Sati (Albanian:Shati;Latin:Satti) was a medieval fortified town nearShkodër in contemporaryAlbania. Between 1395 and 1459, it passed through the control of theVenetian Republic, theDukagjini family, theOttoman Empire, andSkanderbeg, who razed it sometime after 1459.
Together withScutari and the surrounding region, Sati was a part of theLordship of Zeta until 1395. It belonged to the fief ofKonstantin Balšić, who appointedKoja Zaharia as Sati'scastellan. In 1395Balša II ceded Sati, together with Scutari andDrivast, to theVenetian Republic in order to create a buffer zone between his lordship and the Ottoman Empire. Zaharia refused to allow Venetians to take control of Sati and proclaimed himself lord of Sati and Dagnum("dominus Sabatensis et Dagnensis").[1] Venetians attempted without success to capture Sati by force in 1396, by which time Zaharia was supported byOttoman Empire because he had become an Ottomanvassal.[2] Still, after a year Venetians managed to convince Koja to allow them to appoint Venetian citizen Progon Dukagjin on the position ofcastellan of Sati.[3]
The Zaharia family was able to consolidate its control of Sati; another member,Pjetër Zakaria was bishop of Sati (eрisсорus Sati) in 1417.[4] After his death, Koja Zaharia was succeeded by his sonLekë Zaharia.
Lekë Zaharia was killed in 1444 by his pronoiar,Nicholas Dukagjini. Because Lekë Zaharia joined theLeague of Lezhë in 1444 and Dukagjin was also a member, Skanderbeg requested that Venice cede Zaharia's former pronoia to him. In spite of Skanderbeg's claims, Zaharia's mother Boša and the population of Zaharia's pronoia supported the Venetian takeover of their towns, including Sati, because they were hostile toward Skanderbeg's League of Lezhë and preferred Venice to any local supporter of the League.[5] Nikola Dukagjin continued his struggle, now against the new authorities, and managed to capture Sati and several villages without a fight.[6] In 1446, Dukagjin appears in Venetian archives as a "former enemy" (tunc hostis noster).[7]
After Venetian recapturedDagnum fromLekë Dukagjini at the beginning of September 1457, the governor of Scutari initially granted theZadrima region to Draga Dukagjin (another member of Dukagjin family and enemy of Lekë Dukagjini) under the excuse that it belonged to Sati.[8] Draga Dukagjin, who was upset because of the treaty between Venetians and Lekë andPal Dukagjini, begged the Venetian Senate to confirm his rights over the fortress of Sati.[9] The Venetian Senate did not accept the decision of Scutari's governor and confirmed Draga Dukagjin's rights over Sati and the surrounding area on 11 September 1458.[10]
In 1459, Skanderbeg's forces captured Sati from theOttoman Empire and Skanderbeg ceded it to Venice in order to secure a cordial relationship with its Signoria before hesent his troops to Italy to helpKing Ferdinand to regain and maintain his kingdom after the death of kingAlfonso V of Aragon.[11][12] According to the treaty, the Venetians had an obligation to raze the fortress and to take away from the hill all remaining construction material to prevent future rebuilding of the fortress.[13] Before the Venetians took control of Sati, Skanderbeg captured it and the surrounding area, drivingLekë Dukagjini and his forces away, then destroyed Sati.[14]
Na papiru ili pergameni predaje Djurdje tom zgodom Mlečanima i »grad Sati s carinom na Danju«. Ali dočim Skadar i Drivast domala i bez zapreke preuzimaju mletački provedituri, mali gradići u gudurama Drina, Danj i Sati, ostaju za njih Tih mjesta, u kojima 1395 vlada Kostadin Balšić, ne će izručiti njegov kaštelan, Arbanas Coya Zaccaria. On se poslije nazivao »dominus Sabatensis et Dagnensis« i bio čas turski kletvenik, čas mletački saveznik..
...,Uprkos pokusaju Mlecana da se već 1396. godine silom do kopaju tvrdave Sati, Koja Zakarija je kao sultanov vazal ostao.
Тек послије годину дана скадарски кнез се споразудшос Којом Закаријом да се за капетана Шатија постави Прогон Дукађин, који је био млетачки поданик и Којин зет у исти мах.)
...,Петар 3ахариjа носи титулу Сапског (1402: Sabatanus, 1410: Sabatensis) епископа. Менутим, веп 1417. године, приликом расподеле бивше параспорне земле коjу је држао епископ ове дщецезе, н>егова титула гласи eрisсорus Sati.
...,Venice quickly sent a force into Danj and received support of Lekë's mother and local populace, who preferred Venice to any of local Albanians who all supported Skanderbeg's league... The town's hostility toward Albanian league... Venice also took Zakarija's other towns of Sati, Gladri and Dušmani,... Dukagjini chiefs. A few members of this family, particularly some residing in Skadar, remained loyal to Venice.
Никола Дукађин наставио је борбу против нових господара Дања; заузео је Сати и неколико села која се нису могла бранити.
Не види се како је склопљен мир и под којим се условима Никола споразумео са Млечанима. Тек он се 1446 године помиње као бивши непријатељ (tunc hostis noster)
...Када је почетком септембра 1457.г. Дањ преотет од Леке Дукађина, његовом противнику из исте породице, Драгу, дато је Подримље и то уз тврдњу да оно припада Шатију.
... узнемирио је Драгу Дукађина и он је молио Сенат да му потврди право на тврђаву Сати, коју је приликом последње провале био заузео Лека Дукађин...
...Годину дана касније, 11. IX 1458. године, приликом договора са Драгом Дукађином, овоме је ипак потврђен Шати са околином
En 1459, Scanderbeg occupa la ville de Sati (Sapa) et beaucoup d'autres localites. Bien qu'il eut enleve ces places aux Turcs, il se montra dispose a les ceder a la republique de Venise.
After the death of Alphonse V rapprochement with Venice became necessity. It came very slowly and painfully. In 1459 he returned the fortress of Sati to the Venetians though he had conquered it from the Turks.
... и тврђаву Сати са околином. Млечани би тада тврђаву порушили и материјал однели с брда, тако да ту нико више не би могао дизати утврђење...
Када је Лека порушио тврђаву Сати пре него што ће је предати Млечанима, Скендербег је заузео град и села по његовој околини, потиснувши одатле Леку.
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