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Turski Dokumenti V

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ID	14384
System Class	Edition
Case Study	Byzantino-Serbian Border Zones in Transition (1282–1355) , Historical Region of Macedonia TIB 16
Edition	Tax Register

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Metodija Sokoloski, Aleksandar Stojanovski, Turski dokumenti za istorĳata na makedonskiot narod. Opširni popisni defteri od XVI vek za Kjustendilskiot sandžak. Tom V/1-5 (Skopje 1980-1995).

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Places (83)

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.
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.
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.
Bukurь	Place	The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the village/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 Bukurь 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 na Veliju Glavu, a ōdь Velije glave po dělu putemь na Bukurь I gore do rasputija i ōdь rasputija do duba ōpetь). The village of Bukurь is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572.
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.
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.
Dempreane	Place	The Serbian Despot Jovan Uglješa donated the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik with its properties to the Monastery of Batopedi on Mount Athos in January 1365. On this occassion the inventory of all possessions was isssued. The village Dempreane with one paroikos is mentioned there as a possession of the monastery (χωρίον ἡ Δεμπρεἄνη, ἔχωμεν ὑπάρικον ἔν). The village Dempreane is registered in the Defters for the Sanjak Küstendil between 1570 and 1573 as Debreni.
Dobrača	Place	The village of Dobrača is mentioned in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. It is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572.
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.
Dolěne	Place	The Bulgarian Tsar Ivan III Šišman confirmed old possessions and donated new estates to the Monastery of John (Ivan) of Rila. The village of Dolěne (selo Dolěne) is listed in his charter for the Monastery of John (Ivan) of Rila from 21 September 1378. The village of Dolěne is registered in the Defters for the Sanjak Köstendil between 1570 and 1573 as Dolani.
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.
Dragnitza	Place	The nun Annesia donated in the late 13th or in the beginning of the 14th century in memory of her deceased husband Theodoros Komenos Kantakuzenos, who lived in the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaion near Melnik, a ground with a mill in the lower town of Melnik and a vineyard in the village Dragnitza to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaion near Melnik (ἐπιδίδωμι αὐτῆ τῆ θεῖα μονῆ τῶ ἐν τῶ ἐμπορίω Μελενίκου γονηκῶθεν προσὃν ἡμῖν μυλωνοτόπιον, καὶ εἰς τὸ δια θείου καὶ σεπτοῦ χρυσοβούλου χωρίον ἡμῶν τῆν Δράγνιτζαν ἀμπέλιον ἐξαλιματικὸν).The village of Dragnitza is probably identical with the Mezra Draganova, which is mentioned in the Defters for the Sanjak Küstendil between the year 1570 and 1573.
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.
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.
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.
Gradečnica	Place	The Bulgarian Tsar Ivan III Šišman donated in 1378 the village of Gradečnica with people and rights to the Monastery of John (Ivan) of Rila (selo Gradečnica, sь ljudmi poimenju. popь Tudōrь sь dětmi mu, i sь rodomʼmu. i Petrь Theōdosovь sь bratiami si. i vьsja praviny města togo). The village of Gradečnica is registered in the Defters for the Sanjak Köstendil between 1570 and 1573. The village was later known as Gorna Gradešnica. The village Gradešnica emerged in 20th century from Gorna and Dolna Gradešnica and does not correspond with Gradečnica.
Grkovь Dolь	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 thе villagе of Grkovь Dolь (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 Grkovь Dolь is registered in the Defters for the Nahiya Konçe between 1570 and 1573 as Mezra Grlodol.
Hagios Demetrios tu Krilatu	Place	The Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos confirmed in June 1309 the possession of the Monastery of Saint John Prodromos on Mount Menoikeus near Serres over the Metochion Hagios Demetrios tu Krilatu in the plot Platanai in the vicinity of the town Melnik (καὶ ἕτερον εὐκτήριον οἶκον περὶ τὸν Μελένικον ἐν τῆ τοποθεσία τῶν Πλατανῶν διακείμενον καὶ εἰς ὄνομα τιμώμενον τοῦ ἁγίου μεγαλομάρτυρος Δημητρίου καὶ ἐπικεκλημένον τοῦ Κριλάτου). The Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II handed over to the Monastery of Hilandar the summer pasture called Matzista and the Metochion Hagios Demetrios tou Krilatou/Pteratou (Ὡσαύτως ἔχει θέλημα καὶ διορίζεται ἡ βασιλεία μου, ἵνα κατέχηται παρὰ τῆς δηλωθείσης σεβασμίας μονῆς τοῦ Χελανταρίου καὶ ἡ περὶ τὸν Μελενίκον δημοσιακὴ πλανηνὴ ἡ Μάτζιστα σὺν τῆ τοῦ Ἁγίου Δημητρίου τοῦ Πτερωτοῦ καλουμένη). The Byzantine Co-Emperors Michael IX. Palaiologos and Andronikos III Palaiologos confirmed the owner right of the Monastery of Hilandar over the summer pasture Matzista and the Metochion Hagios Demetrios tou Krilatou/Pteratou (καὶ ἡ περὶ τὸν Μελενίκον δημοσιακὴ πλανηνὴ ἡ Μάτζιστα σὺν τῆ τοῦ Ἁγίου Δημητρίου τοῦ Πτερωτοῦ καλουμένη). Probably identical with the Monastery Ajo Demetri mentioned in the Defter for the Sanjak Küstendil in the 16th century.
