Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Montenegro, a ƙarƙashin Nicholas I, ya faɗaɗa yankunanta bayan Yakin Montenegrin-Ottoman na 1876-1878
kuma an yarda da ita a duniya a 1878 ta Yarjejeniyar Berlin a matsayin al'umma mai zaman kanta. Sabbin ƙasashen da aka samu suna da yawan musulmai, kuma tanade-tanaden yarjejeniyar Berlin sun ba wa musulmai a Montenegro 'yancin addini da haƙƙin dukiyar addini (waqf). A cikin 1878, tare da amincewar Shaykh al-Islām, an zaɓi Mufti na farko na Montenegro Salih Efendi Huli.