<sod>Isa's family had migrated to Boletin from the village of Istinić near [[Deçan]], due to a [[blood feud]] (''[[gjakmarrja]]'') though it ultimately hailed from [[Shala (tribe)|Shala]], in northern Albania. They adopted the surname ''Boletini'' ("of Boletin").  The Shala tribe was in conflict with Gashi tribe until they made peace in August 1879, based on sultan's order.<ref name="Mikić1988">{{cite book|author=Đorđe Mikić|title=Društvene i ekonomske prilike kosovskih srba u XIX i početkom XX veka|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Re0JAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=4 June 2013|year=1988|publisher=Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti|page=40}}</ref><eod>
<sod>Isa's family had migrated to Boletin from the village of Istinić near [[Deçan]], due to a [[blood feud]] (''[[gjakmarrja]]'') though it ultimately hailed from [[Shala (tribe)|Shala]], in northern Albania. They adopted the surname ''Boletini'' ("of Boletin").  Isa was an [[analphabet]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Aus meiner Dienstzeit, 1906-1918|last=Hötzendorf|first=Graf Franz Conrad von|year=1922|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=mYLRAAAAMAAJ|page=340}}</ref> [[Branislav Nušić]] recorded that Shala was the poorest tribe of Albania with a small exception of around 400 families who lived in Istinić.<ref name="Nušić1966">{{cite book|author=Branislav Đ Nušić|title=Sabrana dela|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=BJViAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=4 June 2013|year=1966|publisher=NIP "Jež,"|page=242| quote=Шаљани су најсиротније племе у целој Арбанији, од којих у богатству једва чине неки мали изузетак четири стотине кућа Шаљана који насеља- вају село Истиниће код Дечана.}}</ref> The Shala tribe was in conflict with Gashi tribe until they made peace in August 1879, based on sultan's order.<ref name="Mikić1988">{{cite book|author=Đorđe Mikić|title=Društvene i ekonomske prilike kosovskih srba u XIX i početkom XX veka|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Re0JAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=4 June 2013|year=1988|publisher=Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti|page=40}}</ref><eod>