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Stojanovski-Gjorgiev 2001

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System Class	Bibliography
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Case Study	Historical Region of Macedonia TIB 16 , Byzantino-Serbian Border Zones in Transition (1282–1355)

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Aleksandar Stojanovski, Dragi Gjorgiev, Naselbi i naselenie vo Makedonĳa – XV i XVI vek. Naselbi, Del I (Skopje 2001).

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Places (105)

Name	Class	Description
Agunja	Place	The village of Agunja is mentioned as Agunja and Avьlgunja in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. It is registered as Alkunija in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Arьgjurica	Place	The Duke Dmitrь got the village Kozjak as his inherited property from the Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš for his loyal service (Iako istini i vьsesrьdьčni surodnikь i brat gospodstva mi vojevoda Dmitrь k věčnomu Tvorьcu i nekonьčavajemu i nemimohodimu i vьsa mira sego ni vь čto že vьměni i vladicě svojemu Hristu priveza se. I sela iže jestь iznašьlь brat gospodstva mi vojevoda Dmitrь, iže mu jestь darovalo gospodstvo mi za jegovo pravověrno porabotanie). He donated the village with all boundaries, rights, vineyard, mills and fruit trees to the Hilandar Monastery. The Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš confirmed the endowment of Duke Dmitrь in a charter from 1388/1389. In the boundary description of the village Kozjak the village Arьgjurica is attested (A se megja sela toga Kozijaka: ... tere na gradište vse po dělu megju Arьgjuricomь). The village Arьgjurica is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil in the years 1519, 1550 and 1573 as Argulica.
Baalovci	Place	The village of Baalovci is mentioned in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. It is registered as Bajlovci in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Banja	Place	The village of Banja is mentioned in the charter of the Serbian Despot Jovan Dragaš and his brother Konstantin Dragaš for the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos in connection with the donated Church of the Saint Cosmas and Damian. The charter was issued after 1376/1377 (Svetii Vračeve konь Banje sь vsěmь metohomь). The village of Banja is registered in the Defters for the Nahiya Strumica in the year 1519 and 1570/1573.
Banja	Place	The Duke Dmitrь donated the village Banja with mills, meadows, all boundaries and rights to the Church of Ascension in the town Štip. The Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš confirmed on 26th March 1388 the endowment of the Duke Dmitrь to the church (Selo Banja sь mliny i sь livadami i sь v’sěmi megjami i pravinami, a ottesь selu tomu na Stlьbici, gde spada Stlьbica na dolь). The village Banja is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil in the years 1519 and 1573.
Banska	Place	The village of Banska is mentioned in the charter of the Serbian Despot Jovan Dragaš and his brother Konstantin Dragaš for the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos in connection with the donated Church of the Holy Mother of God. The charter was issued after 1376/1377 (I prečistaja vyše Banske sь metohomь i sь ljudmi kudě je drьžala konь prьvyihь gospodь). The village of Banska is registered in the Defters for the Nahiya Strumica in the year 1519 and 1570/1573.
Bdinь	Place	The village of Bdinь is mentioned in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. It is registered as Bdine in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Bela Vodica (2)	Place	The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of several possessions to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55. In the boundary description of the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica a creek named after the village of Bela Vodica is mentioned (A vo mege crьkvi matere Božijei Arьhilevьskoi ... tere nis potokь koi spade u Bělovodički potokь, tere nis potōkь bělovodički gde ishodi dolь na klepala). The village of Bela Vodica was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79 (selo Bela Vodica). It is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Beleastobon	Place	The church of Saint Constantine and Helena in Ohrid owned a piece of land beneath Beleastobon (ἕτερον χωράφιον κάτωθεν τοῦ Βελεαστόβου). The village Beleastobon (Velestovo) is registered in the Defter for Nahija Ohrid between the years 1536-1539 and under the year 1583.
Belgostes	Place	The Church of Saint Constantine and Helena in Ohrid owned several properties near Belgostes (Velgošti). The church had a vineyard beneath Belgostes. The vineyard was from the east adjacent to the property of the priest Paulos and from the west to the possession, which belonged to the Church of the Saint John the Theologian in Ohrid (καὶ ἔτερον ἀμπέλιον κάτωθεν τῆς Βελγόστης, πλησίον ἐξ ἀνατολῶν ἱερέως Παύλου τοῦ νομιοδότου, ἐκ δυσμῶν πλησίον τοῦ ἁγίου Ἰωάννου τοῦ θεολόγου). The church owned also a garden near Belgostes. The garden bordered from the east side a road and was located in the vicinity of three properties (ἕτερον περιβόλιν εἰς τοὺς Βελλιγόστας, ἐξ ἀνατολῶν πλησίον τῆς ὁδοῦ καὶ ἐκ δυσμῶν τοῦ Νικολήτζα καὶ τοῦ ἱερέως Θεοδώρου καὶ ἐκ βορρᾶ τῶν παίδων τοῦ Τζαούσι). A piece of land beneath Belgostes in the possession of the church was bound by a road in the east and by a path in the south (ἕτερον χωράφιον κάτωθεν τῆς Βελιγόστης, πλησίον ἐξ ἀνατολῶν τῆς ὁδοῦ καὶ ἐκ νότου πλησίον μονοπατίου). The church held in possesion also another piece of land under Belgostes (ἕτερον χωράφιον κάτωθεν τῆς Βελιγόστης). The village of Velgošti/Velgošta is registered in the Defter for the Kaza Ohrid between the years 1536 and 1539 and in the year 1583.
Boikovci	Place	The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the village of Boikovci to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Selo Boikovci sь pravinami). It is registered as Bujkovci, Bojkovci and Prejovci in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1481/82, 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Borisovo	Place	In 1376/77 the mother of the Serbian Despots Jovan and Konstantin Dragaš, Evdokija, donated together with her sons the village of Borisovo with boundaries, summer pasture, mountain, vineyards, fruit trees, watermill, vegetable gardens, field, meadow, hunting grounds, river and fords to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on Mount Athos (Selo Borisovo sь sinoromь, sь planinomь, sь brьdomь, sь vinogradi, sь voštьjemь, sь vodeničьjemь, sь kipuriami, sь poljemь, sь lugomь, sь lovišti, sь rekomь, sь brodovi). The Serbian Despot Jovan Dragaš and his brother Konstantin Dragaš confirmed after 1376/1377 the donation of the village Borisovo to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos (I prьvo selo Mokrane, i selište Crьkvišta, i selište Makrijevo, i selo Borisovo, i selo Zubovo, i selo Gabrovo, i selo Napodu). The village Borisovo is registered in the Defters for the Nahiya Strumica in the year 1519 and 1573.
Brěstь	Place	The charter, which is mentioning Brěstĭ, is a forged document for the Monastery of Chilandar attributed to King Stefan Uroš II Milutin. It summarises the possessions of Chilandar and confirms earlier donations amongst others in the town of Štip and its surroundings. The document was created in the years 1371 to 1378 during a legal dispute with the Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Mount Athos based on the existing charter of King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan from the 1330s. The charter is attesting a state of possessions of the Church of St. Archangel Michael in Štip, which was built by the Serbian nobleman Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, as they existed in the 1330s (i prida kraljevĭstvo mi crĭkvĭ velikoslavnago arĭchïstratiga Michaila iže vĭ Štipu gradu, jegože protosevastĭ Chrelja otĭ osnovanija ljuboviju duše si sĭzdalĭ i ukrasilĭ krasotami crĭkvnymi). The charter also attests the resettlement of abandoned settlements with people from foreign lands by the Serbian nobleman Hrelja (I prida kraljevьstvo mi selišta zapoustěvьša ōt věka. Ime selištu: Brěstь). The Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos in 1340/1341 confirmed the village Brěst as a property of the Hilandar Monastery (ἀλλὰ δὴ καὶ τὸ χωρίον τὸ Μπράστον, μετὰ τῆς νομῆς καὶ περιοχῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ ὧν ἔχει δικαίων).The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed again the donation of the village Brěst, a former land of Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, with all boundaries and rights to the Monastery of Hilandar after May 1343 (I u Lukavici: selo Brěstь/I selo Brěst sь vʼsěmi megjami i pravinami sela togo). The village of Brěst is registered in the Defters for the Sanjak Köstendil in 1519 and from 1570 to 1573.
Bulačanii	Place	The village of Bulačanii is mentioned in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. It is also registered as Bulačani or Pulačani in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Carev Dvor	Place	In the property dispute between Ioannes Hierakares and Drazes the court of emperor near Prespa (ἐν τῇ Πρέσπῃ βασιλικῆς αὐλῆς) is mentioned. This place is probably identical with the village Carev Dvor registered in the Defter for the Nahiye Prespa between the years 1536 and 1539 and under the year 1583 [Our reasoning is based on the premise that the toponym “Car” (i.e. Tsar, Emperor) bears witness to imperial presence at the respective place. The toponym “Car” obviously indicates, apart from a possible physical presence of the Serbian Emperor, also a possibility of a causal link with the Byzantine Emperor or the Bulgarian Tsar].
Careviḱ	Place	The village Careviḱ is registered in the Defters for the Nahiye Tikveš under the year 1519 and 1573 [Our reasoning is based on the premise that the toponym “Car” (i.e. Tsar, Emperor) bears witness to imperial presence at the respective place. The toponym “Car” obviously indicates, apart from a possible physical presence of the Serbian Emperor, also a possibility of a causal link with the Byzantine Emperor or the Bulgarian Tsar].
Carevo Selo	Place	In the boundary description of the Church of St. Nikola the village Carevo selo is mentioned (I ješte priloži svetoje carstvo mi episkopii zletovskoi Svetomu Arhangelu u Pijanci crьkov ь Svetago Nikole s ь selomь i sь vinogradomь i sь voděnicami i sь lugomь, i zemle stlьpь, počьiši otь Svetago Nikole do luga i vyše luga okola Brěsta luky do puta koi prěhodi otь Careva Sela i vyše Careve Vode po trapu). The village Carovo selo is registered in the Defters for the Nahiye Pijanec under the year 1519 and 1573 [Our reasoning is based on the premise that the toponym “Car” (i.e. Tsar, Emperor) bears witness to imperial presence at the respective place. The toponym “Car” obviously indicates, apart from a possible physical presence of the Serbian Emperor, also a possibility of a causal link with the Byzantine Emperor or the Bulgarian Tsar].
