Shalë, Lipjan

Shalë (Shalë, Седларе/Sedlare) is a village in Lipjan municipality. Shala e Drenica The village of Shale is located between two road axes: Prishtina-Prizren and Prishtina-Peja, with a 26-kilometer road distance from the municipality of Lipjan and a 35-kilometer road distance from Prishtina, the capital of the Republic of Kosovo. Shala lies on the plain of the Drenica River plain, on the 9th kilometer of the regional road, to the east from the village of Komaran (Bushat) and to the south from the village of Carralevë. Shala borders these villages: to the north with Baica, to the north-east with Resinoc, to the east with Malet e Blinaja and the Pojata neighborhood of Krojmir, to the south with Krojmir, to the south-west with Javor, to the west with Klečka, Divjaka and Malet of Berisha. Even the citizens of the villages of Baicë, Kleçkë and Resinoc are of the Shalë tribe and in close fraternity with the citizens of the village of Shalë. This brotherhood and loyalty has been preserved, for centuries and continues to be preserved and cultivated, generation after generation until today. Shala, according to the cadastral data of the municipality of Lipjan, has a surface of 1076 hectares, with 18 acres and 35 square meters. Compared to the general area at the level of the Republic of Kosovo, Shala has an area of 0.10% hectares. The highest point is in the mountains of Shala, on the western side of the village at "Bajrak" with 873 meters above sea level, near the "Gjyteti" castle, while the lowest point is in the north-east of the village, at "Ura e Ali Rexha" ” with 570 meters above sea level, at the Drenica River. Toponyms and microtoponymies in Shala The western side, from Shala to the border with the village of Baicë and Resinovc. Udha e Arap or e Robi (this road from the center of the village of Shale for about a hundred meters starts steeply on the slope of the ray, continues around the bushes of the mountain and goes to Gjytet). According to legend: "This road was opened by a prisoner, prisoner of war or a merchant named Arap". Trade was also done through this road, when the first inhabitants of Dardan lived in the Gjytet fortress. It is said that most of the trade was done by a citizen, whom the people called "Arab", that's why it is called "Udha e Arabi", Kodra e Rreza, Bregu i Maliqi, Lugu i Imer, Thepi, Bajraku (with an altitude of 873 meters), Lama e Kaurri (Albanians who did not accept Islam, the Ottoman Empire called them kaurr), Lugu i Arrnica, Lugu i Pajata, Logja e Rumbullaktë, Ahishta, Bishti i Gungullari, Fjolleza, Rrezja e Guri te Kuq, Lugu i Sadik, Kroi i Sadik, Rrezja e Guri t Shkemza, Lugu i Kojsija, Lugu i Gjytet, Gjyteti, Kungullari, Smonicat, Bokat (tilled lands up to Cold Stone). The fields, the meadows of Mulla Osmani, Millojka, Verrishta, Llugata e Rama, Zallinat, Arat Madhaja, Bugetat, Bledanet, Blata, Arat Liga, Rutullaq, Gjelpsi, Fletza, Vada fields, Grave fields, Podet, Rrahishta, Meadows of Frashëri, Arrnicat, Livadhet e Medhaja, Pajata up to the mountains of Blinaje and Rruga e Peja. (This road starts from the pine trees of Shtima, passes through the village of Zborc, continues along the southern Drenica ridge, at the edge of the village of Pjetershtica, in the village of Krojmir, the castle at the end of the village of Shalë, near the two stones in the village of Baicë, at the foot of the mountains of the villages of Nikaj and Kishnarekë and penetrates into the Llapushnik gorge. In Llapushnik it connects to the Pristina-Peja road axis. This merchant route connected Shtima with southern Drenica, so merchants used it as a shorter route to Llapushë and the Dugagjin plain).Gryka e Shala, side of the ray: In the center of the village (near the mosque), the place is still called the land of the Church (the church was across the road, for a few meters where the village mosque is today. Some citizens who live with houses near the mosque, have found many artifacts, but they have not preserved them. The mosque in Shala and the wall enclosure was built with stones from the Church of Shala and the Church of Fanve, which was between the villages of Baicë and Nikaj). Kroi i Kuq, Guri Shpumë, Lugshtina e Rreza, Lugu Unaza (big and small), Bira e Maca (in Lugu e Unaza, there is a hole in the rocks of the steep slope. According to the narrator: "The cat entered this place and it came to Peshterr, in the gorge of the village Nikaj"), Udha e Vellaznik, (according to the narrator: "The four brothers opened the road from the entrance of the gorge, steeply on the slopes of the ray to the trough of the ring, when they lived there, with their families"). Bugjilla Bank, Magjupi