The Albanian tribes form a historical mode of social organization (farefisní) in Albania and the southwestern Balkans characterized by a common culture, often common patrilineal kinship ties and shared social ties. The fis stands at the center of Albanian organization based on kinship relations, a concept that can be found among southern Albanians also with the term farë.
Portraits of Lambro the Suliote, and the old Balouk-Bashee of Dervitziana by Charles Robert Cockerell, published in 1820.
View of Albanian Palikars in Pursuit of an Enemy by Charles Robert Cockerell, published in 1820.
Shkreli tribesmen. Photo taken by William Le Queux before 1906.
A fortified tower (kullë) in Theth used as a safe haven for men involved in blood feuds.
Hoti is a historical Albanian tribe (fis) and sub-region of Malësia, a divided area located in northern Albania and southern Montenegro. Its geography is mostly mountainous, but some of its villages are on flat terrain near the banks of Lake of Shkodër.
Albanian bayraks as of 1918. Hoti and Gruda on the far left side.
Lago Hotti (Lake of Hoti), Traboini and Rapcia (Rrapsha) in 1688 by Venetian cartographer, Vincenzo Coronelli
In 1330, the mountains in the Plav and Gusinje regions are recorded as the first time Hoti is mentioned in historiography.
Lake of Hoti in lake Skadar