Isniq
{{short description|Village in the Decani municipality }}
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|subdivision_name2 = Deçan
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Isniq is a settlement north of Deçan in Western Kosovo about 45 miles (or 72 km) west of Pristina.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} Medicinal plants grow at the mountains of 2656 meters above the sea.{{cite book |last1=Knaus |first1=Verena |last2=Warrander |first2=Gail |last3=Olenicoff |first3=Larissa |last4=Jennions |first4=Bridget Nurre |title=Kosovo |date=2017 |publisher=Bradt Travel Guides |isbn=9781784770587 |page=189 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VL02DwAAQBAJ&q=Isniq&pg=PA189 |language=en}} Berit Backer wrote a book about the region.{{cite book |title=The South Slav Journal |date=2003 |publisher=Dositey Obradovich Circle. |page=113 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aZQsAQAAIAAJ&q=Isniq |language=en}}
History
In the medieval ages, the village was part of the Decani monastic estate and two families ruled it. During the Ottoman era, the village was split into three timers (military estates) led by three knights. Many inhabitants gradually embraced Islam in the 18th century. Istinić is mentioned in the Lahuta e Malcis.{{cite book |last1=Fishta |first1=Gjergj |last2=Elsie |first2=Robert |title=The Highland Lute |date=2005 |publisher=I.B.Tauris |isbn=9781845111182 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j7tLgANw8hAC&q=Isniq&pg=PA429 |language=en}} Throughout history, the Albanian inhabitants in the area lived according to codes of conduct based on the Kanun.{{cite book |last1=Ante |first1=Arta |title=State Building and Development: Two Sides of the Same Coin? ; Exploring the Case of Kosovo |date=2010 |publisher=disserta Verlag |isbn=9783942109222 |page=332 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q57xNTlUJDIC&q=Isniq&pg=PA332 |language=en}} The family of Isa Boletini had migrated to Boletin from the village of Isniq due to a blood feud (gjakmarrja). On September 29, 1998, Yugoslav forces gave an ultimatum to the Albanian insurgents in the village to surrender their weapons, and after agreeing to do so, a total of 735 arms were collected.{{cite news |title=Ekskluzive: Ky është numri i armëve dhe armatimit të dorëzuar në Isniq në vitin '98 (DOKUMENT) (Exclusive: This is the total amount of arms surrendered in Isniq) |url=https://ballkani.info/ekskluzive-ky-eshte-numri-i-armeve-dhe-armatimit-te-dorezuar-ne-isniq-ne-vitin-98-dokument/ |accessdate=5 August 2019 |work=Ballkani |agency=Ballkani |issue=Document of Serbian forces scanned |publisher=Ballkani |date=15 October 2018 |language=sq-AL}}
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