Convention of Kuçi

The Convention of Kuçi (Alb. Kuvendi i Kuçit) was an interregional assembly held on July 14-15 1614 in the area of the Kuçi tribe in the region of Malësia in modern northernmost Albania and Montenegro.[1][2][3][4][5] A second assembly was held on September 8, 1614 which reaffirmed the decisions of the July assembly and also had an enlarged participation. Of the 44 representatives of the first assembly, almost all were from the Albanian tribes and the tribes of Montenegro. Several representatives of tribes are mentioned in the reports of the decisions of the assembly like Gjergj Bardhi from Mirdita and Gjin Gjergji from Dukagjin.[6][7]

Convention of Kuçi

Native name	Kuvendi i Kuçit
Date	July 14-15, 1614
Location	Kuçi

The second assembly also included representatives from Bosnia, Herzegovina, Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Dalmatia.[8][9][10] For this reason, in Albanian historiography it is described as a pan-Balkan assembly.

In both assemblies one its chief organizers was Lale Drekalov (Lala Drekali) head of the tribe of Kuçi[11] The goal of the assembly was to gain aid from the Papacy and Duke of Parma in the struggle against Ottoman rule.[12] A Venetian diplomat from nearby Kotor, Mariano Bolizza was present in the assemblies.[13] The assembly sent Giovanni Renesi in Italy to present the plan to the Papacy and the Duke of Parma.[14] The assembly tried like the previous Convention of Mat and Convention of Dukagjin to seek help from the Pope, and though promises were made from the European powers, no help arrived. Later on, more revolts would take place.

See also

• Ottoman Albania
• Convention of Mat
• League of Lezhë
• Holy League (1594)
• Albanian revolt of 1432–1436

References

1. Actes du premier Congrès international des études balkaniques et sud-est européens (in French) (The Inter-Balkan Assembly of 1614 was convened in Kuç, at the heart of the union of the Albanian Mountains. ed.). Editions de l'Académie Bulgare des Sciences. 1967. p. 867. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
2. Studia Albanica (in French) (And the culmination of these links and contacts will then be confirmed perfectly in the Pan-Alkanan Assemblies in Kuç (1614), Prokuplje (1616) and in Belgrade (1620), in which will participate, alongside the Albanians, among others, also ... ed.). L'Institut. 1967. p. 195. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
3. Shqiptare, Qendra Mbarekombetare e Koleksionisteve (7 September 2017). "8 September 1614, in the Assembly of Kuçi, the leaders of anti-Ottoman movements were gathered from all over the Balkans". Qendra Mbarekombetare e Koleksionisteve Shqiptare.
4. Gjurmime albanologjike: Seria e shkencave historike (in Albanian). Instituti. 1988. p. 108. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
5. Islami, Selim (1962). Burime të zgjedhura për historinë e Shqipërisë. 2. Shek. VIII - XV (in Albanian). Universiteti Shteteror i Tiranes, Instituti i Historise dhe i Gjuhesise. p. 26. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
6. Dokumente të shekujve XVI-XVII për historinë e Shqipërisë (in Albanian). Akademia e Shkencave e RPS të Shqipërisë, Instituti i Historisë. 1989. p. 9. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
7. Studime Historike (in Albanian). 1967. p. 127. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
8. Brestovci, Sadulla (1983). Marrëdhëniet shqiptare--serbo-malazeze (1830-1878) (in Albanian). Instituti Albanologjik i Prishtinës. p. 18. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
9. Historia e popullit shqiptar (in Albanian). Botimet Toena. 2002. p. 572. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
10. Jehona (in Albanian) (This is confirmed by the inter-Balkan assembly held in September 1614 in Kuç. The Assembly of Kuçi had an inter-Balkan character, since the representatives of Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Serbia took part in it ... ed.). 1969. p. 92. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
11. Tiranës, Universiteti Shtetëror i (1957). Buletin: Seria Shkencat Shoqerore (in Albanian). p. 71. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
12. européen, Association internationale d'études du Sud-Est (2001). Bulletin (in French). p. 36. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
13. Redžepagić, Jašar (1970). Zhvillimi i arësimit dhe i sistemit shkollor të kombësisë shqiptare në teritorin e Jugosllavisë së sotme deri në vitin 1918 (in Albanian). Enti i teksteve dhe i mjeteve mësimore i Krahinës Socialiste Autonome të Kosovës. p. 24.
14. Bartl, Peter (1974). "Der Westbalkan zwischen spanischer Monarchie und osmanischem Reich: zur Türkenkriegsproblematik an der Wende vom 16. zum 17 Jahrhundert". Albanische Forschungen. 14–16: 189.