Halinci	Place	The village of Halinci is mentioned in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. It is registered as Halince in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572. The exact location of the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica and of the village of Arhiljevice itself is unknown. There are several suggestions. One of them identifies the church with the Monastery Sveta Bogorodica Karpinska and the village of Arhiljevica with the village of Halinci.
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.
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.
Jasьtrebara Glava	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 toponym (village?) Jasьtrebara Glava is mentioned (Ōtь Vodičnikove glavě upravь na u Pogorь, na Glьbokyi dolь, na Staʼnke, na Jasьtrebara glavu). It could be registered as Jastrebica in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572.
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.
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.
Kostadinci	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 thе villagе of Kostadinci, where Kostadinь used to reside (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 Kostadinci is registered in the Defters for the Sanjak Köstendil between 1570 and 1573 as Mezra Kostadinci.
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.
Kraište	Place	Based on the medieval written sources and the toponymy, we are able to identify the border zone between the Serbian and Bulgarian realms in the first half of the 14th century. According to the Serbian Archbishop Danilo II (ca. 1270-1337) the Bulgarian Tsar Michael III Šišman (reigned 1323-1330) invaded Serbian territory before the Battle of Velbužd on 28 July 1330, i.e. the area of the Upper Valley of the River Struma and the town of Zemen, which both belonged to the Serbian realm. In the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572 the region of Kraište is named "Gorno Kraište". Based on the toponymy, we are able to discern the respective area as a border zone between the two aforesaid realms. The renowned historian Konstantin Jireček (1854-1918) maps a toponym called "Kraište" to the North-West of Velbužd (today Kjustendil in Bulgaria), which as a term in itself denotes a border zone.
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.
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.
Malina	Place	The village of Malina is mentioned in the Vodičnički pomenik from the 16th century. It is also registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572.
Malotino	Place	The village of Malotino is mentioned as Malotino and Malotinь in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. The village of Malotino is also registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
Matejče	Place	The village of Matějče is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 and from the years 1570 to 1572.
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.
Mokra Poljana	Place	The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the settlement site of Mokra Polěna to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55 (Selište Mokra Polěna). The charter shows a striking difference in the settlement typology, since Mokra Polěna appears as a village (selo) as well as a settlement site (selište). The village of Mokra Poljana was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79 (Selo Mokra Poljana). It is registered as Mezra Mokra Polana in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572, which means that the village was already abandoned at that time .
Mpusdobos	Place	The Serbian Despot Jovan Uglješa donated the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik with its properties to the Monastery of Batopedi on Mount Athos in January 1365. On this occassion the inventory of all possessions was isssued. The village Mpusdobos with 16 free households and a land, whis was donated by Ioakeim Arestes, are mentioned there as possessions of the monastery (χωρίον ὀ Μπουσδώβος, ἔχωμεν καπνοῦς δεκαἔξ ἐλευθέρους καὶ γὴν ὄσην ἔδωκεν ὀ κῦρ Ιωακειμ ὁ Αρέστης δι'αγωρασίας αὐτου). The village Mpusdobos is registered in the Defters for the Sanjak Küstendil between 1570 and 1573 as Boždovo.
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).
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.