Crьvulje	Place	The Duke Dmitrь got the village Kozjak as his inherited property from the Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš for his loyal service (Iako istini i vьsesrьdьčni surodnikь i brat gospodstva mi vojevoda Dmitrь k věčnomu Tvorьcu i nekonьčavajemu i nemimohodimu i vьsa mira sego ni vь čto že vьměni i vladicě svojemu Hristu priveza se. I sela iže jestь iznašьlь brat gospodstva mi vojevoda Dmitrь, iže mu jestь darovalo gospodstvo mi za jegovo pravověrno porabotanie). He donated the village with all boundaries, rights, vineyard, mills and fruit trees to the Hilandar Monastery. The Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš confirmed the endowment of Duke Dmitrь in a charter from 1388/1389. In the boundary description of the village Kozjak the village Crьvulje is attested (A se megja sela toga Kozijaka: ... tako i niz reku Elьšinicu i do gradišta nad Crьvuljemь i ōd gradišta na dělь izlětši, tako i niz Gabrovь Dolь i ōd Gabrova Dola dolu na rasputije i ōd rasputija koi grěde putь ōd Crьvulje). The village Crьvulje is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil in the years 1519, 1550 and 1573 as Crvulevo.
Deikovo	Place	The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the settlement site of Deikovo to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Selište Deikovo). The village of Deikovci, which is probably identical with the settlement site of Deikovo, was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79 (Selo Deikovci). In the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572 a certain village called Delovci is registered. According to the context of the latter it must have been situated in the area of Lojane, Zlokukjane and Vaksince. On account of the sources, it is possible to argue that Deikovo, Deikovci and the Ottoman Delovci were one and the same place.
Dobrošane	Place	The Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) granted a vineyard in Butelь to the Monastery of Saint George-Gorg, which was a gift of the hieromonk Kaludь. The vineyard lay near the road, which connected Butelь and Dobrušane (I erōmonahь Kaludь dade nivu ōb onu stranu Velike rěke do careva iz᾿voda i do popa Huda, i do radina I. pogonь; i vь Butelje vinograd do Sveti Bogorodice butelьskije i do Bělьptišta uz putь koi grede u Dobrušane). Dobrušane might be either identical with Dobrošane, to the South-East of Kumanovo, or it could be located in the vicinity of Butelь near Skopje. Dobrošane is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Domanovci	Place	The village of Domanovci was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79 (selo Domanovʼci). It is registered as Gorna Glažna in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Dragomanьci	Place	The village of Dragomanьci is mentioned in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. It is registered as Dragoman, Dragomanci and Dragšan in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Drenovo (2)	Place	The noblemen of the Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš Iakovьcь and Dragoslavь held the Church of the Holy Mother of God in Drenovo. The Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš donated their church with other villages, settlement sites and rights after 1376/1377 to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos (I vynu ja Kostandinь priložihь crьkovь Materь Božiju u Drenově, što su drьžali vlastele moi Iakovьcь i Dragoslavь sь sely: selo Drenovo, i selo Rolovo, i Svety Nikola selište sь vsěmi pravinami selь těhь, i ina sela: selo Pululovo, selo Halapatovo, i selište Gjurgevo sь zaselcy). The village of Drenovo is registered in the Defters for the Nahiye Tikveš in the year 1519 and 1573.
Drugoševci	Place	The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the village of Drugoševci to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Sselo Drugoševci sь pravinami). It was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79 (Selo Drugoševci). Drugoševci may be identified with the village of Dragošnica in Ottoman times, which is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Dědino	Place	The grand duke (veliki vojvoda) Nikola Stanjević became his possessions in the vicinity of Konče from the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan. He erected the Church of Saint Stephen in the village Konče (kako poiska na carьstvě mi mnogovьzljublenni vlastelinь i brat carьstva mi veliki vojevoda Nikola, kako da priloži i da mu potpiše carьstvo mi materi Bōžijei hilandarьskōi crьkьvь u Kon’či Svetago Stěfana što si jestь sьzidalь svoimь trudōm i ōtkupumь u svojei baštině zapisanoi, što mu jestь zapisalь i utvrьdilь roditelь carьstva mi, u baštinu do věki, svetopočivьši carь). The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V realised his wish and donated the Church of Saint Stephen in the village Konče with all its property to the Hilandar Monastery in 1366. The monastery on Mount Athos was endowed also with the villagе Dědino (I tuzi crьkьvь prilaga i potpisuje carьstvo mi materi Božijei halandarskōi, vь pomenь carьstva mi i vь pomen brata carьstva mi vojevode Nikole i vsěmi seli crьkve Svetago Stěfana. Selo Konča, selo Lubnica, selo Trěskavьcь, selo Suhi Dolь, selo Dědino, selo Rakitьcь, selo Sěništa, selo gde jestь sědel Dobroslavь Karbikь, selo polь Tudōrice, selo Kostadinci, selo gde je sědelь Kostadinь, sselo Negronfōti, selo Grkovь Dolь, selo Sveti Kostadinь, i sela ina koja se nahode u meteseh kōnčkihь, mala, golěma kude jestь posadilь vojevoda ōtroke svoje. I sijazi sela više pisanna Svetago Stefana da si ima i drži božьstvinaja crьkьvi mati Božija Hilandarska s ljudmi, s vinogradi, s planinami, s vodeničijem, sь je livadijemь prosto rekše sь vsěmi megjami i pravinami i sь vsěmi periōrōm selь tehь). The village of Dědino is registered in the Defters for the Nahija Strumica in 1519 and 1573. The village of Dědino is mentioned in the tetraevangelion from the 16th century and in the gospel book from 1741.
Frugovi Vlasi	Place	The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the settlement site of Frugovi Vlasi with boundaries to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (selište Frugovi Vlasi sь megami). Because of the Vlachs using this land, the settlement site can be interpreted as a temporary settlement and not as a deserted village (as selište could suggest). Probably identical with the village Frangovo, which is registered in the Defter for the Nahija Ohrid between the years 1536 and 1539 and under the year 1583.
Gabrovo (1)	Place	The dijakь (scribe) and anagnostь (reader or lector) Dragoje moved in the place before the field Trěblěgrьmь, which was above Gabrovo near the Belasica mountain, in order the erect a Church dedicated to the Holy Mother of God and to the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel (izide dijakь anagnostь Dragoje kako estь ulezlь više Gabrova u Belasici predь Trěblěgrьmь zidati hramь prěčistee crьkvь i besplьtnihь silь Mihaila i Gabrila). At the request of Kalinik, the Bishop of Banьska (Velbužd, Kjustendil), made the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan the endowment of Dragoje exempt from various duties and allowed Dragoje live here freely with his father-in-law. Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated to Dragoje also a field Podь and another field beneath Gabrovo. The Serbian Emperor gave him the permission to settle people near the church.In 1376/77 the mother of the Serbian Despots Jovan and Konstantin Dragaš, Evdokija, donated together with her sons the village of Gabrovo with boundaries, summer pasture, mountain, vineyards, fruit trees, watermill, vegetable gardens, field, meadow, hunting grounds, river and fords to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on Mount Athos (Selo Gabrovo sь sinoromь, sь planinomь, sь brьdomь, sь vinogradi, sь voštьjemь, sь vodeničjemь, sь kipuriami, sь poljemь, sь lugomь, sь lovišti, sь rekomь, sь brodovi). The Serbian Despot Jovan Dragaš and his brother Konstantin Dragaš confirmed after 1376/1377 the donation of the village Gabrovo to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos (I prьvo selo Mokrane, i selište Crьkvišta, i selište Makrijevo, i selo Borisovo, i selo Zubovo, i selo Gabrovo, i selo Napodu). The village of Gabrovo is registered in the Defters for the Nahiya Strumica in the year 1519 and 1573.
Glažnja	Place	The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the village of Glažnja to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Selo Glažně s megěmi i ōdьtesi i sь pravinami sela toga). It was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79 (selo Glažnja). The village of Glažnja is registered as Glažna in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Glьboky dolь	Place	The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of Vilska to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55. The site appears only in the later transcript (Hil. 150), which was made probably in the first decade of the 15th century. In the boundary description of Vilska the village of Glьboky dolь is mentioned (Ōtь Vodičnikove glavě upravь na u Pogorь, na Glьbokyi dolь, na Staʼnke). The village of Glьboky dolь is also registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Gokšinci	Place	The village of Gokšinci (selō Gokšinʼci) was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79. It appears in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century as Gogšinci. The village of Gokšinci is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Golěm Ōdrьn	Place	Golěm Ōdrьn is mentioned together with the rivers of Moštanica and of Lukavica in the boundary description of Psača in the charter by the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) for the Monastery of Hilandar from 1354/55 (Psačju sь vsěmi pravinami, a megja sela togo Moštanica kako pripada u rěku Lukavicu i do gde se izovrьša Moštanica i povrьhʼ planine nizʼ drumь kako spada posrěd golěmoga ōdrьna). The village of Odreno is registered as Gorna Odrina and Dolna Odrina in Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572. The expression "golěm ōdrьn" is correctly translated by Siniša Mišić as "great rockfall" or "landslide". According to the charter, there was a local road, which went through the area. It is conceivable that the village of Odreno emerged in this area in Early Modern times. Its appearance in the Ottoman Defter and in Early Modern maps as well as the phonetical relation to the name of the topographical entity Golěm Ōdrьn can be perceived as proof for such a claim. The localisation and identification is based also on the context of the boundary description.
