Maine, Budva Explained

Maine (Serbian Cyrillic: Маине) is a hamlet in northern Budva, Montenegro, located by the Grđevica River, between Budva and Pobori. The area was inhabited by a small eponymous Albanian tribe,^{[1] [2]} the Mahine (also called Mainjani or Maini) at the border between the Montenegrin Littoral (Primorje) and Old Montenegro in the 17th century, located below the Lovćen between the Stanjević Monastery and Budva.^[3] In the 17th century, the kadi of Ottoman Montenegro demarcated the borders between Montenegro and the maritime areas, i.e. between Budva and Mainjani.^[4] The tribe participated in the Battle of Vrtijeljka (1685).^[5] In 1838, the three small knežine of Maine, Pobori and Braići, above Budva, had 1705 inhabitants, all of Orthodox faith.^[6] The Podmaine monastery is located in the hamlet; the monastery was the gathering place of the Maine tribe who traditionally held meetings on the feast day of St. George.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Mulić, Jusuf (2005). "O nekim posebnostima vezanim za postupak prihataanja Islama u Bosni i netačnostima koje mu se pripisuju." Anali Gazi Husrev-begove biblioteke. 23-24: 184. "U popisima, Arbanasi su iskazivani zajedno s Vlasima. To otežava uvid u moguće razlike kod prihvatanja islama od strane Vlaha i Arbanasa. Jedino se kod plemena za koja se izrijekom zna da su arbanaška, mogla utvrditi pojavnost u prihvatanju islama (Bjelopavlići, Burmazi, Grude, Hoti, Klimente/Koeljmend, Kuči, Macure, Maine, Malonšići/Malonze, Mataruge/Mataronge i Škrijelji). [In the lists, Albanians are reported together with Vlachs. This makes studying the possible differences in the acceptance of Islam by Vlachs and Albanians. Only with the tribes that are specifically known to be Albanian, could establish the occurrence of the acceptance of Islam (Bjelopavlići, Burmazi, Grude, Hoti, Klimenta / Koeljmend, Maine, Macura, Maine, Malonšići/Malonzo, Mataruge/Mataronge and Škrijelj).]"
2. Book: Mayhew Tea. Dalmatia between Ottoman and Venetian Rule: Contado di Zara 1645-1718. 2008 . 45. 9788883343346 .
3. Book: Ružica Guzina. Knežina i postanak srpske buržoaske države. 28 July 2013. 1955. Kultura. 47. Говорећи о Маинама напоменуо је да су Маине — „као мала кнежина или племе под Ловћеном између манастира Стањевића и Будве".
4. Book: Odjeljenje društvenih nauka. 1975. Društvo za nauku i umjetnost Crne Gore. ... црногор- ски кадија, у XVII вијеку, вршио разграничење између Црне Горе и при- морских крајева, тј. између Будвана и Маињана.
5. SANU. Editions speciales. 443. 1971. Naučno delo. 151.
6. Book: Danica Ilirska. 1838. 155–. Maine, Pobori, i Braići, tri knežinice, koje se iznad Budve k Cernoj gori otežu, u kojih ima 1705 dušah sve pravoslavnoga zakona..
7. Book: Dimitrije M. Kalezić. P - Š. 29 July 2013. 2002. Savremena administracija. 1501.