Ovče Pole	Place	The Bulgarian Khan Boris built in the 9th century churches in Ovče Pole according to a Bulgarian chronicle (i na rěcě Brěgalnici, i tu prïemь carьstvo; na Ovči poli sьzda běli crьkvi). The Vita of Saint Prohor Pčinjski (11th century) gives account about Prohor, who came from a village in Ovče Pole (ōt vesї ovčopolskija). The disarmed Pechenegs were, according to Ioannes Skylitzes, settled on the plains of Ovče Pole in the first half of the 11th century (ἀνά τε τὰς πεδιάδας τῆς Σαρδικῆς, τῆς Ναϊσσοῦ καὶ τῆς Εὐτζαπόλεως διασπείρας πάντας καὶ πᾶν ὅπλον ἀφελόμενος διὰ τὸ ἀνεπιβούλευτον). The Nicene Empire conquered in 1246 parts of Macedonia, including Ovče Pole (Νευστάπολίς). Nine years later, in 1255, the Byzantine Emperor Theodoros II. Laskaris led his army through the Ovče Pole (διὰ τῆς Νευσταπόλεως), which was a waterless and houseless area (ἄνυδρος δέ ἐστιν ὁ τόπος καὶ ἄοικος καὶ πλήθει στρατευμάτων δυσβάδιστος). Ephraim (ἅμ’ Εὐτζαπόλει, resp. διὰ Ναυτζαπόλεως ἀνύδρου τόπου) and also Theodoros Skutariotes (Νευστάπολίς, resp. διὰ τῆς Νευσταπόλεως) describe both conquests. Ovče Pole (Ovьče Polje) was incorporated in the Serbian dominion under the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin in 1282/83. A poem in honor of the Byzantine general Michael Dukas Glabas Tarchaneiotes, which is the work of the Byzantine writer Manuel Philes (13th/14th c.), mentions amongst others the Byzantine conquest of Ovče Pole (Εὐτζάπολιν δὲ συλλαβὼν Μοροβίσδου, Σκόπιά τε Σθλάβιτζαν ἐξ εὐανδρίας, Καὶ τὸν Πίαντζον καὶ τὸ περὶ τὸν Στρόμον, Καὶ τὸν περὶ Στρούμμιτζαν ἄφθονον τόπον). The region (strana) of Ovče Pole (i Ōvčepolsku) is attested in the interpolated charter of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin for the Hilandar Monastery from the year 1303/1304 (or after 1331?). The byzantine-serbian border in Macedonia became the central subject of negotiations in 1308 between the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin and Charles de Valois, when the latter sought to conquer the Byzantine Empire. The area of Ovče Pole (et contrata Ouciepoullie) should remain according to the treaty in the Serbian kingdom. The Serbian annals give account about the miraculous epiphany of the Saint Nicholas to the Serbian King Stefan Uroš III Dečanski in the Church of Saint Nicholas in Ovče Pole, where the saint healed the blindness of the king (et cum fuisset in Ovczepolye, in templo S. Nicolai). The same miracle is attested in the Vita of Stefan Dečanski, which was written by Grigorij Camblak (15th century; polje ovčee imenuemo). In 1330 the scribe Stanislav finished a Slavonic manuscript in the domain of Ovče Pole in the region of Zletovo on the mountains of Lěsnovo in the Monastery of Saint Archangel Michael (vь ōblasti ōvčepolьskoi vь horě zletovstěi, vь gorě lěsnovьstěi, vь monastiri stgo arhistratiga Mihaila). The same notice in the manuscript mentions that the Serbian King Stefan Uroš III Dečanski took control over Ovče Pole (i ōvčepolьsko). In the charter of Stefan Dečanski for the Monastery of Saint Nikola Mrački (Pešterski manastir) from the year 1330 appears the term zemli Ovčepolьskoi. From the slavic colophon of the scribe Stanislav in the Menaion of the Serbian Despot Jovan Oliver for the Monastery of the Saint Archangel Michael in Lesnovo from the 1342 results, that Jovan Oliver ruled at that time over the entire area of Ovče Pole (ōblastiju vseju ōvčepolьskoju). The Serbian Emperor mentions Ovče Pole (na Ovči Poli) in his charter for the Monastery of the Saint Archangels Michael and Gabriel near Prizren. The monks of the Hilandar Monastery complained in 1355 to the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan about the border violations by the people, who lived in the villages, which belonged to Karьba (selě zem'li Kar'bin'čkoi), whereupon the governor (kefalija) of Štip named David Mihojević (poslach kjefaliju Štip'skoga Davida Michojevikja) was sent out to determine the boundaries of the monastery in this area. In the boundary description of the Hilandar Monastery near the land of Karьba also Ovče Pole is mentioned (po ōnoi straně odь Ovča Polja). The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan issued on the 2th Mai 1355 the charter for the Hilandar Monastery in Ovče Pole (na Ovči Poli). The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed on the 17th Mai 1355 at the state council (sabor) in Krupište the tenure of the Monastery of Saint Petar Koriški as metochion for the Hilandar Monastery. The charters in question were written by the Serbian Logothet Gjurg in Ovče Pole (na Ovči Poli, resp. na Ovči Polii). The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan issued on the 2th July at the