Krasniqe

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Krasniqe is a mountainous region (krahinë) of the Prokletije range in northeastern Albania, bordering Kosovo,[1] and a historical northern Albanian tribe, also called Krasniqi. The region lies within the Tropojë District, and stretches from the Valbonë river in the north to Lake Fierza in the south, and includes Bajram Curri. The Krasniqi tribe was widespread into Kosovo.

Geography

The Krasniqi region is situated in the District of Tropoja north of the Drin River, from Fierza east to the District of Has, and north to the Montenegrin border, including most of the upper Valbona valley.[citation needed]

It borders on the traditional tribal regions of Nikaj-Mërtur to the west, Bugjoni to the south, Bytyçi to the east, and Gashi to the northeast.

History

Albanian bayraks as of 1918. Krasniqe covers section 33 of the map.

The name, was recorded in 1634 as Crastenigeia.[2]

There exist differing views on the origin of the tribe.

  • According to Robert Elsie, the tribe was originally Albanian and Roman Catholic, and had converted into Islam during the Ottoman period.[2]
  • According to Serbian sources the tribe was originally Serbian (Slavic), Orthodox, and had by 1692, during Ottoman atrocities, converted into Islam, after which it became Albanianized.[3][4] In Serbian, the tribe is known as Krasnići (Краснићи) and Krastenići (Крастенићи).

It is a historical bajrak, which together with Gashi, Bytyqi, Nikaj-Mërtur and Berisha constituted the Malësia e Gjakovës ("Mountains of Gjakova").[5] In a narrower sense, the Gjakova highlands include the Krasniqi, Bytyqi and Gashi.[6] In Albanian ethnographical studies, the Gjakova Highlands include Krasniqe, Gashi, Bytyqi, and Berisha.[7]

Beside the historical habitat, most of the Krasniqi fis (clan) are located in Kosovo, especially in the western part, having settled there since 18th century.[8]

Ethnography

The region is inhabited by Muslims; the tribe converted from Christianity into Islam in the Ottoman period.

The tribe's (historical) patron saint is St. George,[9] whom they still revere after Islamization.[10]

According to mythology, the Krasniqi descend from a Kraso, a brother to the founders of the Serb (Slavic) tribes of Vasojevići, Piperi, Ozrinići and the Albanian tribe of Hoti, respectively.[11] The Krasniqi revere their mythological kinship especially to the Vasojevići,[12] an Orthodox Serb tribe in eastern Montenegro.

Genetics

All mebers of Krasniqi clan tested so far belong to the two haplogroups, J2b-M241 or E-V13,[13] pointing to the composite origin. However, both haplogroups are over-represented in Albanian and Greek population respectively, and are associated with a Neolithic or even Mesolithic Balkans,[14][15][16] thus ruling out the speculation about Slavic origin.

Krasniqi in the Republic of Macedonia

On the Kumanovo Black Mountain, Albanians of the Krasniqi fis were present in the villages of Gošince, Slupčane, Alaševce (in Lipkovo) and Ruđince (in Staro Nagoričane), according to a 1965 journal.[17]

Notable people

See also

References

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  13. ↑ https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/albanian-bloodlines/about/results
  14. ↑ Cruciani, F.; La Fratta, R.; Trombetta, B.; Santolamazza, P.; Sellitto, D.; Colomb, E. B.; Dugoujon, J.-M.; Crivellaro, F.; et al. (2007), "Tracing Past Human Male Movements in Northern/Eastern Africa and Western Eurasia: New Clues from Y-Chromosomal Haplogroups E-M78 and J-M12", Molecular Biology and Evolution 24 (6): 1300–1311, doi:10.1093/molbev/msm049, PMID 17351267
  15. ↑ Battaglia, Vincenza; Fornarino, Simona; Al-Zahery, Nadia; Olivieri, Anna; Pala, Maria; Myres, Natalie M; King, Roy J; Rootsi, Siiri; et al. (2008), "Y-chromosomal evidence of the cultural diffusion of agriculture in southeast Europe", European Journal of Human Genetics 17 (6): 820–830, doi:10.1038/ejhg.2008.249, PMC 2947100, PMID 19107149
  16. ↑ Karachanak 2013
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