[1] A story goes that he left his home village after falling out with his close friend, a Turk from Nevesinje, after telling him about murdering a Turk man who was about to rape a Serb widow, his neighbour; the friend told Zeka that his Islamic faith could not look over this, and suggested a gun duel; Zeka shot him in the shoulder and immediately left his home for Višegrad.
[2] Zeka formed a company of 50–200 men, called the Goli Sinovi ("Naked Sons", a term for people without wives and children),[2] or Golaći.
[2] Zeka and his company also participated in great battles, such as Lešnica and Loznica, but especially successfully watched Turkish movements and intercepted troops.
When the brigade's ammunition ran out, they rushed the Ottomans with knives and were all killed, near Zasavica.
In the novel Hajduk Stanko by Janko Veselinović, Zeka Buljubaša is one of the main characters.