state council in Krupište the third charter for the Hilandar Monastery, which was again written by the same Serbian Logothet in Ovče Pole (na Ovči Poli). In the forged charter from the 15th century, previously referred as a document issued by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin for the settlement Ulijare around 1318, amongst other places also Ovče Pole is mentioned (Ōvče polje). The Serbian Despot Stefan Lazarević granted in 1408/1409 a safe conduct to the ottoman troops from the area of Toplica via Kosovo to Ovče Pole (prohode kь Ovčju polju). In spring and summer of 1413 the two Ottoman pretenders to the throne Mehmed and Musa fought for supremacy on the Balkan Peninsula. Mehmed was supported by the Serbian Despot Stefan Lazarević. In the course of the military operations, Musa initially stayed in the Ovče Pole (in the Ragusan sources called Ovcepogle). Then Mehmed and Stefan Lazarević together with their troops crossed the Črьna Gora (Prěšьdьše že Črьmnu Goru) and reached the Ovče Pole (kь Ovьčju polju), where Djuradj Branković, Stefan's nephew, took command over the Serbian contingents. The Ottoman troops plundered the region of Žegligovo and Ovče Pole in 1512 (to lěto plěniše Turci Žegligovo, Ovče Polě). Ovče Pole is registered in the Defters for the Sanjak Köstendil between the years 1570 and 1572 as a summer pasture. Ovče Pole (Ovče polje is mentioned in the Pomenik from 15th–18th century. The Serbian scribe and copyist Jerotej Račanin travelled through the Ovče Pole on his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1704. He describes the area of Ovče Pole as beautiful, rich in fields, grain, vineyards and all kinds of fruit, with beautiful rivers and cold, pure sources, with cities and villages.
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.
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.
Porodemos	Place	The village of Porodemos is mentioned twice in the fragment of the Praktikon from 1320 listing the holdings of the Iberon Monastery in Palaiokastron (Veljusa) and its surroundings (εἰς τὸν Πορό̣δημον). The village of Porodemos is registered in the Defters for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1570 to 1573 as mezra Porodim.
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.
Psača	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). In the border description of Psača the rivers Moštanica and Lukavica and the topographical entity Golěm Ōdrьn are mentioned (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). Psača is registered as Starče, Psarče and Ipsarča in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572.
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.
Rozeinos	Place	The Serbian Despot Jovan Uglješa donated the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik with its properties to the Monastery of Batopedi on Mount Athos in January 1365. On this occassion the inventory of all possessions was isssued. The inventory records a plot of land in the village Rozeinos and a field called Analepsis endowed by a certain Asanes, which was in the possession of the monastery (καὶ γὴν ἢν ἔδωκεν ὀ Ασάνης ἐκείνος εἰς τὸν Ρωζεινον καὶ τὴν Ἀνάληψιν). The village Rozeinos is registered in the Defters for the Sanjak Küstendil probably under the name Rugorče.
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.
Sarandaporь	Place	The Vita of Saint Joakim Osogovski from the 12th century relates that the Saint came to the deserted mountains of Osogovo (vъ strani gōry pustiny Ōsogovskie). At first, he stayed in the vicinity of the village of Grad’cь (въ selě… Grad’cь). Then, he settled in a cave in Babinь Dōlь at the foot of the Osogovo Mountains (pōdkrilïe gory Osogovskïe) near the river Skupica (pri rěcě gljeměi Skupice). Finally, he went to a plot of land called Sarandaporь (vь pōdkrily gory Osogovskye na městě gljemě Sarandaporь). A certain priest called Theodorь came, after the death of Saint Joakim Osogovski (approximately 1105?) and during the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos (reigned 1143-1180), from the village of Osmir Dolě, allegedly in Ovče Pole, to Sarandaporь (Vъ dni tie běše ierei imenemь Theōdorь vь stranah Ovčepolьskyh. Vь vsi zovoměi Osmir dolě). Theōdorь was led by divine inspiration and came with the blessing of the Saint. He became a monk and changed his name to Teofan. He built a church in honor of Saint Joakim Osogovski and kept his relics there. He was also the first abbot of the monastery. A monk called Arsenije from the city of Veles (ōt Velesa grad) experienced his conversion in the monastery's church. The genealogical tables of the Serbain rulers attest that the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) founded several