Ceklin

Lake Skadar. View from Ceklin

Ceklin (Albanian: ceklinë, cektinë, which means shallow)[1] (pronounced [tsɛ̌kliːn]) is one of the old tribes of Montenegro, belonging to the Riječka Nahija (River Province).

Origin

The origins of this tribe are from the base of Ceklinštak Mountain and it is divided into two sub-tribes, Donjaci and Gornjaci; Gornjaci was formed by Leka, who migrated from Klimenti, while the Donjaci was formed by his son-in-law Vukosav, whose mother would marry Leka after her husband's death.[2]

Territory

The Ceklin tribe expanded in the late 17th century when they expelled Bjelice from the territory around Skadar Lake and Rijeka Crnojevića by the 18th century.[3][4] The tribe seat is at the village of Ceklin, which comprises thirteen clans. Other villages in the tribal region are: Strugari, Ulici, Bokovo, Jankovići, Đalci, Drušići, Rvaši, Zagora, Bobija, Vranjina, Dujeva (with smaller villages/subsections: Mihaljevići, Trnovi Do and Riječani), town of Žabljak Crnojevića (with many brotherhoods) and at the end of the territory known as Riječka Okolina and Varošica Rijeka in which there are other occupants.(written by Nikola V.Popovic).

Clans

Sources

  1. ↑ Zbornik Matice srpske za filologiju i lingvistiku. Matica. 1994. p. 498. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Zlatar, Zdenko (2007). The poetics of Slavdom: the mythopoeic foundations of Yugoslavia. Peter Lang. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-8204-8118-0. Retrieved 20 January 2012. As we already know, the Ceklin tribe consisted of two clans, Gornjaci and Donjaci [the Upper and Lower], All Upper clansmen are descended from Leka who originated in the Klimenti tribe (Albanian), while the Lower kinsmen are descended from Leka's son-in-law Vukosav whose mother, after the death of her husband, married Leka.
  3. ↑ Zarij M. Bešić (1975). Istorija Črne Gore: Od poěetka XVI do kraja XVIII vijeka. pts. Red. za istoriju Črne Gore. p. 475. Retrieved 7 May 2013. Цеклињани су тек у XVII стољећу успјели да истисну Бјелице са своје данашње територије.
  4. ↑ Vojislav Đurić (1972). Naučnici. Matica srpska. p. 125. Retrieved 7 May 2013. На исти начин су истерани... из Цеклина Бјелице

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