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in faith. In the second half of the 19th century, the local Pasha had burned down some of the
Rrjolli homes due to inter-religious conflict between the tribe; some Muslim members damaged a Christian cemetery and destroyed a cross that the Christians had set up along the path, and the Christians
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retaliated by throwing a dead pig into the mosque and painted crosses on its walls with the pig's blood. Later censuses from the 20th century, conducted by the Austro-Hungarian authorities, showed that
Rrjolli had a population of between 1530 and 1560, 1200 were Muslim and only 360 Catholic.
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tribes to the northwest. Most of the
Rrjolli settlements are located on the left side of the river, along the northern slopes of Mount Maranaj. The Rrjolli tribe occupies the Rrjoll valley between Mali i Kurrilës to the west, Tarabosh to the north, Mali i Bishkazit and Maranaj to the east.
1333:. Alternatively, the French consul Hyacinthe Hecquard (1814–1866) recounted an oral tradition which maintained that the Rrjolli trace their ancestry back to two families from
1337:. The legend states that the two families had fled Drisht prior to the Ottoman siege of the citadel in hopes of escaping persecution and conversion to
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1537:) appears in a report of 1671 written by Stefano Gaspari as a settlement with 20 homes and 156 inhabitants headed by a certain
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Rrjolli is not a tribe of common patrilineal ancestry, it is made up of different brotherhoods and lineages. According to
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is recorded and was likely an ancestor of the modern Vitaj brotherhood. In the same register, the settlement of
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politician and poet of the 19th century. He is regarded as one of the early writers of the
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Several Albanian tribes inhabited Rrjolli during the
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1498:. In the register, it appears as the village of
1522:). Other villages now within Rrjolli, such as
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1765:. Bloomsbury Publishing.
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1694:Pulaha, Selami (1974).
1669:Zamputi, Injac (1977).
903:Albanian revolt of 1911
1759:Elsie, Robert (2015).
1252:. Rrjolli borders the
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1647:, pp. 345, 346.
247:Highlands of Gjakova
1240:, meaning 'river'.
858:Bukë, Kripë e Zemër
19:Part of a series on
1721:, pp. 95, 96.
1543:Ascension of Jesus
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1068:Sword dance
1027:Epic poetry
853:Hospitality
670:Herzegovina
1743:Elsie 2015
1719:Elsie 2015
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1597:References
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1453:Mihal Viti
1366:Skanderbeg
1303:Montenegro
1103:Fustanella
844:Gjakmarrja
739:Malakasioi
729:Kurveleshi
676:hinterland
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416:Zadrimë -
1539:Ndre Mida
1533:Rrjolli (
1449:Jon Gruda
1394:Arbëreshë
1392:, was an
1378:Arbëreshë
1350:Lepuroshi
1244:Geography
1229:Etymology
1203:of north
996:Kulshedra
763:Souliotes
660:Goljemadi
606:Malonšići
557:Kakarriqi
538:Pamalioti
479:highlands
420:highlands
407:Kastrioti
352:Dukagjini
133:Lepuroshi
1795:Category
1587:Kelmendi
1575:Shëngjin
1551:Catholic
1528:Lepurosh
1467:Marsheni
1413:cadastre
1410:Venetian
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1127:Xhubleta
1121:Xhamadan
1093:Clothing
945:Paganism
802:Concepts
780:Law code
758:Zenevisi
744:Mazaraki
714:Chameria
690:Mataruga
611:Mataguzi
591:Bytadosi
581:Bukumiri
458:Kryezezi
257:Krasniqi
182:Dushmani
118:Gruemiri
104:Marsheni
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70:Kelmendi
1631:Albania
1591:Shkodër
1583:Shkreli
1563:Bushati
1471:Dabesej
1469:tribe (
1441:Shkreli
1417:Scutari
1408:In the
1404:History
1354:Albania
1289:Origins
1270:Mëgulla
1254:Shkreli
1238:rivulus
1217:Ottoman
1205:Albania
1201:Malësia
1189:Rrjolli
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1037:Çifteli
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1282:Grizha
1250:Koplik
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1022:Muranë
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970:Prende
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