[1] After hearing of talks between Metropolitan Rufim Boljević and provveditore Zeno, he tried by all means to break that alliance and to separate the Montenegrins and Brđani from the Venetians.
[2] During the Great Turkish War, in 1685, he led a contingent that approached Cetinje,[3] and on the way clashed with hajduks in Venetian service under the command of Bajo Pivljanin at the hill of Vrtijeljka (in the Battle of Vrtijeljka), where they annihilated the hajduks.
[4] It is claimed that Süleyman managed to penetrate into Cetinje only with the help of the Brđani, who were in feud with the Montenegrin tribes.
[9] The Kuči, under Vojvode Ivan Drekalović, with help from Kelmendi and Piperi, destroyed the army of Süleyman, took over Medun and got their hands of large quantities of weapons and equipment.
[5] At that time, the Brđani had little respect of their co-religious tribal neighbours, as plunder was their main income.