 Its military and political counterpart were the meetings of tribes in northern Albania and Montenegro in order to discuss cooperation against the Ottomans under the banner of one of the Catholic powers.One such meeting was held on July 15, 1614 in Kuči, where that tribe, Hoti, Kelmendi and others decided to ask papal aid against the Ottomans as was reported by the patrician of Kotor, Francesco Bolizza.A few months earlier, his brother Mariano Bolizza traveled through the Sanjak of Scutari and compiled a report according to which, Hoti ("Hotti") had 212 households and 600 men-in-arms, commanded by Marash Papa ("Maras Pappa") and Rrapsha, 80 households and 212 men-in-arms commanded by Prenk Kastrati ("Prenc Castrat").