Valley, Zalli Bank, Stanku Valley, Padvalla Log, Jamia Valley, Koliba Crown, Sadria Road, Gjora River, Megja Valley, Paturi Valley (big and small), Kroi i Bugjila, Lugu i Hithave, Logja e Murrizaja, Logja e Dredhza, Shavarina, Trojë and Lugu i Kleçka. Gurra or Vrella in the people, originates in the interior of the Klečka mountains. (The stone water originates under the stones of a century-old beech tree, flows through the gorge, crosses the village of Shalë and penetrates to the Drenica river). From this stone, the microtoponym Gurrëniku or Niku's Stone was formed, of course arranged by Niku, and when the wind blows, the people say they are blowing Gurrëniku¬. Gryka e Šala, shadow side: Lugu i Mulla Nura, Link, Lugu i Lerthave (big and small), Lugu i Guri te Keq, Guri Keq, Udha e rodi, Kroni i Sylë Halili, Bregu i Pallzina, Kroni of Pallzina, Lugu i Rraja, Lugu i Madh, Kroni Sokolav, Rahu i Gugur, Livadhi Hijes, Livadhi i Neza, Livadhi Rumballakat, Lugu i Molla, Lugu Rakita, Fusha e Hasani, Patoku, Rguga te meters, Lugu i Savezi (now called Lugu i Shqipa), Lugu i Shota (wild shota), Livadhet e Buta, Kroni i Bute and Kroni i Kali. The south-west side, on the border with Krojmir and Javor: Lugu i Gjana, Lugu i Javor (Lugu i Gushte), Lugu i Qireqi, Lidhasi Hije, Rrasat, Udha e Rrasave, Vineyards, Kroni i Efenija, Gungullari i Vogël, Krërshi, Guri Skruar, Rrahi i Gjaferi, Molla e Hysen, Bunga, Lugshtina e Bunga, Plane of Shadow, Pusi (of the plane of shadow), Kryeldihesi, Lugu i Qorri, Bugjilat (small and large), Gungullari the Great), Crown of Isa Beg-Javor), Lama of Elez (where there are two graves, but they don't know whose they are), Lugu i Dardhave, Crown of Pears, Lugu i Pallzina, Lugu i Rraja, Livadhi i Rumbullakte-Karpuzi, Gurina of Cells, Coritat e Javori and Gellijat e Javori. Fields and meadows, up to Blinaja: Shpija fields, Razort, Kroi meadow, Seishta, Smanicat, Pemte meadow, Rrahat, Rrahcani, Jashari meadow, Dushqet, Llugat (small and big), Rakita, Arat e Reja. , Gurina, Rassa e Gurina, Lloqi i Thive, Skutat, Qarri Coast, Kroni Milican, Lugu i Kershisa, Pajatat, Ramë Isufi Coast, Llubura Coast, Plepave River, Rezja Ali Isufi and Blinaja Mountains. Cemetery in the village: The village has four places with cemeteries. The mosque, the neighborhood of Karpuzë, at the end of the village and at the entrance of the village. In the cemetery at the end of the village, there are also plague graves. These cemeteries are separated from the village cemeteries that were found at the end of the village and date back to when the plague spread in our village. According to the elderly, the plague spread in our village in the 18th century. The citizens were forced to move to the mountains, to the place called Kroi and the Kaliba Valley. This settlement dates from that time, when the citizens of Saljan lived there, in order to protect the family from the plague. Shala village neighborhoods: Shala counts the following neighborhoods: Sadrani, Metaj, Karpuzi (Korpusi), Grantolli, Mejzinolli, Shala, Sylaj, Drenica, Shamolli, Hoxha, Kadriolli (Kadriu), Ipshi, Rrustemi, Hasani, Pajaziti, Limolli, Haxholli, Hetemi, Amërllahu, Emini, Avdyli, Ademi, Hasani, Osmani, and Beçiri.The mills in the Shala Gorge: Every neighborhood of Shala had a water mill in the Shala Gorge and they were called by names such as: Hoxha's Mill, Ibish Halit's Mill (Grantoj's, later Ramadan Dervish's), Maliq's Mill Hasan's Mill, Hasan Banushi's Mill, Sylë Hamit's Mill, Sadroje's Mill, Hajdin Selim's Mill, Metë Karpuz's Mill, Hetem Selim's Mill, Sylë Sahit's Mill, Dan Ali's Mill, Sadri Qun's Mill, Islam Pajazit's Mill, Tafil Mill. Even some citizens of Kleçka had mills such as: Banush Kleçka's Mill, Elez Kleçka's Mill, Man Kleçka's Mill and Nurë Kleçka's Mill. Also, before these mills, the elderly testify that there were two mills at the end of the village, even today the place and the village are known. Katund Mill and Hetem Mill are called. There was also a well in the village and it is called Pusi Katundit, whose water was used for drinking. Over time, citizens open their own wells in their yards. In the 90s, they also started with water supply, they get water from the mouths of the gorge, organized in the neighborhood. The well is now closed and the location is unknown, but the well was open until the 1970s. Characteristics Shala from the western side has mountains with two high slopes, like an eagle, and in the middle is the road that penetrates to Llapushë. Most of the mountains are made of limestone, with beech, hornbeam, hornbeam, scotch and ash trees. Until 1990/1998, there were large centuries-old oaks in the forest, these