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Torbešija

Торбешија

Properties

ID 119709
System Class Place
Case Study Historical Region of Macedonia TIB 16 , Byzantino-Serbian Border Zones in Transition (1282–1355)
Place Region
Administrative unit North Macedonia

Description

According to the renowned Yugoslav geographer and anthropologist Jovan F. Trifunoski (1914-1997) the region of Torbešija comprises the villages of Držilovo, Gorogleda, Elovo, Umovo, Cvetovo, Dolno Količane and Pagaruša. It was settled by the Torbeši, islamicised Macedonians, in the second half of the 18th century and the first half of the 19th century.

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The Region of Torbešija according to the Ethnographic Research published by Leonhard Schultze Jena in 1927
The Region of Torbešija according to the Ethnographic Research published by Leonhard Schultze Jena in 1927