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Court Register of Bitola 1622
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Document No.16 of Sicil 2 of the Bitola Court was composed between 1 and 15 Ramadan 1031 (between 10 and 24 July 1622). In it, it is indicated that Dervish Bay, sipahi of the village Gramos in the region of Argos Orestiko declared: “I ask for a muhzir (court courier) to bring in front of this court Ghin, the ironmonger Kolcio, the priest Hristo, Doke Kuyunci, Nikola Ghin, Fote Lazo and other villagers from Gramos who now reside in Malovishte, kaza Bitola, in order to pay the ispence (land tax levied on non-Muslims)”. In return, the mentioned villagers declared: “We will not go to court. Instead we will kill you with stones and escape to the mountains”.
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Court Register of Bitola 1640
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Page No. 38a in Document 5 of Sicil No. 6 of Bitola Court was created in 1640. It is consisted of a statement by the villagers from Magarevo, who give their guarantees that the former bandit Loshan from Magarevo will no longer be a robber, because he became a martolos (local security force of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans, active between 15-17 centuries, initially constituted out of the local Christians)
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Court Register of Sicil 1622
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Document No.16 of Sicil 2 of the Bitola Court was composed between 1 and 15 Ramadan 1031 (between 10 and 24 July 1622). In it, it is indicated that Dervish Bay, sipahi of the village Gramos in the region of Argos Orestiko declared: “I ask for a muhzir (court courier) to bring in front of this court Ghin, the ironmonger Kolcio, the priest Hristo, Doke Kuyunci, Nikola Ghin, Fote Lazo and other villagers from Gramos who now reside in Malovishte, kaza Bitola, in order to pay the ispence (land tax levied on non-Muslims)”. In return, the mentioned villagers declared: “We will not go to court. Instead we will kill you with stones and escape to the mountains”
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Court Register of Sicil 1633
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Document No. 5 of Sicil 3 (page 5a), Document No. 6 of Sicil 3 (page 15b) and Document No. 1 of Sicil 3 (page 16a) of the Bitola Court were composed in the third decade of Jumādá al-ākhirah (between 23 and 31 December 1633). In them, it is indicated that Nicio from the village Gopeš in kaza Ohrid, son of Dimko, declared in front of the court in Bitola: „Walking from our village together with my friends Dimo and Velko, we went down to a garden near the village Kutretino, which is in by God protected kaza of Monastir. At midnight, while we were asleep, we were attacked by armed inhabitants of the village Kutretino. They killed my friends, Dimo and Velko and they dangerously wounded me 3 or 4 times, thinking that they killed me too. They left us by the willows near Tsrna Reka. They robbed us, taking 3 mules, 6,000 akçe (silver coins), 3 loads of wheat and other stuff”. The court in Bitola sent investigators in the village Kutretino, where they found the robbed blankets in the house of Goshe. After hearing the accused and the witnesses, the court in Bitola made the following verdict: “It is true that the mentioned Goshe is an old bandit and road raider. His full time job is to kill passengers who pass by his village and rob them. He is making riot in the Empire. It is necessary for him to disappear from the face of the Earth”.
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