Reçi (tribe)

The historical heartland of the tribe is the village of Reç in Malësia, but place names linked to them also appear on settlements such as Reč in Ulcinj where a part of them also lived.

They appear in historical record for the first time in 1330 in the Dečani chrysobulls as part of the Albanian (arbanas) katun (pastoral community) of Llesh Tuzi, in an area stretching southwards from modern Tuzi Municipality along the Lake Skadar to a village near modern Koplik.

[2] The 1485 Ottoman Defter of Shkodër mentions the village of Reçi as part of the timar of Gazi Shuxhau.

[3] During this time, the Reçi had moved to Malësia from the lowlands near Buna where the village Reč is today.

Reçi historically has been religiously mixed with a majority Muslim and a minority Roman Catholic population.

Chestnuts are locally seen as a symbol of Reçi