monasteries, including that of Saint Joakim (Sarandaporь svetomu otcu Їōakimu). Actually, King Milutin did not found it, but gave order to renew it. The Serbian King Stefan Uroš III Dečanski (reigned 1321-1331) crossed, in the run-up to the battle of Velbužd on 28 July 1330, the region of Slavište. He followed the upper course of the Kriva reka and reached Kriva Palanka, where he prayed with his noblemen at the Monastery of Sarandaporь in front of the relics of Saint Joakim Osogovski (Takožde i kь svetomu otьcu Ioakimu suštemu vь Saranьdaporě molьbu tvore prišьdь kь grobu těla jego). News reached him in Sarandaporь that the Bulgarian Tsar Michael III Šišman (reigned 1323-1330) had arrived at the castle of Zemen and had begun to pillage the surrounding area. The Byzantine short chronicles relate that the Ottoman Sultan Bāyezīd I (reigned 1389-1402) handed over the relics of the Saint Ilariōn of Moglena to the Serbian nobleman Konstantin Dragaš in 1393. According to this written source, Konstantin Dragaš, who resided in Žegligovo (ὁποῦ ἐκάθετον εἰς τὸν Ὀζίγλοβο), brought them to the Monastery of Saint Archangel Michael (sic!) in Sarandaporь (τοῦ ἤφερεν εἰς τὸ ἅγιον μοναστήριον τοῦ Ταξιάρχου εἰς τὸ Σαραντάπωρον). The Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II (reigned 1451-1481) stayed in the Monastery of Sarandaporь in 1463 on his campaign to Bosnia (i dohodi u manastirь Sarandaporь na Krivoi rěcě). The Republic of Ragusa (Dubrovnik) decided in 1474 to give a donation of 20 perper to the Monastery of Sarandaporь (elemosinam monasterio Sancti Joachim partium Bulgarie). Arsenij, who was the abbot of the Monastery of Sarandaporь, died in 1488 (prěstavi se igumenь Sarandaporskyi, kyr Arsenїe). 41 Monks lived in the monastery according to the Ottoman Defter from 1519. Sarandaporь is registered as Sveti Otec in Egri Dere (Kriva Palanka; Kriva reka) in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572. The monastery had three churches and twelve chapels. It was destroyed by an earthquake in 1585 and rebuilt afterwards.
Skačkovo Selište	Place	The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) donated the village of Kolicko to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in 1354/55. In the boundary description of Kolicko the settlement site Skačkovo Selište is mentioned (A vo mege sela Kolicka: …tere po srědě Skačkova selišta). Without doubt Skačkovo Selište formed the nucleus of today's village of Skačkovce. The village of Skačkovce appears also in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. It is registered as Ali Fadil and Iskačkofči respectively in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572.
Slavištе	Place	Slavište is attested for the first time in the charter of the Byzantine Emperor Basileios II (reigned 976-1025) for the Archbishishopric of Achrida (Ōhrid) from 1019. It is listed as a part of the Bishopric of Morobisdos (Morozvižd) (Καὶ τὸν ἐπίσκοπον Μοροβίσδου εἰς αὐτὸν τὸν Μορόβισδον καὶ τὸν Κοζιάκον καὶ τὴν Σλαβίστην). A poem in honor of the Byzantine general Michael Dukas Glabas Tarchaneiotes, which is the work of the Byzantine writer Manuel Philes (13th/14th c.), mentions amongst others the Byzantine conquest of Slavište (Εὐτζάπολιν δὲ συλλαβὼν Μοροβίσδου, Σκόπιά τε Σθλάβιτζαν ἐξ εὐανδρίας, Καὶ τὸν Πίαντζον καὶ τὸ περὶ τὸν Στρόμον, Καὶ τὸν περὶ Στρούμμιτζαν ἄφθονον τόπον). Slavište is attested in the charter of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) for the Monastery of Gračanica from 1315 (or 1321) (I po Vraniju I po Slavištu i po… i po Zletovoi, i po Morozvizdu, i si...makije iže ōt ōblasti grьčьskyje, gospodьstvujei kralь Srьbskihь Zemlь, i po jegově milosti koje podastь ōbladati jepiskupii, ili Prizrenьskoi ili Lipljanьskoi, i po Liplaně i po Moravě). A road to Slavište is mentioned in the founding charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) for the Bishopric of Zletovo from 1346/47 (i putemь koi grede u Slavišta). Due to the few and ambiguous sources, the question remains open, whether Slavište was both a town and a region in the Middle Ages. The Nahiye Slavişte formed a part of the Sanjak Köstendil in the Ottoman period (16th century).
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.
Stanka	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). The village of Stanka is mentioned in the boundary description of Vilska (Ōtь Vodičnikove glavě upravь na u Pogorь, na Glьbokyi dolь, na Staʼnke). The village of Stančik, probably identical with the village of Stanka, was granted by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš to the Monastery of Hilandar in the year 1378/79 (selo Stančikja). Stanka is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572.
