Gjokaj was born around 1807 in the village of Milješ (Milesh) in Gruda near the town of Tuzi, to an Albanian Malësor family.
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He rebelled against the unjustified decision of the Congress of Berlin to hand over the northern Albanian regions of Hoti, Gruda, Ulcinj, Trieshi, Plav-Gusinje etc. to Montenegro.
The Albanians, on the other hand, had their own leaders named Ded Gjo Luli Dedvukaj, from the Hoti tribe, and Sokol Baci Ivezaj, from the Gruda tribe.
Marash Uci traveled to Çun Mula in Hoti and asked him to summon the tribal leaders of Hoti and Gruda to the Church of Saint John's (Kisha e Shen Gjonit), located in Hoti, without delay for a council meeting.
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The men resolved to take up arms to defend their land and make Çun Mula their commander, one of those men being Baca Kurti of Gruda.
Along with Albanian-inhabited villages Hoti and Gruda, Koći is, from Albanian point of view, part of the wider Malësia-region (Malesija).
Albanian-inhabited villages of Hoti, Gruda and Koći are, from Albanian point of view, part of the wider Malësia-region (Malesija).
The Albanians of Tuzi today are originally from the surrounding Malesija region tribes of Hoti, Gruda, Triesh and Koja.
Gruda | Sandrine Gruda |
On May 26, 1913, 130 leaders of Gruda, Hoti, Kelmendi, Kastrati and Shkreli sent a petition to Cecil Burney in Shkodër against the incorporation of their territories into Montenegro.
Leslie Bradley as Baron Jose Gruda, the main antagonist
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The ship is carrying Baron Gruda (Leslie Bradley), the special envoy to the King, who is on his way to the Island of Cobra to help crush a rebellion by rebels opposed to the King's rule.