years the forests were also damaged because people's lives were difficult. The citizens were violently dismissed from their jobs by the Serbian government, that's why they were engaged in the sale of wood and stones. The gorge with a zigzag road, which penetrates deep into the mountains and connects the village with the villages of the plain. Cold water flows into the gorge from many springs that originate in the interior of the puja. Gurra, which originates in the depths of the mountains, the water of which is blessed with water from the kroje, crosses the entire gorge, penetrates through the village, giving freshness to the village and flows into the river Drenica. The river Drenica, which passes at the end of the village. In the summer, the water of the tributary and the river was used to irrigate part of the agricultural land, gardens, vegetables, trees and meadows. Drilled stone in Gryka e Shala. In this place until the 20th century, for St. George's Day, girls, boys, women, but also children went and entered (beautify) the stone cavity. They used the saying three times as a prayer: "You left the sun, I took the sun". In Guri e spumu, they also left a mark from their clothes, like a red, white or black pen, on the hawthorn near the stone. Black Peri, to ward off evil and magic; May the red fruit bring them health and love and the white fruit may bring them white luck and peace in their lives and that of their family. The written stone, on the road of slates, above the neighborhood of Korpuzë. On the two vertical plates there are some drawn signs, which look like undeciphered letters. Two caves, one at the entrance of the Shala gorge, one at "Lugu i qorri", unexplored caves by archaeologists. Cemetery in the territory of Shala. At the entrance to Shala, at Kroi i Kuq on the slopes, these cemeteries are believed to date from the time of the Dardan tribe. These cemeteries have a vertical shape, where the stone (hard gravel) is carved to a depth and width of about two or more meters. For their authenticity, an archaeological investigation is needed as far as I can see, until the soil of time has covered them or the hand of man has not destroyed them. It is historically known that the Dardan tribe buried their relatives in individual and joint graves vertically. The plague cemetery in Shale, which was found at the end of the village, on the northern side of the village cemetery, was still known today and is separated from other village cemeteries. This is a Christian cemetery because in the first grave you found a cross (near the tombstone), but covered by dirt. Lugu i Shqipa in Gryka e Shala. This trough during the war was named by the inhabitants of Shaljan, because from April in 1999, the citizens of Shaljan had taken refuge in the mountains together with many families from other areas of the war. In the absence of medication Shqipa died, the family and citizens buried him in the lawn of the trough and as a sign of respect the trough is named "Lugu i Shqipa". Shqija was the first victim to die in April, who was sheltered in the Shala gorge with her family from Makermali. Kroni Kuq, at the entrance to the gorge of Shala. At the beginning of the gorge you found the croi and the place where you found the croi part of the soil is red in color, that's why you called it by this name. Citizens who get water in the kroi, through water supply pipes, have also built concrete shells in their yards and the water that flows from the kroi (laughter), if it stays for a month or more, the shell takes on a reddish color. This has been proven by some families, when the shell has been closed for a while and thus the name Kroi Kuq has been proven. The village is located on the border of Shala and Baica, to the west of the mountains of the village. This castle or castle has not yet been researched and dates back to Illyrian times. The amphitheater of Gjytet or Lama e kaurri, is located near the castle of Gjytet. The amphitheater is raised from the ground and built with unhewn stones. Even today the slope in the wide lawn is known and certainly then it has enabled the artists in the Dardan state to perform various dramas and to hold cultural shows and military parades. With the invasion by the Ottoman Empire, according to legend: "Once upon a time, Albanians lived, who left the village because they did not accept the Islamic religion." Kaurr (irreligious), the Turks insultingly called those Albanians who did not accept the Islamic religion. It is said that even in the time of the Roman Empire, the amphitheater was also used as an arena for duels, gladiators by prisoners. The cold Gurra (Vrella) is located on the