within the Catholic Church, founded in 1209 by Saint Francis of Assisi.

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Ghegs

The Ghegs or Gegs (Gegët) are one of two major ethnic subgroups of Albanians (the other being the Tosks) differentiated by their cultural, linguistic, social and religious characteristics.

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Gjergj Fishta

Gjergj Fishta (October 23, 1871 – December 30, 1940) was an Albanian Franciscan, poet, rilindas, nationalist and a translator.

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Gjon Buzuku

Gjon Buzuku (16th century) was an Albanian Catholic priest who wrote the first known printed book in Albanian.

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Greçë Memorandum

The Greçë Memorandum (Memorandumi i Greçës) or the Red Book (Libri i Kuq) was a memorandum with twelve requests for the establishment of an autonomous Albanian province within the Ottoman Empire.

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Gruda (tribe)

Gruda is a historical tribal region in southeastern Montenegro, just north of Lake Skadar, which includes the small town of Tuzi, in Podgorica.

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Grudë, Albania

Grudë (also known as Grudë e Re) is a settlement in the former Gruemirë municipality, Shkodër County, northern Albania.

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Gusinje

Gusinje (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Гусиње, Gucia), is a small town and municipality in north-eastern Montenegro.

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Hoti (tribe)

Hoti is a historical Albanian tribe and region in Malësia, a divided region located in northern Albania and southern Montenegro.

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Islam in Albania

Islam in Albania mainly arrived during the Ottoman period when the majority of Albanians over time converted to Islam and in particular two of its denominations: Sunni and Bektashi (a Shia-Sufi order).

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Kastrati (surname)

Kastrati is an Albanian surname.

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Kastrati (tribe)

The Kastrati is a northern Albanian tribe and region in Albania.

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Kelmendi (tribe)

Kelmendi (Kelmendi) is a northern Albanian tribe and region (Kelmendi mountains, Malet e Kelmendit) in the mountainous borderlands of Albania towards Montenegro, of the wider Malësia-region.

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Kuči

Kuči or Kuçi (Кучи), Kuçi is a historical tribe and region in eastern Montenegro, north-east of Podgorica, extending along the border with Albania.

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Lake Skadar

Lake Skadar (Montenegrin: Skadarsko jezero, Скадарско језеро,; Liqeni i Shkodrës) — also called Lake Scutari, Lake Shkodër and Lake Shkodra — lies on the border of Albania and Montenegro, and is the largest lake in Southern Europe.

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League of Prizren

The League of Prizren (Besëlidhja e Prizrenit), officially the League for the Defense of the Rights of the Albanian Nation (Lidhja për mbrojtjen e të drejtave te kombit Shqiptar), was an Albanian political organization officially founded on June 10, 1878 in the old town of Prizren, in the Kosova Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.

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Lekë Dukagjini

Lekë III Dukagjini (1410–1481), mostly known as Lekë Dukagjini, was a mysterious member of the Dukagjini family about whom little is known and who is thought to have been a 15th-century Albanian nobleman.

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Lohja (region)

Lohja is a northern Albanian region whose territory is synonymous with a minor historic Albanian tribe of the same name.

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Malësi e Madhe District

Malësi e Madhe District, commonly known as Malësia, was one of the thirty-six districts of Albania (which were dissolved in 2000) that is now part of Shkodër County.

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Montenegrin–Ottoman War (1876–78)

The Montenegrin–Ottoman War (Црногорско-турски рат/Crnogorsko-turski rat, "Montenegrin-Turkish War"), also known in Montenegro as "Great War" (Velji rat/Вељи рат), was fought between the Principality of Montenegro and the Ottoman Empire between 1876 and 1878.

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Nora of Kelmendi

Nora of Kelmendi was a 17th-century Albanian woman now legendary for her beauty and valor.

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Party of Labour of Albania

The Party of Labour of Albania (Partia e Punës e Shqipërisë, PPSH, sometimes referred to as the Albanian Workers' Party) was the vanguard party of Albania during the communist period (1945–1991) as well as the only legal political party.

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Pashalik of Scutari

The Pashalik of Iskodra, or Pashalik of Shkodra, (1757-1831) was a semi-autonomous pashalik under the Ottoman empire created by the Albanian Bushati family from the previous Sanjak of Scutari, which was situated around the city of Shkodër in modern-day Albania and parts of modern-day Montenegro.

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Piperi (tribe)

Piperi (Пипери) is one of seven traditional Highland tribes (Brđani, "highlanders", from Brda) and a historical region in northeastern Montenegro, spanning a region between the Morača and Zeta rivers, reaching the northern suburbs of the Montenegrin capital Podgorica.

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Plav, Montenegro

Plav (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Плав, Plavë) is a town in north-eastern Montenegro.

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Prek Cali

Prek Cali (1872–1945) was the bajraktar ("flag-bearer") of Vermosh, part of the Kelmendi tribe of northern Albania.

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Prokletije

Prokletije (Проклетије,; Bjeshkët e Nemuna; both translated as "cursed mountains"), also known as the Albanian Alps (Alpet Shqiptare) and the Accursed Mountains, is a mountain range on the western Balkan peninsula, extending from northern Albania to Kosovo and eastern Montenegro.

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Republic of Venice

The Republic of Venice (Repubblica di Venezia, later: Repubblica Veneta; Repùblica de Venèsia, later: Repùblica Vèneta), traditionally known as La Serenissima (Most Serene Republic of Venice) (Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia; Serenìsima Repùblica Vèneta), was a sovereign state and maritime republic in northeastern Italy, which existed for a millennium between the 8th century and the 18th century.

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Sanjak of Scutari

The Sanjak of Scutari or Sanjak of Shkodra (Sanxhaku i Shkodrës; Скадарски санџак; İskenderiye Sancağı or İşkodra Sancağı) was one of the sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire.

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Serbo-Montenegrins in Albania

The Serb-Montenegrin community in Albania is estimated to number ca.

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Shkreli (tribe)

Shkreli is a historical tribe (and region) in Northern Albania (see Malësia).

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Sokol Baci

Sokol Baci (1837–1920) was the chief of the Gruda, a northern Albanian tribe in the vicinity of Podgorica (now Montenegro).

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The Highland Lute

The Highland Lute (Lahuta e Malsisë, original and Gheg Albanian: Lahuta e Malcís) is the Albanian national epic poem, complete and published by the Albanian friar and poet Gjergj Fishta in 1937.

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Triepshi (tribe)

Triepshi (Triepsh, Triesh; Zatrijebač) is a region in Montenegro above the right northern bank of the Cem river near the Albanian border whose territory is synonymous with the historic Albanian tribe of the same name.

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Tringe Smajli

Tringë Smajl Martini Ivezaj (1880 – 2 November 1917), known simply as Tringe Smajli, and as Yanitza outside Albania, was an Albanian guerrilla fighter who fought against the Ottoman Empire in the Malësia region.

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Vasojevići

The Vasojevići (Васојевићи) is a historic Montenegrin clan or tribe and a territorial unit in northeastern Montenegro, in the region of Brda ("the Highlands").

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Malesori, Malissori, Malissori tribesmen, Malsori, Maltsia, Malësi, Malësor, Malësori, Malësori (singer).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malësia

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