Stlьpčane	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 the village of Stlьpčane is mentioned (A vo mege crьkvi matere Božijei Arьhilevьskoi. Ōtь krьsta putjemь koi grede ōdь Podolěšanь u Stlьpačani). The village of Stlьpčane is registered as Uslupčani in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572 .
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.
Sveta Bogorodica Karpynska	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 (priloži ste bce Karpynske) and the village of Kanarevo are mentioned. The exact location of the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica and of the village of Arhiljevice itself is unknown. There are several suggestions. One of them identifies the church with the Monastery Sveta Bogorodica Karpynska and the village of Arhiljevica with the village of Halinci. Another notice from 1592, which is written in the "Gospel of Karpino", attests the variant Krapino (vь monastyrь Krapino). Originally, there was a village called Karpino/Karbino in the vicinity of the monastery, but this village is already registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572 as mezra Karbino (deserted village Karbino). It is not clear, which of both names (Krapino or Karpino) represents the older one. It is strongly assumed that there was a predecessor of the current church in the 14th century, on whose foundations the new church was built before 1592 (i.e. towards the end of the 16th century). The present church is a single-nave edifice with a main entrance in the West and a side entrance in the South. The apse consists of an atypical triconch. The church is composed of a narthex, a naos and the bema (frescoes from the end of the 16th century and from the end of the 19th century, iconostasis from 1606 and 1892). The church was renewed in 1892, and conservation work was done in 1987 and from 2009 to 2012.
Sveta Bogorodica Črьnogorska (Monastery Matejče)	Place	It is assumed that the church building was erected during the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Isaakios I Komnenos (1057-1059). The existence of the Church Sveta Bogorodica Črьnogorska is beyond doubt attested from the 14th century. The monastery is mentioned in the boundary description of the village of Črěševo, which forms part of a donation by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) to the Monastery of Saint George-Gorg near Skopje (ta nad Svetuju Bogorodicu črьnogorьsku do Črьnoga kamene). The Vita of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V (reigned 1355-1371), written by the Serbian Patriarch Pajsije, reports that Stefan Uroš V and his mother Jelena completed the Church Sveta Bogorodica Črьnogorska after the death of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) (I togda blagočьstivaa carica sь sinomь svoimь sьvršajutь crьkovь ostavšuju ōt blagočьstivago i prěvisokago cara Stefana vь črьnoi gori ne sьvršena i trudomь i podvigomь i pomoštïju prečistye vladičice naše i bogorodice i svoihь praroditeь pomoštïju i zastupljenïemь sьvrьšajutь crkьvь prěslavnuju vь pohvalu i slavu uspenïe prěčityje i prěblagoslovenïe vladičice naše i bogorodice i prisnoděvy marie i do dьnьsь iměnuetse črьnogorska bogorodica). It is unclear, whether the Church of Sveta Bogorodica Črьnogorska is identical with the church in the Skopska Crna Gora above Žegligovo built by Jelena, the mother of Stefan Uroš V, which is attested in the Serbian genealogies (rodoslovi) and annals (letopisi) (u Črьmьnyje Gory, vyše Žegligova; eius vero mater aedificavit Ecclesiam in Nigro Monte, supra Segligovo). The Ottoman Sultan Murad I (reigned 1360-1389) might have passed by the Church Sveta Bogorodica Črьnogorska on his march against the Serbian Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović (reigned 1373-1389) before the battle on the Kosovo field (Kosovo Polje) in 1389. Evdokija Balšić commissioned the monk Gerasim in the Monastery of Sveta Bogorodica Črьnogorska in 1409 to write the manuscript of the Dialogues (paterik) by Saint Gregory the Great (...sia božestvennaja kniga, glagoljemaa dialogь, ispisa se iže vь ōbitěli prěčityje i prěslaьnyje vladyčice naše bogorodice nerukotvorennyje čjudotvorice črьnogorьskye povelěnïem blagověrnyje i blagočьstivyje i hristoljubivyje gospogje despotice kyr Eudokyje, dьšti blagověrnago i hristoljubivago i velikago gospodina Gjurgja Balšikja...). The scribe Vladislav Gramatik resided in the Monastery of Sveta Bogorodica Črьnogorska between 1457 and 1497. In 1479 he compiled a liturgical book (panegyrikon) in the Monastery at the foot of the Crna Gora in the region of Žegligovo (monastiri prěsvetyje vladičice naše bogorodice iže vъ podkrilïi Črьnye Gory, vь prědělě Žegligovʼcěm). The scribe Dimitrij Kantakuzin also temporarily resided in the monastery. The scribal notes of both copyists mention the Monastery of Sveta Bogorodica Črьnogorska in the year 1469 (vь vьsečьstněmь monastiri prěsvetye bogorodice