 When the talks between the rebels and the papacy led to nothing and no foreign support arrived, the rebels were forced to capitulate to the Ottomans.Ahmed-paša Dugalić, the "beylerbey" ("governor") of Bosnia, pardoned Grdan of his crimes, and did not even strip him of his lands in Nikšić.After the failure of the uprising, many Herzegovinians moved to the Bay of Kotor and Dalmatia.