In 1796, Mahmut Pasha Bušatlija, ruler of the Pashalik of Scutari, took an Ottoman army in a military operation against the rebellious Montenegrin tribes: Bjelopavlici and Piper.
They were among the 11 highland villages that actively fought against the Ottoman Empire; others included Vasojevići, Bjelopavlići, Kelmendi and Hoti.
Pipo's brothers were forefathers of the Orthodox Serb tribes of Vasojevići and Ozrinići, Mrkojevići, Ban (Bijeli Pavle) Brđani(Bjelopavlici), and the Albanian Catholic tribes Krasniqi (and Serbian Orthodox Krasnići) and Hoti).