Zhuj Selmani
Zhuj Selmani (c. 1844-1875) was an Albanian freedom fighter and an early proponent of the Albanian National Awakening. He was born in the village of Koshutan village near Peć (Albanian: Peja), in the Rugova highland in 1844, today's Kosovo. He was the son of Selman Muçë Zymeraj, from the Lucëgjekaj clan of the Muriq (Murić) brotherhood, part of the wider Kelmendi tribe. He was one of the leaders of the Albanian resistance against the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Montenegro. In 1878 the Congress of Berlin decided to give Montenegro the regions of Nikšić, Podgorica, Bar, Plav and Gusinje (back then the Ottoman Empire). The Albanians responded with armed resistance. Zhuj Selmani fought for 10 years in his tower which was called the tower of Sheremeti (Albanian: Kulla e Sheremetit). Surro
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Zhuj Selmani
Zhuj Selmani (c. 1844-1875) was an Albanian freedom fighter and an early proponent of the Albanian National Awakening. He was born in the village of Koshutan village near Peć (Albanian: Peja), in the Rugova highland in 1844, today's Kosovo. He was the son of Selman Muçë Zymeraj, from the Lucëgjekaj clan of the Muriq (Murić) brotherhood, part of the wider Kelmendi tribe. He was one of the leaders of the Albanian resistance against the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Montenegro. In 1878 the Congress of Berlin decided to give Montenegro the regions of Nikšić, Podgorica, Bar, Plav and Gusinje (back then the Ottoman Empire). The Albanians responded with armed resistance. Zhuj Selmani fought for 10 years in his tower which was called the tower of Sheremeti (Albanian: Kulla e Sheremetit). Surro
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