border between the villages of Shalë and Baicë, at the foot of the mountains below the Gjytet fortress. According to the teller: "In the forest, near the castle, you found a tunnel, which served to penetrate the cold stones from the castle to get water, if they were in danger from the enemy. It is also said that inside the tunnel, somewhere at the entrance, there is a metal box (cauldron) with gold, but the exact place is not known, although they say that some citizens searched for it, but did not find the gold". Kroni Isa beg and Lugu narrow, now named Kroi i Javori and Lugu i Javori. According to the source: "The battles that the citizens of Shala have waged against the Ottomans, and under the leadership of Mehmet Hoxha, in those battles the citizens of the village of Javor have helped the Shala people and sheltered the Shala warriors." The village of Javor is in the interior of the mountains and very suitable for shelter and self-defense. As a sign of respect, the kroi and lugu are named after the village of Javor. The crown of the Falcons was found in the mountains of Shala. The herdsmen have hunted the falcons and eagles drinking water regularly in the krua, hence the name "Kroi i Sokolave". The crown of Kaliba was found in the mountains of Shala. According to the source: "When the citizens fled the village, because of the plague, they settled in this place and lived all summer." Kroi and the country have been named by these names since then. Kroi i Rrasa is located in the mountains of Blinaja. There are slates in this place and for this reason it was named with this name. Kroi i Molla is located at the end of Lug i Molla, in the gorge of Shala. There used to be wild apples in this place, that's why both lugu and kroi were named with this name. Kroi i Dardhave was found in the pear grove, in the mountains of Shala. In this valley, this place has wild pears, that is why both the croi and the lugu are named after this name. Shavarina, located in the mouth of Shala. Water flows on the slope and it is a moqealic place. Lugu i Qorri is located in the mountains of Shala. That's how you called, because in this place, for a while, there was the leader of the Kocaks, Adem Ilazi, known as Qorr Ilazi. He rested and stayed from time to time with his comrades-in-arms, that's why the place is named with this name. The Well of Shadow is located at the top of the connector, in the "Plane of Shadow". The well is closed and time has flattened it. If a person lands with both feet on the exact spot where the well was, the sound that signals the location of the well is heard. The village well (Bunari i katun) was in the middle of the village, but now it is closed. Arab-Rob road. According to the narrator: "A man, whom the people called Arap, used to trade from Skopje to the fortress of Gjytet. The road entered the middle of the village of Shalë, continues at the foot of the hill of bushes and penetrates steeply to Gjytet. According to the source, the road is also called "Ruga e Robit", it is said that a man taken prisoner fixed the road". The first or the second word, which is correct is not known, but even today the road exists thickly and is passable up to Gjytet. Blinaja (National Park), are the mountains to the east of Shala: Blinaja, which in Illyrian times had the name Lypenida, an Illyrian toponym. With the invasion of the Serbs, they changed it to Lipovica. After the KLA war, this mountain was renamed Blinaja. This place is said to have had grape vines and linden trees. Until recently, citizens have found grape vines. Now it is a National Park under the protection of the state and inside the mountain is surrounded by barbed wire. The park covers 2,878 hectares inside the fence, while about 2,000 hectares outside the fence are state and private properties. The largest part of the mountain is covered with tall larch, bungu, scotch, and poplar trees. In the interior of the mountain there are many grasslands for grazing some wild animals, such as wild boar, three species of roe deer, rabbits, horses, sheep and a variety of birds. The park also has five large lakes and 27 smaller lakes, two lakes called "Kroi i Yanki" and "Kroi i Bajrami". The park has been used as a hunting ground since 1936. In 1955, it was declared a place of special importance for hunting, while more than half of the forest was cut in the 90s. In 2009 it was declared a National Park, by decision of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development. The National Park is supervised 24 hours a day by the Forestry Agency of the Republic of Kosovo. Sahatkulla in the center of the village, together with "Rambuje" Square. The clock and the square are a gift from the "Eurokos" PP Firm, with the owners being the Shaolli brothers from Shala.

