 In the era of the Pashalik of Shkodra, he became the head of these captains of all Malësia and was called "bylykbash i pesë maleve" (the boluk-bashi of the five mountains).From the Ottoman perspective, the institution of the bajrak had multiple benefits.Although it recognized a semi-autonomous status in communities like Hoti, it could also be used to stabilize the borderlands as these communities in their new capacity would defend the borders of the empire, as they saw in them the borders of their own territory.