Gorobiince	Place	The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the village/the settlement site of Mokra Poljana to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55. In the boundary description of Mokra Poljana the village of Gorobiince is mentioned (Selo Mokra Polěna, a mege ōi ōdь duba velijega po dělu po srědě sela na studenecь, tere niz dolь na Brehalo, terь nadь Gorobiince). The village of Gorobiince is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Gorěnce	Place	The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed two estates in or near the village Gorěnce as a possession of the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid. One property was an acquisition of the church, the other an endowment for the sake of salvation (U Gorěncehь město kupeničije i zadušnine). The village of Gorěnce is registered in the Defter for the Nahija Ohrid between the years 1536 and 1539 and under the year 1583 as Gorenci.
Halaševce	Place	The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of several villages to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55. In the boundary description of its possessions the village of Haleševce is mentioned (ōdь touda nadь Halašaevce; ōtь touda nadь Halaševce). The village of Halaševce is registered as Kalašinci in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Hraštani	Place	The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the village Hraštani with boundaries and all rights to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (Selo Hraštani s megjami i sь vsěmi pravinami). The village of Hraštani, which was located between the villages Botun, Belčišta and Zlesti, is registered in the Defters for the Nahija Debarca under the year 1583. Vassiliki Kravari made an attempt to localise Hraštani in todays Raštan near Balkuci in Albania.
Izvorь	Place	The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the village of Izvorь together with its boundaries and rights to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Selo Izvorь s megěmi i ōtesi i s pravinami sela togo). The village of Izvorь was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79. It is mentioned in the so-called Pšinjski pomenik (15th c.). The village of Izvorь is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Jablanica (1)	Place	The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the village Jablanica with boundaries and all rights to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (Selo Jablanica s megjami i sь vsěmi pravinami sela toga). The village of Jablanica is registered in the Defters for the Nahija Dugo Brdo in the year 1467 and for the Nahija Ohrid between the years 1536-1539 and under the year 1583.
Jastrebnica	Place	Jovan Oliver, the veliki sluga of the Serbian lands and Pomorje, entrusted Todor with the task to settle the deserted settlement site in Jastrebnica, which was in the possession of the Monastery of Saint Demetrius in Kočani (Naidohь selište pusto Svetago Dimitrija u Jastrebnicě i podahь moga člověka Todora, koi mi se prěda izь Grьkь, po ruce da naseli ōmozi selo). The village is registered in the Defters for the Nahiye Kočani in the years 1519 and 1573 as Jastrebnik.
Kalugerica	Place	The charter, which is mentioning the settlement site Kalugerica, is a forged document for the Monastery of Chilandar attributed to King Stefan Uroš II Milutin. It summarises the possessions of Chilandar and confirms earlier donations amongst others in the town of Štip and its surroundings. The document was created in the years 1371 to 1378 during a legal dispute with the Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Mount Athos based on the existing charter of King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan from the 1330s. The charter is attesting a state of possessions of the Church of St. Archangel Michael in Štip, which was built by the Serbian nobleman Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, as they existed in the 1330s. The charter also attests the resettlement of abandoned settlements with people from foreign lands by the Serbian nobleman Hrelja (I selište Brěstokь prězь Luka na Běsnu Voděnicu i Kalugerica i Police pašište sь vsěmi pravinami i megjami sel těhь). The Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos in 1340/1341 confirmed the village Brěstokь as a property of the Hilandar Monastery. He states also the settlement site of Kalugerica in this context (πέραν τοῦ ἐκεῖσε ποταμοῦ, τερ ον ἀγρίδιον τὸ Μπροάστοτζιν, μέχρι τοῦ Ἀγρίου Νεροῦ καὶ τῆς Καλογραίας καὶ τοῦ Πολιτζοῦ). The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the village Kalugerica, a former land of Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, to the Monastery of Hilandar after May 1343 (selo Kalugerica/I po ōne strane rěke selo Brěstovica, do divije vode i do Kalugjerice i do Police). The village of Kalugerica is registered in the Defters for the Sanjak Köstendil in 1519 and from 1570 to 1573.
Kanarevo	Place	In a note (probably from 16th century), which is part of the "Gospel of Karpino" (Karpinsko evangelie) from the 14th century, the Sveta Bogorodica Karpynska and the village of Kanarevo are mentioned. The village of Kanarevo is registered as Kanarovo in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Karbinci	Place	The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) donated the hamlet of Karbinci with all its boundaries to the Monastery of Hilandar after 1343 (i zaselьkь Kar’bin’ci sь vsěmь sinoromь). The villages on the land of Karba were the subject of a dispute between the monks of the Monastery of Hilandar and the guards (bьci) of the Emperor. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Dušan sent David Mihojević, the kefalija (governor) of Štip, in order to determine the boundaries of the disputed land. He issued a charter on this occasion and confirmed that Monastery of Hilandar has the right over the land with the boundaries determined by David Mihojević (Ima htěnije i povelěva carьstvō mi da je vědomo vsakomu kako pridě igumenь v’sečьstьni světogorski Bogorodice hilandarske Dorothei i sь star’ci i govori carьstvu mi ō selě zem’li Kar’bin’čkoi kao je ima crьkovь u hrisovuli a sьgi je ne drьže. I sьprěše se z bьci carьstva mi predь mnomь što su na toizi zem’li Kar’binьčkoi i carьstvo mi vь to vrěme ne ōbrěte nigde dati bьcemь da se prěselě i poslah kjefaliju štip’skoga Davida Mihojevikja igumena i star’ce i tezi bьce da s kraja ōdtešu crьkvi i utьkme. I prišdь Davidь spovedь carьstvu mi kako jestь megju nimi utьk’milь i ōdtesali zemlju kude mi spoved Davidь). The possession of the village of Karbinci with all its rights by the Monastery of Hilandar was confirmed by the Serbian Emperor Stefan Dušan in 1348 (I na Bregalnici selo Karbin’ci sь pravinami si). In the charter of the Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš from 1388/89, concerning the endowment of the Duke Dmitrь for the Monastery of Hilandar, the village of Karbinci is attested in the boundary description of the village of Kozijak (A se megja sela toga Kozijaka: tere na gradište vse po dělu megju Arьgjuricomь i megju Karьbinьci). The village of Karbinci is registered in the Defters for the Sanjak Köstendil in 1519, 1550 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Klečevci	Place	The village of Klečevci is mentioned in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century, in which it is attested as Klečevci or Klěčevci. It is registered as Klečovci, Kličovči, Čauš Kjoj and Klečovce in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Koince	Place	The village of Koince is mentioned as Koince (Koince selo) in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. It is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572. On the Western border of the village of Koince a field is located, which is called "Selište" and shows remains of a medieval settlement (fragments of pottery, building material, roof tiles).
Kokÿno	Place	In the accounting records of the Ragusan merchant Mihailo Lukarević from Novo Brdo a certain "Radiuoj Tatich de Chochina in Nagorizno" is mentioned. The village of Kokÿno is named in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. Moreover, the village of Kokÿno is registered as Korkino in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Kolešino	Place	The village of Kolešino is mentioned in the charter of the Serbian Despot Jovan Dragaš and his brother Konstantin Dragaš for the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos in connection with the donated Church of the Saint Nicholas as its alias. The charter was issued after 1376/1377 (I u těhzi metohiahь što su crьkve baštin᾿ske, i to priložismo: Svety Nikola Draguševь, Svetyi Nikola Kolešinь). The village of Kolešino is registered in the Defters for the Nahiya Strumica in the year 1519 and 1570/1573.
Kolicko	Place	The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) donated the village of Kolicko with its boundaries and hamlets to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (I ōšte priloži carьstvo mi crьkvi matere Božije Arьhilevьske selo Kolicko s megěmi i ōdьtesi i sь zaselci i sь vsěmi pravinami sela toga). The village of Kolicko was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79 (Selo Kolicʼko). The village of Kolicko is registered as Količkva in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Kozijak	Place	The boundary of the village of Kozijak is mentioned in the boundary description of the village Karbinci (do Kozijač’ke megje). The village Karbinci and the land of Kar’ba were subject of dispute between the monks of the Hilandar Monastery and the guards of the emperor. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV sent David Mihojević, the kefalija (governor) of Štip, in order to determine the boundaries of the disputed land. The Serbian emperor issued on 8th of June 1355 a chrysobull charter. He confirmed the right of the Hilandar Monastery over the village and the land with the boundaries determined by David Mihojević. The Duke Dmitrь got the village Kozjak as his inherited property from the Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš for his loyal service (Iako istini i vьsesrьdьčni surodnikь i brat gospodstva mi vojevoda Dmitrь k věčnomu Tvorьcu i nekonьčavajemu i nemimohodimu i vьsa mira sego ni vь čto že vьměni i vladicě svojemu Hristu priveza se. I sela iže jestь iznašьlь brat gospodstva mi vojevoda Dmitrь, iže mu jestь darovalo gospodstvo mi za jegovo pravověrno porabotanie). He donated the village with all boundaries, rights, vineyard, mills and fruit trees to the Hilandar Monastery. The Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš confirmed the endowment of Duke Dmitrь in a charter from 1388/1389 (Selo Kozijakь s metohomь i sь vsěmi megjami i pravinami i sь vinogradomь i sь mlini i sь vokijemь. A se megja sela toga Kozijaka: z gornjega čela poemь ōd Krivoga Dola na Borovi Dol, tako i prěz dolь i prěma grada Kozijaka raspadь do stěne niže glave pod Kučjulatomь, tere na skokь, i ōd tuda prěšьdь dolь megju velikomь glavom i megju malomь, tere na Denkovu nivu, tere više perivolja na Lalulovь studenьcь, tako i niz reku Elьšinicu i do gradišta nad Crьvuljemь i ōd gradišta na dělь izlětši, tako i niz Gabrovь Dolь i ōd Gabrova Dola dolu na rasputije i ōd rasputija koi grěde putь ōd Crьvulje, tere na gradište vse po dělu megju Arьgjuricomь i megju Karьbinьci do prěsdlinje ne došьd ednoga brьdьčca, do trěhь kamenь stanovitihь, do kraine prěsedline i ōd tuda sьvrьnuvь uprěkь na slatinu i ōd tuda prěšьd Kozijašticu na kamenь koi postavismo kon grьma na puti i ōd togai kamena došьd na glavičicu povjeliku z dolnjega kraja grědeki ne došьd Radanьštice i ōd tei glavice uzьbrьdo prěko na srědnju glavu, tako i po hridu megju Kozijakomь i megju Radanōmь na uši Krivi Dolь). The village Kozjak is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil in the years 1519, 1550 and 1573.