The village of Shalê officially registered as a settlement. The village of Shalë (formerly Sedllar), as a settlement, is also registered in the registers of the Kosovo Vilayet in 1820 and 1893, with an area of 1,311 hectares; in 1896, with an area of 1,314 hectares; in 1900, it counted 40 houses with an area of 1,318 hectares. (Dr. Jusuf Osmani, "Residents of Kosovo". Drenica page 271). 2 In 1913, it had 460 inhabitants; in 1921, it counted 483 inhabitants with 70 houses; in 1935, there were 49 houses; in 1948, it counted 733 inhabitants with 103 houses; in 1953, it counted 820 inhabitants with 113 houses; in 1961, it counted 972 inhabitants with 129 houses; in 1971, it counted 1,245 inhabitants with 168 houses and in 1981, it counted 1,734 inhabitants with 209 houses. (Mr. Ibrahim Çitakut, "Drenica 1991-1999". page 761").3 In 1997, Shala counted 2970 residents, resident and non-resident, with 412 houses, 368 inhabited houses and 44 houses built but not habitable, notes according to the census that was done by the village activists.4 In 2011, the last census organized by the Republic of Kosovo, Shala counts 2,490 resident residents and 985 non-resident residents (diaspora), a total of 3,475 residents, with 364 families, with 525 houses habitable and 27 houses built but not habitable. It should be emphasized that after the war, about 60 families left the village and bought houses or apartments and are residents of the municipalities of Lipjan, Pristina, Ferizaj, Prizren and other municipalities. Registration from the Republic of Kosovo)5 According to the narrator, our village was also burned in a battle that took place in Shala, in the second half of the 19th century. The citizens of Shaljan, under the leadership of Mehmet Hoxha, wage a battle against the Ottoman Empire. The cause of the war, according to the elderly people of Saljan, was that: "In a meeting you held in Pristina, Mehmet Hozha disagreed with the representative of the Ottoman Government." At the meeting, the pashai (the king's delegate) told the delegates of the Albanian people that: "The Turkish government does not accept the demands of the Albanians to leave the Albanian language and it is an unrealizable request"! Mehmet Hoxha returned to Saddle, gathers the people of the villages of southern Drenica and explains to them the Pasha's decision. The citizens support his position and many brave men join him, ready to defend Southern Drenica in case of any danger. The Pasha finds out about the organization of the citizens and the disobedience He taught Drenica to enter the village and asked Mehmet Hoxha to surrender. According to the testimonies of some citizens, Mehmet Hoxha refused to surrender old people say that:" Mehmet Hoxha and the citizens of Saljan fight all day, but the Turkish forces were much more numerous and in the evening Pasha and his soldiers entered the village. On this day, Mehmet's brother Zymeri was wounded in battle, while dozens of Ottomans were killed during the fighting. On that day, the citizens of the village of Javor came to the aid of the Shaljans". As a sign of respect, a trough is named "Lugu i Javorit" and a krua "Kroni i Javorit". When the Ottoman Empire army broke into the village, unable to capture Mehmet Hoxha, they burned his tower and cattle stables, but did not burn the village. The Ottoman soldiers killed and buried them at the border of the villages of Shalë, Baicë and Resinoc". In this place, even today, the cemetery was found and called the "Graves of the Janissaries". 5 After this battle, Mehmet Hoxha gathers around himself many brave men and the people of Saljan never submitted to the Pasha. According to the informant" One day, Mehmet Hoxha was visiting his own sister Hasimja, who was married in Shtime. Pasha receives the news and is ambushed in the Carraleva Gorge. Mehmet noticed the pasha's army, he had no chance to fight alone, but he didn't want to run away either. He decides to go through the Ottoman army, sitting backwards on his horse and with a jatagan in his mouth. The reason why he did this, according to the source, is that: "He did not want to see the Ottomans, when they would cut off his head, or was it perhaps a sign of surrender". The Pasha is surprised, orders the army to split in two and not to stop him, as he had the courage to go through the army alone and suddenly sit back on his horse. Pasha tells the soldiers that "this is the leader of the Albanian insurgents in Drenica, today we are letting him go but tomorrow when he returns we will arrest him". The