Zogolli family rule over the Mati highlands

1600

The Zogolli were a beylical family holding hereditary feudal authority over the Mat region of the northern Albanian highlands under Ottoman rule. The family held the title of governor of Mat across generations, a position that passed to Ahmet Zogu on his father's death. Their power rested on tribal loyalty in the highlands rather than on Ottoman appointment alone. The year given here is a nominal placeholder for the era of Zogolli feudal tenure; sources describe the family as long-established in Mat but do not date the origin of their authority. Treat only the hereditary-governorship claim as verified, not any founding date.