Krilatica	Place	In 1354/55 the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) gave permission to his nobleman Vlatko Paskačić to donate the Church of Sveti Nikola in Psača, which Vlatko had erected on the inherited property of his father, together with the appertaining metochion to the Monastery of Hilandar (I vьspomenu carstvu mi prěvьzljubljenʼny i pravověrnii vlastelinь carstva mi Vladko ō crьkvy svetago Nikoly jaže jestь sьzdalь na svoōi baštině Pʼsači a sь blagoslovljenijemь carstva mi...i poljubi prěd carstvomʼ mi i priloži svoju baštinu crьkvь svetago Nikoli na Psači prěsvetěi Bogorodici hilandarьskoi sь vsěmь metehōmь). Stefan Dušan enlarged Vlatko's endowment with land near Krilatica, where a certain Neōr had resided and where the Emperor had moved miners from Zletovo (I na Krilatici zemlja koja jestь ōt Trnov’ca na čimь jestь sědělь Neōrь, posadi rudare koje prěseli ōt Zljetove). The village of Krilatica is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572.
Krivi Dolь	Place	The Duke Dmitrь got the village Krivi Dolь as his inherited property from the Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš for his loyal service (Iako istini i vьsesrьdьčni surodnikь i brat gospodstva mi vojevoda Dmitrь k věčnomu Tvorьcu i nekonьčavajemu i nemimohodimu i vьsa mira sego ni vь čto že vьměni i vladicě svojemu Hristu priveza se. I sela iže jestь iznašьlь brat gospodstva mi vojevoda Dmitrь, iže mu jestь darovalo gospodstvo mi za jegovo pravověrno porabotanie). He donated the village with all boundaries and rights to the Hilandar Monastery. The Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš confirmed the endowment of Duke Dmitrь in a charter from 1388/1389 (I selo Krivi Dolь za Suševomь ōnuge u šiju s megjami i sь ōtesomь i sь vsěmi pravinami sela togai). The village Krivi Dolь is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil in the years 1519, 1550 and 1573.
Krupište	Place	The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) donated beekeepers with beehives near Krupište to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos on 12 June 1349 (konь krupištь). The current village of Ularci, which is located 2 km to the North-East of Krupište, probably emerged from this settlement of beekeepers. Stefan Dušan confirmed the Monastery of Sveti Petar Koriški as metochion of the Monastery of Hilandar on the sabor (state assembly) held at Krupište on 17 May 1355 (zьbor na Krupištihь; na zboru na Krupištihь). The respective charters were composed by the Serbian Logothet Gjurg in Ovče Pole. Stefan Dušan issued a third charter in favour of the Monastery of Hilandar on the same sabor at Krupište on 2 July 1355 (zborь na Krupištihь). The charter was written by the same Logothet in Ovče Pole. Also in 1355 a charter for the Church of Sveti Nikola in Dobrušta (in Kosovo) was issued by Stefan Dušan, when he was in Krupište (stoještu... vь Krupištehь). The village of Krupište is mentioned in the charter of the Serbian Despot Jovan Dragaš and his brother Konstantin Dragaš for the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos, which they issued after 1376/77 (I u Krupištehь selo Ulijari i selište Butkovcь). The village of Krupište is attested in the Lesnovski pomenik (Krupišta; 16th century). It is also registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519, 1550 and from the years 1570 to 1572 as Kurpšta.
Kumanovo	Place	The toponym "Kumanovo" can be associated with the Turkic people called Cumans. Present day Kumanovo lies probably on the remains of the ancient Aquae, shown as a pictogram on the Tabula Peutingeriana. The medieval written sources do not provide evidence for Kumanovo. This is probably due to the fact that Žegligovo and Nagoričino were the centers of the region in the Middle Ages. The first appearance of Kumanovo in the sources is in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil. Kumanovo is registered in the Defter from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572. Therein, it is described as a village. The Ottoman traveller Evliya Çelebi visited Kumanovo in the year 1660 and refers to it as "kasaba" ("small town"). The British physician Edward Brown passed through "Comonova" in 1668/69.
Leaskobtzos	Place	The church of Saint Constantine and Helena in Ohrid owned a piece of land beneath Leaskobtzos. The property was bound by the estate of the church of Saint John the Theologian at Kaneo in Ohrid in the east and by a road in the west (ἕτερον χώράφιον κάτωθεν τοῦ Λεασκόβοτζου, πλησίον ἐξ ἀνατολῶν Ίωάννου τοῦ θεολόγου τοῦ Κανεβοῦ καὶ ἐκ δυσμῶν ἕως τῆς ὁδοῦ). The village of Leaskobtzos (Leskoec) is registered in the Defter for the Nahija Ohrid between the years 1536 and 1539 and under the year 1583.
Lojane	Place	The village of Lojane is mentioned in the charter (the so-called "zbirna hrisovulja") of the Serbian Kings Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) and Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) from the years 1303/04 and 1336/40-1342/45 for the Monastery of Hilandar. In Lojane was located a Church of the Holy Mother of God, which was handed over to the monastery together with the village of Lojane (I pride kraljevьstvo mi crьkvь svetije Bogorodice iže vь Lojaně i sь selomь Lojanomь sь vsěmi megjami sela togo i sь vsěmi pravinami i sь vinogrady, i s nivijemь i s livadijemь i sь voděničijemь i sь zaselky Kьkrino i Zaplьžane i Kobilija Glava i Dobrutovci i Gradište, da jestь metohь svetie Bogorodice hilandarske). The village of Lojane is registered as Lojan in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Lubnica	Place	The grand duke (veliki vojvoda) Nikola Stanjević became his possessions around Konče from the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan. He erected the Church of Saint Stephen in the village Konče (kako poiska na carьstvě mi mnogovьzljublenni vlastelinь i brat carьstva mi veliki vojevoda Nikola, kako da priloži i da mu potpiše carьstvo mi materi Bōžijei hilandarьskōi crьkьvь u Kon’či Svetago Stěfana što si jestь sьzidalь svoimь trudōm i ōtkupumь u svojei baštině zapisanoi, što mu jestь zapisalь i utvrьdilь roditelь carьstva mi, u baštinu do věki, svetopočivьši carь). The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V realised his wish and donated the Church of Saint Stephen in the village Konče with all its property to the Hilandar Monastery in 1366. The monastery on Mount Athos was endowed also with the village Lubnica (I tuzi crьkьvь prilaga i potpisuje carьstvo mi materi Božijei halandarskōi, vь pomenь carьstva mi i vь pomen brata carьstva mi vojevode Nikole i vsěmi seli crьkve Svetago Stěfana. Selo Konča, selo Lubnica, selo Trěskavьcь, selo Suhi Dolь, selo Dědino, selo Rakitьcь, selo Sěništa, selo gde jestь sědel Dobroslavь Karbikь, selo polь Tudōrice, selo Kostadinci, selo gde je sědelь Kostadinь, sselo Negronfōti, selo Grkovь Dolь, selo Sveti Kostadinь, i sela ina koja se nahode u meteseh kōnčkihь, mala, golěma kude jestь posadilь vojevoda ōtroke svoje. I sijazi sela više pisanna Svetago Stefana da si ima i drži božьstvinaja crьkьvi mati Božija Hilandarska s ljudmi, s vinogradi, s planinami, s vodeničijem, sь je livadijemь prosto rekše sь vsěmi megjami i pravinami i sь vsěmi periōrōm selь tehь). The village of Lubnica is registered in the Defters for the Nahija Strumica in 1519 and in 1573.
Lukotzerebe	Place	The church of Saint Constantine and Helena owned two properties near Lukotzerebe. One was a piece of land, which bordered the possession of the Priest Stephanos from the east and the land of Nikolaos Maminas from the west (χωράφιον εἰς τὴν Λουκοτζέρεβη, πλησίον ἐξ ἀνατολῶν τοῦ παππᾶ Στεφάνου καὶ ἐκ δυσμῶν πλησίον κὺρ Νικολάου τοῦ Μαμινοῦ). The second plot of land was in the vicinity of the public road from the east and the property, which belonged to the church of Saint Barbara in Ohrid from the west (ἔτερον χωράφιον εἰς τὴν αὐτὴν τὴν Λουκοτζέρεβιν, πλησίον ἐξ ἀνατολῶν τῆς δημοσίας ὁδοῦ, ἐκ δυσμῶν πλησίον τῆς ἁγίας Βαρβάρας). The village is mentioned in the fragmentary note on the back of the charter of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ōhrid from the 14th century (30 litrь voska i tarona što jestь u Lukočrěvě i te tamu u Trnově za adьrfato). The village is registered in the Defters for the Nahija Ohrid between the years 1536 and 1539 and under the year 1583 as Gorno Lokočeroj and Dolno Lokočeroj.
Lukovica	Place	Andrěašь, the son of the Serbian King Demetrios Blukasinos (Vlьkašinь), donated in 1388/1389 the village Lukovica with the metochion to the Saint Andreas Monastery by the river Treska (trudomь i podvigomь raba božia kralevikь andreaša se že priloženie svetě crьkьvi hrisovulě sьvoiomь..... Selo Lukovica i Krušica s metohomь). The village Lukovica is mentioned in the pomenik of the Saint Andreas Monastery by the river Treska. The village Lukovice is registered in the Defter for the Nahije Skopje under the years 1452/1453, 1467/1468, 1481/1482, 1528/1529, 1544/1545 and 1568/1569.
Lukovo (2)	Place	The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the domain of a certain Kalopul in Lukovo with boundaries, hunting grounds and all rights to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (Vь Lukově što je Kalopulovo s megami i s lovištami, […], i sь vsěmi pravinami). The village of Lukovo is registered in the Defters for the Nahija in Dolgo Brdo and Ohrid under the year 1467, between the years 1536-1539 and under the year 1583.
