In this passage from “Osmanlı Arşiv Belgelerinde Arnavutluk” from the 1870s-1880s, we can read that the Montenegrins of Gırbovçe (Grbavče) muredered the Albanian tribal leader Rama of Butuna of Podgorica, which led the Malesori of Hoti to carry out vengance.
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“When the popular anger against Abdi Pasha was subsiding and people had become preoccupied with the events in Ispič (Spitza), new events later occurred that again aroused public opinion.
It happened like this:
In the village of Gırbovçe (Grbavče) in the İşpozi kazası (Shpuz, Spuž in present-day Montenegro) lived a population of the Orthodox religion, who were already close to Montenegro. At the instigation of the Montenegrins, the villagers killed Ramo, the muhtar (village leader) of the village of Butune in the Podgorica district — a respected Muslim notable — and handed his head over to the Montenegrins.
The Montenegrins reportedly rewarded their kocabaşı (elder/leader) with a badge of honor. But after the murder, the culprits no longer dared to live in Gırbovçe. They therefore moved to a nearby hill, where they built huts and fortifications as a kind of wall, and also took a number of Montenegrins into their defenses.
Ramo’s heirs then turned to the people of Hot (Hoti, Albanian tribe) for help with revenge (blood feud / ahz-ı sâr). In response, many Malisors gathered and suddenly attacked the aforementioned group of Gırbovçe robbers”.
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