The Grahovo tribe () or Grahovljani () is a historical Serbo-Montenegrin tribe and region of Old Herzegovina in Montenegro. The tribe was formed on Brotherhoods and other extinct tribes of Montenegro being one of the sixteen tribes of Herzegovina, along with the RiÃÂani, Piva, Drobnjaci, Krivoà ¡ije, Nikà ¡iÃÂi, Banjani, Mataruge, and others.
The name Grahovljani is an demonym for the place name Grahovo which is composed of Serbian grah ('bean')(from Proto-Slavic *gorxÃÂ) and -ovo (from Proto-Slavic *-ovÃÂ), a suffix used in Slavic languages to indicate a placename, thereby making the name of Grahovo, 'place of beans'.
The tribe of Grahovo is located in correlation with the region of Grahovo. Its region is determined by the following settlements, which were a part of the Municipality of Grahovo that was abolished in 1960. The settlements are Balosave, Bare, BroÃÂanac, Vilusi, Grahovac, Grahovo, Gornje Polje, Dolovi, Zagora, Zaslap, Jabuke, Nudo, Podboà ¾ur, RijeÃÂani and Spila. As a tribe, they are mainly centered around the two localities of Vilusi, and Grahovo field.
The Grahovo tribe was formed around the end of the 17th century and beginning of the 18th century. The tribe was formed by the Nikà ¡iÃÂi, Drobnjaci, Banjani, RiÃÂani and KuÃÂi during the Grahovo campaign in 1695. Like many other tribes, the Grahovljani weren't formed by a paternal ancestor, rather a group of merging tribes and brotherhoods. According to Petar II PetroviÃÂ-Njegoà ¡, his great-grandfather and the captain of the Nikà ¡iÃÂi settled the Grahovo tribe.
There were once 69 brotherhoods in the Grahovo tribe with 4,000 people Brotherhoods of the Grahovo tribe include:
The VujaÃÂiÃÂi are the oldest brotherhood of the Grahovo tribe. Their etymology derives from a female ancestor named VujaÃÂa since her husband was killed in Kuci by the Ottomans therefore raising her kids alone and they adopted her name as a matronym. Their Progenitor was Dragoje he had three sons which split apart (Soroje, Boroje, Luka and Majo) and formed the brotherhoods (VujaÃÂiÃÂi, BulajiÃÂi and VuÃÂetiÃÂi). They descended from the KuÃÂi and RiÃÂani which wiped out the Mataruge tribe in the Medieval Period.
The KovaÃÂeviÃÂi are the largest brotherhood in Grahovo. The Progenitor of the KovaÃÂeviÃÂi brotherhood is Jovan KovaÃÂeviÃÂ, They came from Jajce, Bosnia in the 1500-1600s and settled in Zaslap, and the Grahovo field. In 1709, a group of the brotherhood moved to Nevesinje.
The DakoviÃÂi were originally a part of the VujaÃÂiÃÂi Brotherhood, Prince Dako is the Progenitor and ancestor of Pero, Jakov and Anto DakoviÃÂ, However, in the 1700s the Grahovo Prince Dako VujaÃÂiÃÂ was killed due to his collaboration with the Ottomans. The DakoviÃÂi formed by taking the patronymic name of Dako VujaÃÂiÃÂ.
The BulajiÃÂi descend from the Progenitor of the brotherhood, named Boroje. His origins are from the KuÃÂi tribe, Boroje killed a Turk and after the Ottomans captured Medun, KuÃÂi in 1457 he fled to ÃÂevo which had not been conquered yet. Boroje married a person from ÃÂevo along with his family. He had to flee ÃÂevo as well and went to Grahovo Field since it had a better economy. Dragoje died early fighting the Turks, leaving his wife to raise his kids. Dragoje's wife was named Bula leaving their kids to be named Bulina Djeca (Bula's Kids) or BuliÃÂi with the successor BulajiÃÂi as a matronym.
The VuÃÂetiÃÂi have the same origin as the VujaÃÂiÃÂi and BulajiÃÂi, Hailing from the KuÃÂi tribe with their Progenitor being Dragoje, Luka settled in the area of Nudo near Grahovo and Zaslap, Later on in Vilusi as well.