Lěskovica	Place	The charter, which is mentioning the settlement site Lěskovica, is a forged document for the Monastery of Chilandar attributed to King Stefan Uroš II Milutin. It summarises the possessions of Chilandar and confirms earlier donations amongst others in the town of Štip and its surroundings. The document was created in the years 1371 to 1378 during a legal dispute with the Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Mount Athos based on the existing charter of King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan from the 1330s. The charter is attesting a state of possessions of the Church of St. Archangel Michael in Štip, which was built by the Serbian nobleman Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, as they existed in the 1330s. The charter also attests the resettlement of abandoned settlements with people from foreign lands by the Serbian nobleman Hrelja (I prida kraljevьstvo mi selišta zapoustěvьša ōt věka. Ime selištu: Brěstь i Suhogrьlь i Lěskovica). The Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos in 1340/1341 confirmed the village Lěskovica as a property of the Hilandar Monastery (τὸ χωρίον τὸ Λεασκόβιτζον μετὰ τῆς νομῆς καὶ περιοχῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν δικαίων).The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed again the donation of the village Lěskovica, a former land of Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, to the Monastery of Hilandar after May 1343 (I u Lukavici: selo Brěstь, selo Suhogrьlo, selo Lěskovica/Selo Lěskovica). The village of Lěskovica is registered in the Defters for the Sanjak Köstendil in 1519 and from 1570 to 1573.
Matejče	Place	The village of Matějče is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Misleševo	Place	The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of one property in Misleševo to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (i vь Misleševě stasь). The village Misleševo is registered in the Defters for the Nahija Ohrid between the years 1536 and 1539 and under the year 1583.
Mlado Nagoričino	Place	The scribe Vladislav Gramatik testified in a scribal annotation that he finished a book in Mlado Nagoričino in 1456 (Ispisa se sia kniga u Nagoričinu mladōm). Mlado Nagoričino is attested as Nagoričino in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century, while the term Staro Nagoričino is used for Nagoričino. The Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572 employed the attributes Mlado ("young") as well as Novo ("new") for Mlado Nagoričino. In this Defter Mlado Nagoričino is registered as Nogoriç-i Cedid and Nagoriç-i Cedid with the meaning Nov Nogorič, that is "new Nogorič". The Serbian Patriarch Arsenije III Čarnojević (1633-1706) stopped in Mlado Nagoročino on his journey to the Holy Land in 1682 (va selo Mlado Nagorično). The Serbian scribe Jerotej Račanin describes the veneration of the relics of Sveta Petka from Tărnovo in a church of the same name during his stay in Nagoričino in 1704.
Mokrievo	Place	The village Mokrievo is mentioned in course of the boundary delimitation of the land around the church of the priest Simon Prьkja and of the land, which belonged to Laskar Siderofag and Tutko. The litigants (Hilandar Monastery and the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on Mount Athos) were settled by the arbitration-comitee summoned by the Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš in 1375/1376 (i okolo crkve od Krьnače vode polovinu i nizь rěčište Krьnaču do više Makrieva tere na kamenь gde putь ulazi u Gabrь). In 1376/77 the mother of the Serbian Despots Jovan and Konstantin Dragaš, Evdokija, donated together with her sons the village of Mokrievo with boundaries, summer pasture, mountain, vineyards, fruit trees, watermill, vegetable gardens, field, meadow, hunting grounds, river and fords and the land of Tutko and Siderofajev to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on Mount Athos (Selo Makrijevo sinoromь, sь planinomь, zь brьdomь, sь vinogradi, s voštьjemь, sь vodeničьjemь, sь kipurijami, sь poljemь, sь lugomь, sь lovišti, sь rekomь, zь brodovi, i zemlju Tutkovu i zemlju Sideropsajevu). The Serbian Despot Jovan Dragaš and his brother Konstantin Dragaš confirmed after 1376/1377 the donation of the settlement site Mokrievo to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos (I prьvo selo Mokrane, i selište Crьkvišta, i selište Makrijevo, i selo Borisovo, i selo Zubovo, i selo Gabrovo, i selo Napodu). The village of Mokrievo is registered in the Defters for the Nahiya Strumica in 1519 and in 1573.
Mokrino	Place	The village Mokrino is mentioned in course of the boundary delimitation of the land around the church of the priest Simon Prьkja and of the land, which belonged to Laskar Siderofag and Tutko. The litigants (Hilandar Monastery and the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on Mount Athos) were settled by the arbitration-comitee summoned by the Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš in 1375/1376 (i prězь Gabrь prěkim putem koi grede u Mokrane). In 1376/77 the mother of the Serbian Despots Jovan and Konstantin Dragaš, Evdokija, donated together with her sons the village of Mokrino with boundaries, summer pasture, mountain, vineyards, fruit trees, watermill, vegetable gardens, field, meadow, hunting grounds, fords, river and the land of Ljenьdin, which was added to Mokrino by the Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan, to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on Mount Athos (Selo Mokrani sь sinoromь, sь planinomь, sь brьdomь, sь vinogradi, sь ovoštьjemь, sь vodeničьjemь, sь kipuriamy, sь poljemь, sь lugomь, sь lovišti, zь brodovi, sь rekomь, i što jestь priložilь carь Stefanь zemlju Ljenьdinovu kь Mokranomь). The Serbian Despot Jovan Dragaš and his brother Konstantin Dragaš confirmed after 1376/1377 the donation of the village Mokrino to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos (I prьvo selo Mokrane, i selište Crьkvišta, i selište Makrijevo, i selo Borisovo, i selo Zubovo, i selo Gabrovo, i selo Napodu). The vilage of Mokrino is registered in the Defters for the Nahiya Strumica in 1519 and 1573.
Morovište	Place	The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed two estates in or near the village Morovište as a possession of the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid. One property was an acquisition of the Church, the other an endowment for the sake of salvation (Vь Morovištehь město kupenica i zadušnina). The village of Morovište is registered in the Defter for the Kaza and Nahija Ohrid between the years 1536 and 1539 and under the year 1583.
Nagoričino, Church of Saint George	Place	According to the Life of Saint Prohor Pčinjski (11th c.) Prohor settled in a small cave in the deserted area of Nagoričino in Žegligovo as a hermit (vь glubokuju pustynnju Nagoričeskuju). In Nagoričino also his hermitage (cave) is to be found. The original construction of the Church of Saint George in Nagoričino is dated to the 11th century and associated with Saint Prohor Pčinjski or the Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes (reigned 1068-1071). The Life of Saint Joakim Osogovski from the 12th century gives an account on the building activity of an anonymous Emperor (hram prpodbnomu vъ ime svjatogo velikomčenika Hristvo Gjeōrgia). The church fell without doubt into disrepair in the last quarter of the 13th century. According to the Slavonic inscription at the Western entrance to the narthex, the church was renewed by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) in the year 1313. In this inscription a certain abbot called Andonij is also mentioned. This hint suggests that a monastery existed at that time near the church itself (Izvoleniemь božiemь sьzda sja domь svetago i velikoslavnago mjačenika Hristova Geōrgijě vь dny svjatorodnago i prěvysokago kralě Uroša Milutina, bogomь samodrьžьcu vsei srbьskoi zemli i primorьskoi, pri bogočьstivěi kralici Simonidě, i pri igumeně Andony, v lěto 6821 [1313]). According to the Slavonic inscription from 1318 in the interior, the church was decorated with frescoes by order of the Serbian King Milutin under the abbot Benjamin (Božiemь izvoljenijemь sьzʼda se ōt osnovanie, i popisa se, čьstnii hramь podaijemь vsakiim prevysokago krala Stefana Uroša, vь lěto 6826, pri igumeně Beniamine). Another inscription in the interior above the Western entrance has not been preserved. Between 1300 and 1318/21 a certain anagnost Radin from Nagoričino in Žegligovo (anagnosta Radina Nagoričanina izь Žegligova) wrote a gospel for the priest Zagoranin in Sušica. The old Serbian Genealogies (rodoslovi) and Annals (letopisi) report that the Serbian King Milutin had founded or endowed numerous monasteries, amongst others also the Monastery of Saint George in Nagoričino (Nagoričino svetomu Geōrgiju; i vь Nagoričine svetago Gjeōrgija; i druguju vь Nagoričinu; i vь Nagoričine Georgia). In the same sources Žegligovo and Nagoričino are subsumed in one geographical unit (i u Nagoričinu na Žegligovo crьkov svetago velikomučenika Georgia; i u Nagoričinu na Žegligovu crkovь svetago velikomučenika Georgia; i u Nagoričinu na Žegligovu crkovь svetago mučenika Georgia; i u Nagoričinu na Žegligovo crkovь svetago velikomučenika Georgia; i u Nagoričinu na Žegligovu crkovь svetago velikomučenika Georgija). The Lives of the Serbian Kings and Archbishops by Archbishop Danilo II and his successors confirm the renewal of the church under the Serbian King Milutin (i crkovь svetaago Georgьgija nagoričьskaago). The abbot Benjamin from Nagoričino is named in the list of abbots in two Serbian charters (1317 and one forgery from the 15th century, where he is referrred to as nagoričkii Beniaminь, respectively nagorički Beniaminь). According to the aforesaid Lives of the Serbian Kings and Archbishops, the Serbian King Stefan Uroš III Dečanski (reigned 1321-1331) gathered his army in the forefront of the Battle of Velbužd in the first half of 1330 on a field called Dobrič, located in today's South-Eastern Serbia at the confluence of the rivers Južna Morava and Toplica. He intended to confront the Bulgarian Tsar Michael III Šišman (reigned 1323-1330) at this place. When messengers informed him that the Bulgarian Tsar had intruded Serbian territory near the castle of Zemen on the upper reaches of the river Struma, where the then border of the Serbian Kingdom lay, he set his army in march and first moved to Nagoričino, where he prayed in the Church of Saint George (priide vь monastirь svoi kь svetomu mučeniku Hristovu Georьgiju Nagoričьskomu). The victory of King Stefan Dečanski at the Battle of Velbužd on 28 July 1330 is described by the Serbian annals and the aforesaid Lives of the Serbian Kings and Archbishops. According to the Serbian annals, King Stefan Dečanski captured Michael Šišman and brought him to Žegligovo (aduxere eum in Segligovo), where the Bulgarian Tsar died and was buried in the Church of Saint George in the village of Nagoričino (et sepulchro datus est in Ecclesia sancti Georgii in pago Gorichina). On the contrary, the Lives of the Serbian Kings and Archbishops describe that the Bulgarian ruler had already died in the battle. His corpse was brought to the Church of Saint George in the place called Nagoričino (prěnesenu Georьgija vь městě rekoměmь Nagoričьskaago) and entombed there. In a ledger containing a list of debtors and guarantors of the Ragusan merchant Mihailo Lukarević from Novo Brdo, dated to the period from 1432 to 1438, a certain Radiuoj Tatich from Nagoričino, who was born in Kokÿno (de Chochina in Nagorizno/Nagorzno) is mentioned. On his campaign against the town of Skutari (now Shkodra in Albania) in May 1474 the Ottoman Pasha of Rumeli stayed with his army in Nagoričino, which was three days of journey away from Kosovo Polje (Bassa Romanie cum numeroso et valido exercitu dimissus est in loco dicto Nagoricino, distanti a Cossovo itinere dierum trium). In the Pšinski pomenik (15th c.) Nagoričino is attested as Staro Nagoričino ("Old Nagoričino"), while the toponym of Nagoričino is obviously used for Mlado Nagoričino. Nagoričino is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 with the attribute "Staro" and from the years 1570 to 1572 as Gühne Nogoriç, Köhne-i Nagoriç and Köhne-yi Nogoriç (with the meaning of "Staro Nogorič"). The assumption that Edward Brown (1668-1669, published in 1673) saw the Church of Saint George in Nagoričino, while passing through Kumanovo, is probably incorrect ("near which [scil. Kumanovo] there is still a Greek Monastery, upon the side of the hills"). Rather he wrote about Sveta Bogorodica Črьnogorska in the Skopska Crna Gora, to the West of Kumanovo. In 1704 the Serbian scribe Jerotej Račanin refers to Nagoričino as 40 churches ("40 crkvy" or Turkish "krka klisa"). From the viewpoint of Art History, it should be emphasised that the Serbian King Milutin had the upper part of the Church of Saint George built on the destroyed walls of an older edifice in 1312/13 as evidenced by the aforesaid inscription above the Western entrance. The frescoes in the church were completed in 1317/18 according to the aforesaid inscription from 1318 in the interior and were executed by the painters Michael and Eutychius. The Church of Saint George is in the form of an inscribed cross with five domes, with barrel and groin vaults and a semicircular apse on the East (the altar space is relatively large and is continuing to the space of the nave), while the older edifice is clearly visible (especially on the Northern side of the church).
