Shoshi (tribe)
42°12′N 19°47′E / 42.200°N 19.783°E
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Shoshi is a historical
Geography
The Shoshi region stands in north-western
The village of Prekal (linked with the medieval Prekali tribe), about 9 km to the south-west of it is sometimes grouped under Shoshi because most of its families come from Shoshi.
History
An oral tradition in the area maintains that the ancestor of Shoshi was a Mark Diti, son of Dit Murri and grandson of a Murr Dedi. Mark Diti's brother, Zog Diti, was the progenitor of the
The historical figures who are recorded as the forefathers of all Shoshi today are the brothers Gjol and Pep Suma. They are linked to oral tradition as descendants of Mark Diti. They had the surname Suma as they grew up in the Suma from where their mother originated. An alternative theory maintains that they were actually patrilineally descended from Suma.
Shoshi appears in historical record in the defter of the
Shoshi remained one of the exclusively Catholic tribes throughout the Ottoman period
Traditions
Shoshi had a distinction in the region of possessing a legendary boulder associated with Lekë Dukagjini, Gur' i Lek's, who supposedly stayed in that location.[7] According to local tradition, it was to Shoshi that Lekë Dukagjini, came fleeing from Rashia.[10]
The patron Saint of the Shoshi is Saint Cyriacus (Shën Qurk), whose feast day is commemorated on 12 or 15 July.[11]
The religion of the tribe is entirely
See also
References
- ^ a b Milani 2011, p. 47
- ^ Milani 2011, p. 173
- ISBN 9780857739322.
- ISBN 978-1931745710. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ Pulaha, Selami (1974). Defter i Sanxhakut të Shkodrës 1485. Academy of Sciences of Albania. p. 151. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ Gaspari, Stefano. "1671 Stefano Gaspari: Travels in the Dioceses of Northern Albania". Robert Elsie. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ a b Gawrych 2006, pp. 31–32.
- ^ Gawrych 2006, p. 159.
- ISBN 9781845112875.
- ISBN 9780857739322.
- ISBN 9780857739322.
- ISBN 9780857739322.
Bibliography
- Prelë Milani (2011), Shoshi: gjeografia, gjenealogjia, historia, Dukagjini