Zadrima

[1] Zadrima is first recorded in the twelfth century by Byzantine princess and historian Anna Komnene, who refers to the region as highly agricultural and the place of many battles between the Western and Eastern Roman empires.

In 1281 the progenitor of the Dukagjini family, dux Gjin Tanushi (Ducam Ginium Tanuschium Albanensem),[2] is recorded as ruling over portions of Zadrima, Guri i Zi (Montagne noire), Pulti, Sati, and lands around the Fan.

The Blinishti of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries initially held the lands between Gjadër in the west and Mali i Shejtit to the east, Arst in the north and Ndërfanda in the south, with their centre in Blinisht.

[7] Examples include a number of the brotherhoods from Gjatore, a quarter in Kallmet, whose ancestors arrived from Vukël in Kelmend,[8] as well as the Lazër-Ilaj of Pistull who are believed to have come from Hoti.

Migrations from other nearby territories would also take place, examples including the Imeraj of Paçram who descend from the Çelaj of Bushat and the Ranxa of Pistull who arrived from Melgushë.