 There was 800 armed men of Bjelopavlići (), commanded by Neneca Latinović and Bratič Tomašević.Later that year, the Bjelopavlići, Kuči, Piperi, and Kelmend sent a letter to the kings of Spain and France claiming they were independent from Ottoman rule and did not pay tribute to the empire.When Pasha of Herzegovina attack city of Kotor 1657, Albanian tribes of Klimenti and Bjelopavlići also participated in this battle 
In 1774, in the same month of the death of Šćepan Mali, Mehmed Pasha Bushati attacked the Kuči and Bjelopavlići, but was decisively defeated and returned to Scutari.Prince-Bishop Petar I (r. 1782-1830) waged a successful campaign against the "bey" of Bosnia in 1819; the repulse of an Ottoman invasion from Albania during the Russo-Turkish War (1828–29) led to the recognition of Montenegrin sovereignty over Piperi.