 Rather, as many other tribes in the region, it formed as consecutive waves of groups settled in the area and formed the Kuči community.The first time Kuči (known in the subgroupings of modern Kuči as "Old Kuči") is mentioned in historical record is in 1330 in the Dečani chrysobulls as part of the Albanian ("arbanas") "katun" (semi-nomadic pastoral community) of Llesh Tuzi ("Ljesa Tuzi" in the original), in an area stretching southwards from modern Tuzi Municipality along the Lake Skadar to a village near modern Koplik, and were headed by a Pjetër Kuçi ("Petra Kuči").In this area by the early 15th century they had formed a permanent settlement.