next day, Mehmet Hoxha did not return there, he went the other way through the village of Zborc, the mountains of Blinaja and returned to Shala. Pasha was very upset and said: "when I took Mehmet Hoxha, I cut off his head, pieces like a watermelon". They were never able to capture Mehmet Hoxha alive, he dies in old age and his body is buried near the wall of the mosque, on the east side, as a sign of respect from his fellow citizens." (When the renovation of the mosque and the wall was done, the grave was discovered by the testimony of Berat Karpuz, who knew the place where Mehmet Hoxha's dead body rested. His father had shown him the place).6 The word karpuz, from the old Ottoman and Turkish, in the Albanian language, means watermelon (bostan). And since that time, a neighborhood of Shala is still called Karpuzi. This neighborhood was previously called Metaj, even today some citizens use the early name Metaj. But it is much more reasonable to call the Corps than Karpuzi, because Mehmet Hoxha was the leader of a group of fighters, or of a small "military corps", organized with a military hierarchy. Even the neighborhood has been raised to the highest height of the village. So the word corps is the highest military hierarchy, but it is also the highest point of a country. Mendoj se mikrotoponimi korpus është më reale se sa karpuz. I think the microtoponym corpus is more real than watermelon. In the war that took place in "Little Tribe", by this name this war is popularly known, a battle that took place during the Ottoman Empire, some citizens of Saljan took part. A citizen is known to have been killed. Hasan Behram Karpuzi is killed in this battle. The citizens of Shala and the surrounding area supported the decisions of the League of Prizren and dozens of Shala men participated in the uprisings of these years, as well as the years 1910-1912, for the liberation of the country from the Ottoman Empire. Isa Boletini, in 1912 with his army, spent one night in Shala, Isa slept in the ode of Banush Hoxha, and the soldiers in other Shala odes. The next day, Isa together with his army and Banush Hoxha with dozens of Saljan men, fight in the battle that takes place in the Carraleva Gorge and continue fighting until the liberation of Skopje. In the battle of Carraleva, Miftar Cani, from Baica, was killed. In 1912, in the fighting that took place in defense of the border in Merdar, Ramadan Hoxha was killed, who was also buried there by his brother, Banush Hoxha, and the other Shalians, co-participants in the battle. In this battle, they also wounded some shaljan, but I have no information about their names. In 1913, in Merdare, Idriz Hajër Kolshi, from Baica, was killed. In this battle, the people of Saljan participated with other Albanian co-combatants from Drenica, Llapi, Gollaku and Shala e Bajgora, defending the border for more than a year. In 1916, Liman Bajrami was killed, in Sofia, Bulgaria, in a battle fought during the first world war. In 1917, in the battle of Kerçova that took place against the Bulgarian government, dozens of shaljans participated. Since that day, the fate of some citizens of Shaleja, who were considered missing, is not known, and these are: Halit Bajram Ibishi, Rizah Shaqir Kadriolli, Zenel Behlul Karpuzi, Hysen Shaban Ademi and Veli Bali Shala. (Notes taken from Sinan Ademi).7 In 1920, 20 houses were burned in Shale by the gendarmerie and the army of Serbia. The village told the police that they are following the Koçaks sheltered in the village. Dozens of citizens of Saljan are also mistreated by the Serbian gendarmerie, who were asked for weapons and asked to hand over their weapons and not to shelter Azem Bejta and Qorr Ilazi with their friends. This action for the gathering of weapons and the surrender of the Kocaks was a Serbian alibi for the damage they had caused to the citizens in Shala. The goal of the regional government was to instill fear in local citizens and pressure them to move from Kosovo. (Jusuf Osmani "Vendbanimet e Kosova". Drenica page 271). 