Napodu	Place	The dijakь (scribe) and anagnostь (reader or lector) Dragoje moved in the place before the field Trěblěgrьmь, which was above Gabrovo near the Belasica mountain, in order the erect a Church dedicated to the Holy Mother of God and to the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel (izide dijakь anagnostь Dragoje kako estь ulezlь više Gabrova u Belasici predь Trěblěgrьmь zidati hramь prěčistee crьkvь i besplьtnihь silь Mihaila i Gabrila). At the request of Kalinik, the Bishop of Banьska (Velbužd, Kjustendil), made the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan the endowment of Dragoje exempt from various duties and allowed Dragoje live here freely with his father-in-law. Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated to Dragoje also a field Podь and another field beneath Gabrovo (i u podu niva i vinu podu kude bude jako rastrebiti s mcě... a s vadomь na bratosinovьskihь topilь podь spьsšьkee nive i vrětenь nivu s vadomь i podь Gabrōvō Berotičevu nivu). The Serbian Despot Jovan Dragaš and his brother Konstantin Dragaš confirmed after 1376/1377 the donation of the village Napodu to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos (I prьvo selo Mokrane, i selište Crьkvišta, i selište Makrijevo, i selo Borisovo, i selo Zubovo, i selo Gabrovo, i selo Napodu). The village of Napodu is registered in the Defters for the Nahiya Strumica in the year 1519. The village was abandoned by its inhabitants until 1570/1573.
Neōhorь	Place	The Serbian Despot Ioan Uglješa (Ioannes Unklesis) donated the village Neōhorь on the plain of Mavrovo with all boundaries and rights to the Monastery of Kutlumus. The monastery obtained all estates, which were in possession of Theōdorь Ōduevikь. The community of monks on the Mount Athos received also pronoia holders with people, land parcels and fruit trees, which were in some way dependent upon Kalabaris (Kalavar) (selo u poli Mavrovьskom imenem Neōhorь sь vsemi megami i s pravinami sela togai, sь vsemь što e drьžalь Theōdorь Ōduevikь pri carstvě mi, i pri Kalavari proniari što su drьžali ili ljudi ili vokie sь vsem periorom sela). The village of Neōhorь is registered in the Defters for the Nahiye Strumica in the year 1519, 1530/1531 and in 1570/1573 as Deli Orman or Dobrova.
Orahь	Place	The village of Orahь appears in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. It is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Pačkovo	Place	Tudoricь, the inhabitant of the village Pačkovo, bore witness to the delimitation of the Hilandar’s metochion above Sekirʼnikь in the region of Strumica, which was carried out by the Čelnik Branilo at the behest of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan before 1349/1353. After Voin Radišikь and the Hilandar Monastery were in conflict because of the land in Pačkovo, the Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš summoned a commision consisting of Danilь, the Bishop of Vodoča and Strumica, Grigorije, the Bishop of Banьska, Dabiživ Spandulj, the governor (kefalija) of Strumica, and Terijan, the čelnik, which deliminated before 1375/1376 its boundaries (Takožde bystь raspra prěd gospodinomь Kostadinom Hilandaranom s Voinom Radišikjemь na Pačkově o zemli crkovněi). The village Pačkovo is registered in the Defters for the Nahiye Strumica in the year 1519 and 1573.
Pelince	Place	The village of Pelince is mentioned as Pelince and Pelinci in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. It is registered as Plnč in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Pestzoi	Place	The Church of Saint Constantine and Helena in Ohrid possessed a plot of vineyard near Pestzoi (Peštani). This land was from the east adjacent to the property of the priest Stephanos and from the west to the possession of the Church of the Virgin Hodegetria (ἔτι δὲ κομματια αμπελον· εις τοὺς Πέτζους πλησίον ἐξ ἀνατολῶν τοῦ ἱἐρέος Στεφανοῦ ἐκ δυσμῶν της Ὁδηγήτριας). The village of Peštani is registered in the Defter for the Nahija Ohrid between the years 1536 and 1539 and in the year 1583.
Podlěšane	Place	The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the village of Podlěšane together with hamlets, boundaries and all rights to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Selo Podlěšane s megěmi i ōtesi i sь zaselci i sь vsěmi pravinami sela togo). The village of Podlěšane was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79. It is also registered as Podišani in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Podьmoli	Place	The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the settlement site Podmoli with all boundaries to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (Podьmoli selište sь vsěmi megjami). The former settlemet site Podьmoli is registered in the Defters for the Nahija Ohrid between the years 1536 and 1539 and in 1583 as village Podmolje or Podmole.
Pološko	Place	The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated in February 1340 upon request of Despotissa Maria the Church of Saint George in Pološko to the Hilandar Monastery. The monastery was endowed with the village Pološko. The donation of the king comprised also of hamlets, mills, hay harvests and all rights of the village (selo Pološko s megami i sь zaselci i s mliny i sь sěnokosi i sь vsěmi pravinami sela toga). The Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš donated after 1376/1377 the Church of Saint George in Pološko and the village Pološko to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos (I ešte priložihь u Tikvešu... i nadь gradomь crьkovь Svety Georgie Položky na rěcě Črьnoi sь sely: selo Pološko). The village Pološko is registered in the Defters for the Nahiye Tikveš in the years 1519 and 1573.
Pripečani	Place	The Duke Dmitrь got the village Rurakь as his inherited property from the Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš for his loyal service (Iako istini i vьsesrьdьčni surodnikь i brat gospodstva mi vojevoda Dmitrь k věčnomu Tvorьcu i nekonьčavajemu i nemimohodimu i vьsa mira sego ni vь čto že vьměni i vladicě svojemu Hristu priveza se. I sela iže jestь iznašьlь brat gospodstva mi vojevoda Dmitrь, iže mu jestь darovalo gospodstvo mi za jegovo pravověrno porabotanie). He donated the village with all boundaries to the Hilandar Monastery. The Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš confirmed the endowment of Duke Dmitrь in the charter from 1388/1389. The village watermill of the village Pripečani is mentioned in the boundary description of the village Rurakь (I selo Rurakь i togai sela ōtesь poemši ōd Lalulova studenьca, tako i više polěne na Gornicu i ōd Gornice više pošed nad gdunomь i od gdunje uz dolь do Pripečanьske voděnice i ōd voděnice nizь Nenulovь Dolь...). The village Pripečani is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil in the years 1519, 1550 and 1573.
Prosěnikovo	Place	The Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš commissioned before 1375/1376 Danilь, the Bishop of Strumica, to summon the noblemen from Strumica in order to determinate the boundary of the village Prosěnikovo (Tьgažde povelěnijem vseblagočьstivago gospodina Kostadina směrenni episkopь Strumički Danilь zakleh boljare grada Strumice da ukažu kudě je megja Prosěnikovu). The village Prosěnikovo is registered in the Defters for the Nahiye Strumica in the year 1519 and 1573.
