Edith Durham recorded a similar story from Marash Uci, elder of Hoti. According the story, the ancestors of the Krasniqi are said to have stemmed from Bosnia and migrated through Montenegro to the area of Reç, north of Shkodra. Then, sometime after 1600, they moved inland to the area of Dushaj i Epërm, east of Fierza, in what is broadly their present region. Here they took over land that had been settled by the Gashi and gradually drove the latter tribe eastwards. In the process of establishing themselves as a tribal unit, they also drove the Thaçi westwards across the Drin River. The reference to Bosnia might actually refer to the region of Plav (eastern Montenegro), where the mountains of Hoti (malet e Hotit) are located.