8 There has never been a neighborhood of immigrants or newcomers in the village of Shalë. A Serbian colonizing family arrived in 1938 and lived in Shale until the beginning of the second world war. Before the Second World War, Shala was a municipal unit, and Banush Hoxha, in the 1930s, was the head of the municipality in Shala. Banushi, as the mayor of the municipality, has helped the people of Šaljana and protected them from the Serbian gendarmerie. He never allowed the citizens of the village of Shalë and the surrounding villages to be mistreated by the government, therefore he enjoyed great authority among the people and was called Banush Sedllari in the name of the village. He, together with Ramë Bllaca and Ahmet Shtime, were also deputies from these parts, representatives of the people for the surroundings of Skopje. In a meeting held in Skopje by Nikolla Pashiqi, who asked the deputies to sign the agreement of the Academy of Serbia related to Turkey, which provided for the migration of Albanians to Turkey, Rama, Ahmeti dha Banushi did not sign the agreement. Those from Pashiqi immediately criticized and are considered enemies of the region. Rama, at the entrance to the village of Bllacë and Ahmet in the mountains of Jezerci, were treacherously killed by the Serbian gendarmerie. Banushi, seeing the danger, was forced to leave for Albania, accompanied by some friends. After a year, his family was also forced to go and they lived in Tirana until 1941. In this year, Banushu and his family returned to Shale. Saljan citizens were killed after the first world war and during the second world war. Met Zeqiri (Shamolli), in 1924 during his military service, was killed in Kragujevac. The reasons for his murder are not clarified by the former army of the region. Met Zeqir's burial is carried out by the regional army, without notifying the family to participate in the burial. After three months, the family was notified of his murder with a military letter. Met Zeqir's body is not returned to his hometown, even though the family requested it several times. Hafir Kadri Shamolli, in 1936, during his military service, was killed in Subotica, three months before completing his military service in the region. His body is returned to Shala by the gendarmerie, hermetically sealed in an iron coffin. The coffin is not allowed to be opened by the Slavic army of the Krajil. Hafir is buried by family members and fellow citizens in the village cemetery, near the wall of the mosque courtyard. In the second world war, the citizens of Shala gave their contribution with rifle in hand, fighting against fascism. Some citizens of Saljan were part of the Partisan Aradha and some of the National Front. In the partisan ranks were Ibrahim Banushi and Rifat Berisha together with dozens of citizens of Drenica, who fought fascism but also for the ideal of uniting the nation in one state. Dozens of Saljan citizens were also in defense of the border in Ana Morava, under the leadership of Shefshet Bylykbashi from Baica. The goal of all was the liberation of Kosovo and the union with Albania. National union was not achieved because the communist wing, led by the Soviet Union, wins the war. After the war, the great powers divided half of the Albanian nation, put it under the rule of communist Yugoslavia and Greece. The Albanian people never came to terms with Slavic slavery and the splitting of the nation by the Slavs, who had the support of Russia and Europe. Our people did not agree with the occupation of ethnic lands, therefore they never stopped the fight for freedom. In 1943, in the battle of Prapashtica (a battle against the Bulgarians), the fighters of these three took part. In this war, Nuredin Sherif was killed, who was also buried by Shala's compatriots, who were participants in this battle. Nuredini is buried in the village of Prapashticë, in the courtyard of the mosque, and his dead body rests there. Beg Bahtjar Karpuzi, in 1944 he was killed in Srem, Vojvodina, and is buried there by his fellow soldiers. His body does not return to his homeland. Xhavit Sabit Mejzinolli, in 1944 was killed in Baçko Palankë, he is buried there by fellow soldiers. His body does not return to his homeland. Bajram Xhemajl Hoxha was killed in Vojvodina in 1944, he is buried there by his fellow soldiers. His body does not return to his homeland. In 1944, Arif Dani was killed in Blinajë, buried in the village cemetery by family members and fellow citizens of the village of Shale. Avdullah Hazir Drenica, a member of the Fifth Brigade of Albania, was killed by the fascists in 1945 in Novi Varosh, he is buried there by his comrades. His body does not return to his homeland. Nebih Sherif Grantolli was killed in Serbia in 1945, he was buried there by his fellow soldiers. His body does not return to his homeland. In 1945, Shyqeri Qerkin Shala, killed in Drenica, was buried in the Shala cemetery by his family members and fellow citizens of Shala. Ahmet I. Shala was also wounded in this battle. In 1945, Hysen Banush Hoxha, killed in Llap, was buried in the village cemetery by his family members and fellow citizens of Shaljan. Xhafe Shala, after the end of the second world war, in 1945, died in the Belgrade hospital. Xhafa died from typhoid, then a deadly disease.