Puzalka	Place	The village of Puzalka is mentioned in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. It is registered as Buzalika in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Pšinja	Place	The village of Pšinja was named after the river Pčina. The village is probably attested in the boundary description of the village of Kolicko in 1354/55 (u pšinьski sinorь). This evidence in the charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) for the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica may also be a hint to the river Pčina itself, and not to a settlement. Both interpretations seem to be viable. The village of Pšinja is mentioned in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. It is registered as Ipšinja in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Radibužda Gornja	Place	In 1354/55 the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) gave permission to his nobleman Vlatko Paskačić to donate the Church of Sveti Nikola in Psača, which Vlatko had erected on the inherited property of his father, together with the appertaining metochion to the Monastery of Hilandar (I vьspomenu carstvu mi prěvьzljubljenʼny i pravověrnii vlastelinь carstva mi Vladko ō crьkvy svetago Nikoly jaže jestь sьzdalь na svoōi baštině Pʼsači a sь blagoslovljenijemь carstva mi...i poljubi prěd carstvomʼ mi i priloži svoju baštinu crьkvь svetago Nikoli na Psači prěsvetěi Bogorodici hilandarьskoi sь vsěmь metehōmь). Stefan Dušan enlarged Vlatko's endowment with the village of Radibužda Gornja. He donated it to the Monastery of Hilandar together with hillocks and a summer pasture (selo Radibuždu Gornju sь ōbrьšinami i s planinōmь). The village of Radibužda Gornja is registered as Radibožde and Dolno Radibožde in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Radohožda	Place	The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the village Radohožda with hamlets, hunting grounds, summer pastures and all rights to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (Selo Radohožda zaselci i s lovištami i s planinami i sь vsěmi pravinami). The village of Radohožda is registered in the Defters for the Nahija Ohrid from the year 1536 to 1539 and under the year 1583.
Radovlište	Place	The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the Church of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Radovlište with bought properties and all rights to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (U Radovlištehь crьkva svetaa Bogorodica s kupeničjemь i sь vsěmi pravinami). The village of Radovlište is registered in the Defters for the Nahija Ohrid between the years 1536 and 1539 and under the year 1583.
Rakitьcь	Place	The grand duke (veliki vojvoda) Nikola Stanjević became his possessions in the vicinity of Konče from the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan. He erected the Church of Saint Stephen in the village Konče (kako poiska na carьstvě mi mnogovьzljublenni vlastelinь i brat carьstva mi veliki vojevoda Nikola, kako da priloži i da mu potpiše carьstvo mi materi Bōžijei hilandarьskōi crьkьvь u Kon’či Svetago Stěfana što si jestь sьzidalь svoimь trudōm i ōtkupumь u svojei baštině zapisanoi, što mu jestь zapisalь i utvrьdilь roditelь carьstva mi, u baštinu do věki, svetopočivьši carь). The Serbian Emperor Stefan V Uroš realised his wish and donated the Church of Saint Stephen in the village Konče with all its property to the Hilandar Monastery in 1366. The monastery on Mount Athos was endowed also with the villagе Rakitьcь (I tuzi crьkьvь prilaga i potpisuje carьstvo mi materi Božijei halandarskōi, vь pomenь carьstva mi i vь pomen brata carьstva mi vojevode Nikole i vsěmi seli crьkve Svetago Stěfana. Selo Konča, selo Lubnica, selo Trěskavьcь, selo Suhi Dolь, selo Dědino, selo Rakitьcь, selo Sěništa, selo gde jestь sědel Dobroslavь Karbikь, selo polь Tudōrice, selo Kostadinci, selo gde je sědelь Kostadinь, sselo Negronfōti, selo Grkovь Dolь, selo Sveti Kostadinь, i sela ina koja se nahode u meteseh kōnčkihь, mala, golěma kude jestь posadilь vojevoda ōtroke svoje. I sijazi sela više pisanna Svetago Stefana da si ima i drži božьstvinaja crьkьvi mati Božija Hilandarska s ljudmi, s vinogradi, s planinami, s vodeničijem, sь je livadijemь prosto rekše sь vsěmi megjami i pravinami i sь vsěmi periōrōm selь tehь). The village of Rakitьcь is registered in the Defters for the Nahija Strumica in 1519 and 1573 as Rakitec.
Ravne	Place	The main copyists of the Bologna Psalter Jōsif and Tihotja wrote the manuscript in the village Ravne near Ōhrid during the reign of the Bulgarian Emperor Ivan II. Asen (Poměni gi raba svoja Iōsifa and Tihotja, sъpsavъša knigy sija sъ bija pomoštija i stjaja Bogordicja prisnoděvja Marija. Pisašja že sja vъ Ōhridě gradě vъ selě rekomymъ Ravne, pri cari Asěn blъgarъskymъ). The village Ravne is registerd in the Defters for the Nahija Ohrid between the years 1536 and 1539 and under the year 1583.
Ruginci	Place	The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the village of Ruginci together with its boundaries and rights to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica (Selo Ruginci s megěmi i ōtesi i s pravinami sela togo). It was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79. The village of Ruginci is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Rurakь	Place	The Duke Dmitrь got the village Rurakь as his inherited property from the Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš for his loyal service (Iako istini i vьsesrьdьčni surodnikь i brat gospodstva mi vojevoda Dmitrь k věčnomu Tvorьcu i nekonьčavajemu i nemimohodimu i vьsa mira sego ni vь čto že vьměni i vladicě svojemu Hristu priveza se. I sela iže jestь iznašьlь brat gospodstva mi vojevoda Dmitrь, iže mu jestь darovalo gospodstvo mi za jegovo pravověrno porabotanie). He donated the village with all boundaries to the Hilandar Monastery. The Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš confirmed the endowment of Duke Dmitrь in a charter from 1388/1389 (I selo Rurakь i togai sela ōtesь poemši ōd Lalulova studenьca, tako i više polěne na Gornicu i ōd Gornice više pošed nad gdunomь i od gdunje uz dolь do Pripečanьske voděnice i ōd voděnice nizь Nenulovь Dolь do gradišta i ōd gradišta poemši niz dělь na Vilьski Dubь i ōd tuda došьd gloga na veliku glavu više Predimirьcь i ōd tei glave pošьd nizьbrьdo po vilu gde slazi srědni dělь do gornjega prěhoda u Suhi Dolь, tako i prěko na Rajanovo selište gde sěde ulijarci sь Rajanomь i sь mlini sela toga i s <...> i s megjami i sь vsěmi pravinami sela togai). ). The village Rurakь is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil in the years 1519, 1550 and 1573.
Sracin	Place	In 1354/55 the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) gave permission to his nobleman Vlatko Paskačić to donate the Church of Sveti Nikola in Psača, which Vlatko had erected on the inherited property of his father, together with the appertaining metochion to the Monastery of Hilandar (I vьspomenu carstvu mi prěvьzljubljenʼny i pravověrnii vlastelinь carstva mi Vladko ō crьkvy svetago Nikoly jaže jestь sьzdalь na svoōi baštině Pʼsači a sь blagoslovljenijemь carstva mi...i poljubi prěd carstvomʼ mi i priloži svoju baštinu crьkvь svetago Nikoli na Psači prěsvetěi Bogorodici hilandarьskoi sь vsěmь metehōmь). Stefan Dušan enlarged Vlatko's endowment with the village of Ōtьrьštica. He donated it to the Monastery of Hilandar together with all its rights up to Sracin (I selo Ōtьrьštica sь vsěmi pravinami sela togo, do Sracina po vrьhu planine kako se vali kamenь ōvamo). In our opinion the mentioning of Sracin in the border description does not refer to the village of Stracin, which is attested in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519, 1530/31 and from the years 1570 to 1572, but to the mountain pass that formed the Western border of the region of Slavište.
Stracin	Place	In January 1531 Benedikt Kuripešič travelled through Stracin (Stratzin). The village of Stracin is not to be confused with the mountain pass of Sracin. The Venetian official Gaspare Erizzo crossed Stracin (Strasino) in 1558 on his journey to Samokov. Stracin is also mentioned in an Italian itinerary from 1558 (Strazin). The village of Stracin is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519, 1530/31 and from the years 1570 to 1572. Stracin appears in a note of a Slavic manuscript from the 17th century among the accommodations on the road to Constantinople (Stracinь).
Strezovci	Place	It is doubtful, whether today's village of Strezovci is the same village, which is mentioned as Strezovci and Strezeōvci in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. The village of Strezovci is registered as Istrzofče in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Stroislavci	Place	The Serbian Despot Jovan Dragaš and his brother Konstantin Dragaš confirmed after 1376/1377 the donation of the village Stroislavci to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos (I selo Stroislavci). The village is registered in the Defters for the Nahiya Štip in 1519, 1550 and 1573 also as Strisovci.
Strugai	Place	The place is mentioned in Anna Komnena as a refuge, where the Byzantine emperor Alexios I. Komnenos sought protection on his journey to Ohrid (καὶ οὕτως ἀμετρήτους καὶ μεγίστους διεκφυγὼν κινδύνους αὖθις σῴζεται διὰ τῶν Στρουγῶν διελθὼν εἰς Ἀχρίδας). Appears in the addition to the narrative about the confirmation of the Bulgarian archbishoprics autocephaly by the Byzantine Emperor Basileios II. in several manuscripts of the Chronicle of John Skylitzes from the 12th century and later (πρὸς δὲ τὸ τέρμα τῆς λίμνης τὰς ἐγχωρίως λεγομένας Στρούγας εὑρηκὼς καὶ ταύταις ἑνωθεὶς μέγιστός τε γίνεται ποταμῶν). According to the inscription probably from 1266/1267 on the icon of the saint George, a certain John the deacon, who held also the position of referendarios, donated the restored icon by the painter John to the Church of saint George in Struga near Ohrid (δῶρον τοῦ σοῦ οἰκέτου εὐτελοῦς Ἰωάννου τοῦ διακόνου ῥαιφερενδαρίου τε ἀξίαν ἔχων· γράψαντι σεπτῶς τὴν σὴν μορφὴν ἀγίαν ἐν χροματουργήμασι ποικιλοτρόποις ταύτην ἀνιστῶν ἐν Στρούγαις τῆς Άχρίδος. Ἰωάννης ἐκ πόθου τὴν δέησιν ποιεῖται. Ἐν ἔτει ͵ςψοεʹ ἰνδικτιῶνος θʹ ἀνιστορήθη δὲ διὰ χειρὸς Ἰωάννου ἱστοριογράφου).The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the villages Struga Vraniška and Struga Mala, the upper and lower courtyard in Struga and the church of saint Nikola near the lake with all rights and seven fishers to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (Struga Braniška i Struga Mala i vь, i vь gradě gōrni dvorь i dolni dvorь, i na jezerě crьkva sveti Nikola sь vsěmi pravinami, i sedьmь ribarь). The town of Struga is registered in the Defter for the Nahija Ohrid between the years 1536-1539 and under the year 1583.