suštee iže v podkrilïi Črьnye Gory), 1473 (vъ vъsečъstněm monastiri prěsvetye vladičice naše bogorodice i prisnoděvy Marïe, suštee iže v podkrilïi Črъnye Gory), 1479 (vь vьsečьstněm monastiri prěsvetyje vladičice naše bogorodice iže vъ podkrilïi Črьnye Gory, vь prědělě Žegligovʼcěm) and 1480/81 (Vladislavu dïaku ōt Črьnogorskye bogorodice). The Monastery of Sveta Bogorodica Črьnogorska is registered as "Holy Mother of God in Kara Donlu" or "Monastery Karadonlu with the second name Holy Mother of God" in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572. In the 17th century (between 1647 and 1654) the Serbian Patriarch Gavrilo Rajić payed a visit to the Monastery of Sveta Bogorodica Črьnogorska (Da se zna kogda pridohь azь arhiepiskopь Gavriilь vъ carьnogorsku bogorodicu). The British traveller Edward Brown saw most probably the Monastery of Sveta Bogorodica Črьnogorska, when he passed through the city of Kumanovo in 1668/69 (near which [scil. Kumanovo] there is still a Greek Monastery, upon the side of the Hills). The Church has a ground plan of an inscribed-cross with five domes, resembling those of Staro Nagoričine and Church of St. Panteleimon in Nerezi (near Skoplje), narthex and a three-partite apse. The central dome has a twelve-sided drum and is set on four massive pillars. The smaller domes, erected in the shape of octagons, are located in the corners of the building - the eastern ones are situated on the prosthesis and the deaconry, and the western ones above the narthex. The narthex is decorated with a modest architectural sculpture. The Church is vaulted with barrel and cruciform arches, placed on the walls, pillars and pilasters in the interior of the building. The façade is decorated with lesenes. This Church is a true representative of the building traditions of the Palaiologan epoch, such as Churches in Arta, Mistra and Thessaloniki. The Church has been fresco painted between 1348 and 1352, representing the largest painted ensemble on the Macedonian territory in the 14th century and the second largest in the Balkans.
Svinište	Place	Svinište is mentioned in a Slavonic Menaion from 1420 (u Sviništa). It is registered as Dolno and Gorno Svinište in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572. It seems that this village was deserted in the last quarter of the 16th century and that its inhabitants founded a new village with the same name (today Svinjište) in the region of Preševo (today Republic of Serbia).
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).
Vrače	Place	The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed Sebastokrator Dejan's donation of the settlement site of Vrače (Selište Vrače) to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in the year 1354/55. The settlement site of Vrače is probably registered as Vrač in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572. The location of the settlement site is unknown. The identification with the village of Vračevce, 18 km to the North-East of Kumanovo, is questionable.
Zarvinci	Place	The village of Zarvinci appears in the Pšinski pomenik from the 15th century. In the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572 the village of Zaranovci is mentioned, which lay in the surroundings of the village of Lojane. An Ottoman distortion of the toponym Zarvinci is conceivable.
Zletovo	Place	The first written reference to Zletovo comes from the charter of the Byzantine Emperor Basileios II for the archiepiscopal see of Ōhrid from the year 1019. Zletovo (καὶ τὴν Σθλετοβὰν) is listed as part of the Bishopric of Morozvizd (Morobisdos). The Saint Gavrilo Lesnovski departed for the Lěsnovo Monastery (vь monastirь Lesnovskyj), from which he was released after a probationary period with the blessing of the abbot to enter a hermitage near the monastery and Zletovo (za nekoj skïtь blizь prjamo manastirь, vь dolь prjamo Zletovo). According to the Vita, the Saint Gavrilo Lesnovski also came to the aid of a local Bulgarian prince named Mihail in the fight against the Pechenegs and Cumans. Mihail had to flee from his opponents to Ratkovica (vo stranu Ratkovicu). He was able with the assistance of the saint to sidle up to the opposing general Mavragan near Rataica in Zletovo (u Slětovo) and to kill him (u Rataicě i ubi Mavragana). Zletovo was withdrawn from the sovereign authority of the Byzantine Empire in 1282/1283 during the reign of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (i Zletovu). Zletovo is mentioned in the charter of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin for the Gračanica Monastery from 1315 (or 1321?) (i po Zletovoi). The scribe Stanislavь completed in 1330 a Slavic manuscript in the Monastery of Saint Michael the Archangel in the mountains of Lěsnovo, which was in the domain of Ovče Pole and the region of Zletovo (vь ōblasti ōvčepolьskoi vь horě zljętovstěi, v gorě lěsnovьstěi, v monastiri stgo arhistratiga Mihaila). The scribe