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Court Register of Bitola 1721

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ID 12887
System Class Source
Case Study Ethnonym of the Vlachs
Provenance Ottoman
Source Court Register

Description

Document No. 2, page 124b of Sicil 39 of the Bitola Court was composed on 29 Muharram 1134 (20 November 1721). In it, it is indicated: "The following persons registered in the Court: Dimo Pagor, Tane Simo, Kosta Petko, Cocio Dudu, Neto Kuyunci, Cocio Gogo, Simo son of Pancio, Yoryi Cioshcu, Hristu Papas, Kosta Papu, Edamo Iano and other inhabitants from the village of Malovište. In accordance to the high Firman they guaranteed for each other and they made a commitment to chase and catch bandits as well as to bring them to the Sharia. Written on 29th of honorable Muharram 1134. Witnesses: Haji Ibrahim, Ibrahim (a city notable), Hasan (muhzir)."

literature

Belimace 1900 — 149-152 , Christides 1910 — 65-67 , Koukoudis 2003 — 351, 378, 420, 425 , Papahagi 1923 — 195-256 , State Statistical Office 2002 — X, 187 , Turski izvori za ajdutstvoto III — 178

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Actors (12)
Name Class Begin End Relation Type Description
Cocio Dudu Person Cocio Dudu was a villager from Malovište, who registered in the Bitola court and took a commitment to catch bandits and bring them to the Court.
Cocio Gogo Person Cocio Gogo was a villager from Malovište, who registered in the Bitola court and took a commitment to catch bandits and bring them to the Court.
Dimo Pagor Person Dimo Pagor was a villager from Malovište, who registered in the Bitola court and took a commitment to catch bandits and bring them to the Court.
Edamo Iano Person Edamo Iano was a villager from Malovište, who registered in the Bitola court and took a commitment to catch bandits and bring them to the Court.
Hristu Papas Person Hristu Papas was a villager from Malovište, who registered in the Bitola court and took a commitment to catch bandits and bring them to the Court.
Kosta Papu Person Kosta Papu was a villager from Malovište, who registered in the Bitola court and took a commitment to catch bandits and bring them to the Court.
Kosta Petko Person Kosta Petko was a villager from Malovište, who registered in the Bitola court and took a commitment to catch bandits and bring them to the Court.
Neto Kuyunci Person Neto Kuyunci was a villager from Malovište, who registered in the Bitola court and took a commitment to catch bandits and bring them to the Court.
Simo Person Simo, son of Pancio was a villager from Malovište, who registered in the Bitola court and took a commitment to catch bandits and bring them to the Court.
Tane Simo Person Tane Simo was a villager from Malovište, who registered in the Bitola court and took a commitment to catch bandits and bring them to the Court.
Vlachs Group Romanesque speaking people on the Balkans. Maybe descendents of the ancient Latin-speaking population of the Roman provinces on the Balkans.
Yoryi Cioshcu Person Yoryi Cioshcu was a villager from Malovište, who registered in the Bitola court and took a commitment to catch bandits and bring them to the Court.
Places (1)
Name Class Begin End Description
Malovište Place The village of Malovište is a traditional Vlach village from the pre-Ottoman period. During the Ottoman era the village is predominantly Vlach. Even in the 21st century the Vlachs form the majority of the population. Between 10 and 24 July 1622 Dervish Bay, sipahi of the village Gramos in the region of Argos Orestiko, declared: “I ask for a muhzir (court courier) to bring in front of this court Ghin, the ironmonger Kolcio, the priest Hristo, Doke Kuyunci, Nikola Ghin, Fote Lazo and other villagers from Gramos who now reside in Malovište, kaza Bitola, in order to pay the ispence (land tax levied on non-Muslims)”. In return, the mentioned villagers declared: “We will not go to court. Instead, we will kill you with stones and escape to the mountains.”. Between 30 August and 8 September 1639 it is stated in the Court Registers of Bitola that three Jews from Bitola accused the residents of Malovište for kidnapping the Jews Haim, Isaak and Haim from Bitola. Malovište is mentioned in a list of Christian villages in the region of Bitola from 26 December 1639 to 14 December 1640 with its number of houses (namely 55). In 1658 a bandit named Mishe, was convicted by the court in Bitola. Following the accusation that he is “a bandit who attempted to start a rebellion in the Empire”, Mishe admitted that he was “a bandit who attacked many places and robbed them”. Since Mishe was from the village of Malovište, it is highly probable that he was of Vlach descent. In May 1707 the Divan of Rumeli ordered the kadi of Bitola to catch, arrest, tie and send the villagers Dimo, Nicio and Volkan from Malovište, sons of Niko and Ianciur, to the Divan of Rumeli. In July 1709 a woman called Sora from the village of Malovište accused the bandit Ivan for killing and robbing her son Dimo. The Court in Bitola convicted Ivan. In November 1721 Dimo Pagor, Tane Simo, Kosta Petko, Cocio Dudu, Neto Kuyunci, Cocio Gogo, Simo son of Pancio, Yoryi Cioshcu, Hristu Papas, Kosta Papu, Edamo Iano and other inhabitants from the village of Malovište guaranteed for each other and they made a commitment to chase and catch bandits as well as to bring them to the Sharia. In May 1729 a plea is sent to Sultan Ahmed III to arrest the Christians Ludo Malo and Kudo Ludo for killing Haji Halil. In December 1734 a plea was sent by Husein Bacdar to the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud I to arrest the bandits Cocio Yorgo, Dimo Nano and Papa Kosta, all from Malovište, as well as the bandits Nicio Kiras and Papa Nicio from Gopeš, who had robbed and killed Husein Bacdar near the town of Prilep. Between 5 June and 3 July 1742 a list was composed consisting of all the names of the villagers from the nahiye Demir Hisar and Gyavato, assigned to chase and to arrest outlaws in the mentioned nahiye.
Events (1)
Name Class Begin End Description
Some inhabitants from the village Malovište made a commitment to chase and catch bandits and to bring them to the Sharia Activity “The following persons registered in the Court: Dimo Pagor, Tane Simo, Kosta Petko, Cocio Dudu, Neto Kuyunci, Cocio Gogo, Simo son of Pancio, Yoryi Cioshcu, Hristu Papas, Kosta Papu, Edamo Iano and other inhabitants from the village Malovište. In accordance to the high Firman, they guaranteed for each other and they made a commitment to chase and catch bandits, as well as to bring them to the Sharia.