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The Islamization of Kuči has made a minority of inhabitants declaring as simply Montenegrins or [[Muslims by nationality]] and [[Bosniaks]] although they thrace the same origin with that of their Christian brethren.
Ne 1694 Kuci were allied together with the Albanian [[Hoti (tribe)|Hoti]] in an uprising against the [[Ottoman Turks|Turks]]. Throughout the 18th century, the Kuči fight together with the [[Vasojevići]] and the Albanians Hoti and [[Kelmendi|Klimente]] inne resistancerezistence against thekunder [[OttomanPerandorise EmpireOsmane]].
A famous story about the Kuči is one from the 18th century; the Turks advanced in Zeta towards Kuči and the troops organized themselves at the village of Begović. The Vezir ofi ShkodërShkodrës sat in the Begović tower. Soldiers where standing outside when the Vezir shouted to two Serbs from Oraovac who were in Ottoman service, Đulja Jovanov from Podgrađe and Iveza Vukov from Kuđani: ”Đulja, I will give you the Sultan's barjak (war flag) and you will carry it towards Kuci!", the Vezir ordered the flag to be taken by Djula. Djulja answered "My Pasha, my honour does not permit me carrying your flag towards my brothers" in which the Vezir lowered a rope from his window "Either you take the flag and carry it in front of the army, or you take this rope around your neck!". Djulja replied "God help me, for I will take the rope instead of the flag against Kuči!" and he went up on the [[gallows]], pushed the flag to the side and took the rope, tightening it around his neck and stood himself on the batten. The Vezir warned "I will tell you this only once again, take the flag or we will remove the batten that you stand on", Djulja "I will remove it myself so that you won't need to exert your Turks, I stand by my relatives and would proudly die for them." Then a Muslim Slav named Punan Dedin, himself from the same tribe, said "[[Cultural depictions of ravens|At whos house is the Crow shrieking today]]?" Djulja replied "At mine today and yours tomorrow!" and kicked the batten, hanging himself. The Vezir turned to Iveza: "What will you take, the flag or rope?" Iveza answered: "the same as Djulja, never the flag" and walked up towards the gallows, another Muslim Slav, Sulejman Kut, a close relative of Iveza, turns to a Ali-paša Osmanagić and begs "If you are a good Turk, don't let him die!", Ali-paša stops Iveza and asks the Vezir "Honorable Pasha, can I pay for his life?" - "No" - "Can I give my son instead of him?" - "No" - "Then I will give money, my son, myself, everything for his sake, I will not let him die!". The Vezir looked carefully "Okay, I will give him to you", the soldiers cheered at the honorable gesture.
The center of resistance against the Ottomans came with Duke [[Marko Miljanov Popović]] in the 19th century, who contributed greatly to the struggle for [[Greater Serbia|Serb national unification and liberation]].
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