Stanislavь finished his prologue of the manuscript in the time, when Dragoslavь ruled over the land of Zletovo as Župan (ōbdrьžjaštu horoję Zlętovьskoję županu Dra’goslavu). According to the Slavic founding inscription for the Lěsnovo monastery from 1340/41, the monastery received annualy 100 perpers from the revenue of the market in Zletovo (ōd zletovьskago trьga na godine sto perperь). The same inscription mentions the vineyards of the town of Zletovo (nadь gьrdsko lozie). However, Zletovo with its urban metochion was not included in the endowment for the Lěsnovo Monastery in 1340/41, 1346/47, or 1381. The scribe Stanislavь copied a Menaion at the request of Jovan Oliver destined for the Monastery of the Saint Michael the Archangel in Lěsnovo in 1342 in Zletovo according to the colophon of the manuscript written in Slavic language (vь horě Zletovcěi). In the founding charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV. Dušan for the Eparchy of Zletovo with its seat in the Monastery Lěsnovo from the year 1346/47 the erection of the monastery by the Serbian Espot Jovan Oliver is mentioned. Jovan Oliver built a church in honor of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel in the Zletovo region in Lěsnovo (sьzdati jemu hramь vь ime velikoslavnyhь i besplьtnyihь činonačelnikьь arhistratiga Mihaila i Gabrïila, vь straně že zletovьscěi rekomōje Lěsnovo; crьkvi Arhanggelu u Zletovoi; crьkvi Arhanggelu u Zletovoi). Zletovo appears in the boundary description of the hamlet/village Globica in the founding charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV. Dušan for the Eparchy of Zletovo with its seat in the Monastery Lěsnovo from the year 1346/47 (i što se kь Zletovoi kami vali tozi Zletovu budi a što se kь Globici vali tozi crьkvьno). In addition, the charter confirms the annual revenue of 100 perpers from the market in Zletovo for the Eparchy of Zletovo with its seat in the Monastery Lěsnovo (ōtь zletovьskago trьga). The Bishopric of Zletovo (episkopi zletovьskoi) owned also possessions in Pianitza according to the same charter. A note in the Slavic manuscript Lesnovski parenesis relates that it was written in Zletovo at the place called Lěsnovo in the Monastery of the Holy Archangel Michael in 1353 (vь zemli zljatovsьskoi, vь městě rekoměmь Lěsnovo, vь ōbiteli svetago arhistratiga Mihaila), as Arsenije was the Bishop of Zletovo. In 1354/55 the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan 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 Uroš IV 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 Eparchy of Zletovo was probably abolished around 1370. After 1376/77, the Serbian Despot Jovan Dragaš (Ioannes Dragases) and his brother Konstantin Dragaš (Konstantinos Dragases) confirmed that the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos possessed the churches of Saint Dimitrije and Saint Nikola in Zletovo (u Zletove stgo Dimitrïa, i svety Nikola). The Serbian local ruler Konstantin Dragaš confirmed on the 15th August 1381 that the Hilandar Monastery had the right to become the annual revenue of 100 perpers from the market in Zletovo aimed for the Lěsnovo Monastery (I ōd trьga zlětovьskoga da uzima Arhanggelь lěsnovьski na vsako gōdište r. Perьperь, jakože pišetь u hrisovuli carskomь). A forged charter from the 15th century, also known as the charter of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin concerning the settlement site Ulijare settlement from 1318, relates, among other things, about the conquest of Zletovo by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin between the years 1282 and 1284 (Zletovu). The Lěsnovo Monastery is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1570 to 1572 as Arhangel. The Lěsnovo Monastery possessed in Zletovo five watermills. Zletovo appears also in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1570 to 1572 as as Izltva.
Zlokukjane	Place	The village of Zlokukjane was granted to the Monastery of Hilandar by the Empress Jevdokija and her son Konstantin Dragaš in the year 1378/79 (selo Zlokukjane). It is registered as Kumaničevo in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572. Zlokukjane is a self-explanatory toponym, which can be translated literally as "bad house". It indicates a certain inhospitality or an abandoned (that is enchanted) ruin site.
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.
Čankovo	Place	The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) donated the village of Kolicko to the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Arhiljevica in 1354/55. In the boundary description of Kolicko the village of Čankovo is mentioned (A vo mege sela Kolicka: ōdь gumništa Čankova prěko po srědě prokopannьnoga puta). The village of Čankovo is registered as Čaikovo in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil 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.
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.