Facts: - placeofburial label: place of burial - battles: albanian revolt of 1911 - death date: 1919 - allegiance: ottoman of montenegro -lrb- 1884 -- 1913 -rrb- northern albanian -lrb- empire malissor -rrb- tribes -lrb- 1837-1919 -rrb- -lrb- before 1870s -- 1877 -rrb- principality - commands: gruda -lrb- before 1876 -rrb- scutari -lrb- 1913 -- -rrb- clan ottoman empire abdul hamid 's albanian guard - rank: commander -lrb- bajraktar -rrb- brigadier-general -lrb- montenegro -rrb- - birth date: 1837 - serviceyears: 1870s -- 1913 - name: sokol baci - image: sokol_baci . jpg - death place: gruda march 2014 - religion: roman catholic - birth place: gruda now montenegro -rrb- , sanjak of scutari , ottoman empire -lrb- Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of sokol baci .
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sokol baci -lrb- 1837 -- 1919 -rrb- was the chief of the gruda , a northern albanian tribe in the vicinity of podgorica -lrb- now montenegro -rrb- .originally , he had served the ottoman sultan in his personal guard , but switched sides after he was maltreated , and fought the ottoman forces in the sanjak of scutari .after his clan was defeated and subjugated , he was exiled and traveled to montenegro , even though he had earlier fought against them in the 1870s , and lived in podgorica beginning in approximately 1884 .prince nicholas i of montenegro recognized his status and employed him .he was one of the leaders of the albanian revolt of 1911 , alongside chiefs such as ded gjo luli , mehmet shpendi , mirash luca and luigj gurakuqi .in 1912 , the entire tribes of gruda and hoti , along with major portions of the kastrati , shkreli , and klimenti tribes , backed montenegro during the balkan wars .in 1913 , he was appointed commander of scutari by king nicholas i of montenegro , where he lived until his death in 1919 .