Subotcь	Place	The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the metochion Subotcь near the village Kopače with the hamlets, field, mountain, endowed properties for the sake of salvation and all rights to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (Metohija Subotcь u Kopačěhь zaselci i s poljemь i z brьdomь i zadušninami i sь vsěmi pravinami). Probably identical with the village Sopotsko, which is registered in the Defters for the Nahija Prespa between the year 1536-1539 and under the year 1583.
Suhogrьlь	Place	The charter, which is mentioning the settlement site Suhogrьlь, is a forged document for the Monastery of Chilandar attributed to King Stefan Uroš II Milutin. It summarises the possessions of Chilandar and confirms earlier donations amongst others in the town of Štip and its surroundings. The document was created in the years 1371 to 1378 during a legal dispute with the Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Mount Athos based on the existing charter of King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan from the 1330s. The charter is attesting a state of possessions of the Church of St. Archangel Michael in Štip, which was built by the Serbian nobleman Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, as they existed in the 1330s. The charter also attests the resettlement of abandoned settlements with people from foreign lands by the Serbian nobleman Hrelja (I prida kraljevьstvo mi selišta zapoustěvьša ōt věka. Ime selištu: Brěstь i Suhogrьlь). The Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos in 1340/1341 confirmed the village Suhogrьlь as a property of the Hilandar Monastery (τὸ χωρίον ..χο.ί... μετὰ τῆς νομῆς καὶ περιοχῆς αὐτοῦ).The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed again the donation of the village Brěst, a former land of Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, with all boundaries and rights to the Monastery of Hilandar after May 1343 (I u Lukavici: selo Brěstь, selo Suhogrьlo/Selo Suhogrьlo sь vsěmi megjami i pravinami). The village of Suhogrьlь is registered in the Defters for the Sanjak Köstendil in 1519 and from 1570 to 1573.
Sušica (3)	Place	The Serbian Despot Jovan Dragaš and his brother Konstantin Dragaš took away the village Sušica and Tornjevo from their nobleman Todor. They donated them afterwards to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos (I selo Sušica, i selo Tornjevo, što uzesmo otь vlastelina našego Todora). The village of Sušica is registered in the Defters for the Nahiye Strumica in the year 1519 and in 1570/1573.
Tarahin’cь	Place	The village of Tarahin’cь is mentioned in the boundary description of the village Karbinci (I skaza počьn’še ōdь Tarahin’cь putemь). The village Karbinci and the land of Kar’ba were subject of dispute between the monks of the Hilandar Monastery and the guards of the emperor. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV sent David Mihojević, the kefalija (governor) of Štip, in order to determine the boundaries of the disputed land. The Serbian emperor issued on 8th of June 1355 a chrysobull charter. He confirmed the right of the Hilandar Monastery over the village and the land with the boundaries determined by David Mihojević. The Čelnik Stanislavь donated the church of Saint Blaise (Sveti Vlasije) to the Hilandar Monastery. He endowed it with the settlement site Tarahin’ci (Tarahninci). Stanislav asked the Serbian Despot Konstantin for permission to settle the place with people, hence might be suggested, that the site was deserted. The Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš confirmed the donation on the 1th June 1377. The village is registered in the Defters for the Nahiye Štip in the years 1519, 1550 and 1573 (here as Trahinci and Gorno Gunovo).
Tavorь	Place	Probably identical with the village Taurision. The Byzantine Historian Prokopios of Caesarea relates that the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I. was born in the village Taurision near the fortlet Bederiana in Dardania (Ἐν Δαρδάνοις που τοῖς Εὐρωπαίοις, οἳ δὴ μετὰ τοὺς Ἐπιδαμνίων ὅρους ᾤκηνται, τοῦ φρουρίου ἄγχιστα, ὅπερ Βεδερίανα ἐπικαλεῖται, χωρίον Ταυρίσιον ὄνομα ἦν, ἔνθεν Ἰουστινιανὸς βασιλεὺς ὁ τῆς οἰκουμένης οἰκιστὴς ὥρμηται). The Bulgarian Tsar Constantine I Asen donated the village of Tavorь together with a ruined fortress (apparently ruins of the fortified settlement near Taurision), meadows and hunting grounds to the Monastery of Saint George-Gorg near Skopje (Selo Tavorь, gradište i s polemь sь nivijemь, sь livadami, sь Ezeromь blatnimъ, sь zaběloï, sь lovišti zvěr’noïmi i roïbnimi, i sь vsěmi pravinami ih). The village of Tavorь is attested in the charter of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin for the Monastery of St George-Gorg (niže Tavora) from 1300. The village of Tavorь is mentioned in the boundary description of the property, which belonged to the chapel (kellion) of Saint Petka and was given by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin to the Hilandar Monastery (i na putь kako grede u Tavorь). Tavorь is registered in the Ottoman Defters for the years 1452/1453, 1467/1468 (as Tavore or Tavre), 1544/1545 and 1568/1569.
Uboro	Place	The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of Uboro to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid. Vassiliki Kravari claims that the topographical entity Uboro is identical with the village Borovec. Borovec is registered in the Defters for the Nahija between the years 1536 and 1539 and under the year 1583 as a village and derven.
Veščani	Place	The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the village Veščani with boundaries and all rights to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (Selo Veščani s megjami i sь vsěmi pravinami). The village of Veščani is registered in the Defters for the Nahija Ohrid between the years 1536-1539 and under the year 1583 as Višičani or Višničani.
Volino	Place	The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed two estates in or near the village Volino as a possession of the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid. One property was an acquisition of the Church, the other an endowment for the sake of salvation (I Volině město kupenica i zadušnina). The village of Volino is registered in the Defter for the Nahija Ohrid between the years 1536 and 1539 and under the year 1583.
Vozarce	Place	The Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš donated after 1376/1377 the village Vozarce to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos (I ešte priložihь u Tikvešu Pešteru sь ljudmi i selo Šeškovo, Gavriilovь Kamenь, Grьbavьcь, selo Vozarce). The village Vozarce is registered in the Defters for the Nahiye Tikveš in the year 1519 and 1573.
Zagradčane	Place	The Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid bought the estate of Kaliman in Zagradčane. The church received also as a donation for the sake of salvation the property of Gjurgič in Zagradčane. Both possession were confirmed by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan in the charter for the The Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos (U Zagradьčanehь město kupeničijemь Kalimanovo i Gjurgičevo što je dano crьkvi zadušnina). The village of Zagradčane is registered in the Defters for the Nahija Ohrid between the years 1536 and 1539 and under the year 1583.
Zubovo	Place	Nine old men, who bore witness to the decision of the arbritation-comitee in the case of the land dispute between the Hilandar Monastery and the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos in 1375/1376, came from the village Zubovo (A se imena starinnikov: popь Davidь, Zaharija, Sěno, Dobromirь, Peso, Drьmešь, Hrьsь, Hohoje, Draganь iz Ubova). In 1376/77 the mother of the Serbian Despots Jovan and Konstantin Dragaš, Evdokija, donated together with her sons the village of Zubovo with boundaries, summer pasture, mountain, and field to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on Mount Athos (Selo Zubovce sь sinoromь, sь planinomь, sь brьdomь, sь poljemь i sь vsemь ottesomь što si jestь imalo). The Serbian Despot Jovan Dragaš and his brother Konstantin Dragaš confirmed after 1376/1377 the donation of the village Zubovo to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos (I prьvo selo Mokrane, i selište Crьkvišta, i selište Makrijevo, i selo Borisovo, i selo Zubovo, i selo Gabrovo, i selo Napodu). The village of Zubovo is registered in the Defters for the Nahiya Strumica in the year 1519 and 1573.
Zubovьci	Place	The village of Zubovьci is mentioned in the Vodičnički pomenik from the 16th century. It is registered as Zubovci, Žubovci, Zubovce and Žubofči in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Četirьci	Place	The village of Četirьci is mentioned in the Vodičnički pomenik from the 16th century. It is also registered as Čtrči in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Ōrahovnicе	Place	The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed two estates in or near the village Ōrahovnicе as a possession of the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid. One property was an acquisition of the church, the other an endowment for the sake of salvation (U Ōrahovnicěhь město kupeničije i zadušnine). The village of Ōrahovnicе is registered in the Defter for the Nahija Ohrid between the years 1536 and 1539 and under the year 1583 as Rahovnik, later as Orovnik.
Štuka	Place	The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the settlement site Štuka and a plot of land, which was in possession of the byzantine proniars Tutʼko, Asanь and Laskarь Siderofai, to the Monastery of Hilandar after May 1343 (I niže Strumice selo Kunarani, selo Sěkirnykь, selo Štuka sь vsěmi pravinami (Selište Šuka i komatь zemlje što su drьžali pronijarije grьčьscii Tutʼko, Asanь, Laskarь Siderofai, konь Sekirʼnika do potoka i više puta i podь putь i niže krьsta/ i zemlju što su drьžali pronijarije grьčьsci Tutko, Asanь, Laskarь Siderofai, konь Sěkirʼnika do potoka i više puta i podь putь i niže krьsta). The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed in 1348 the donation of Štuka to the Hilandar Monastery. Štuka is attested in his chrysobull charter as a village (I niže Strumice selo Kunarani, selo Sěkirnykь, selo Štuka sь vsěmi pravinami). The village Štuka is registered in the Defters for the Sanjak Köstendil in 1519 and from 1570 to 1573.