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Christides 1910

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ID 11708
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Case Study Ethnonym of the Vlachs

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I. Christides, N. Melobista, in: Makedoniko Emerologio (1910) 65-67.

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Court Register of Bitola 1622 Source 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”.
Court Register of Bitola 1639 Source Page No.16-b/II of Sicil No. 6 of the Bitola Court was composed between 1 and 10 Jumada al-akhirah 1049 (between 30 August and 8 September 1639). Therein it is stated that three Jews from Bitola accused the residents of the village of Malovište for kidnapping the Jews Haim, Isaak and Haim from Bitola.
Court Register of Bitola 1641 Source Pages No. 85b and 86a of Sicil 8 of the Bitola Court was composed on 17 February 1641. It includes a list of Christian villages in the region of Bitola from 26 December 1639 to 14 December 1640 as well as the number of houses in the particular village. In the mentioned time span the village of Malovište had 55 houses.
Court Register of Bitola 1658 Source Document 1 on page 62 in Sicil no. 16 is without date, but judging by the dates of the documents preceding and following it in the same Sicil, it was composed in 1658. It includes a verdict from the judge called Ibrahim Aga and the confession of the convict named Mishe, a bandit from the village of Malovište, convicted for banditry. Following the accusation that he is “a bandit who attempted to start a rebellion in the Empire”, Mishe admitted that he was “a bandit who attacked many places and robbed them”. Since Mishe was from the village of Malovište, it is highly probable that he was of Vlach descent.
Court Register of Bitola 1707 Source Document No. 4 (page 48b) of Sicil 32 of the Bitola Court was composed on 14 Safar 1119 (16 May 1707). In it, it is indicated that the Divan of Rumeli orders the kadi of Bitola to catch, arrest, tie and send the villagers Dimo, Nicio and Volkan from Malovište, sons of Niko and Ianciur, to the Divan of Rumeli.
Court Register of Bitola 1709 Source Document No.1, page 6a, of Sicil 33 of the Bitola Court was composed on 18 July 1709. It consists of an accusation by a certain Sora, the daughter of Dimo, a Christian from the village of Malovište. Sora accuses the bandit Ivan for killing and robbing her son Dimo. The court in Bitola convicted Ivan.
Court Register of Bitola 1721 Source Document No. 2, page 124b of Sicil 39 of the Bitola Court was composed on 29 Muharram 1134 (20 November 1721). In it, it is indicated: "The following persons registered in the Court: Dimo Pagor, Tane Simo, Kosta Petko, Cocio Dudu, Neto Kuyunci, Cocio Gogo, Simo son of Pancio, Yoryi Cioshcu, Hristu Papas, Kosta Papu, Edamo Iano and other inhabitants from the village of Malovište. In accordance to the high Firman they guaranteed for each other and they made a commitment to chase and catch bandits as well as to bring them to the Sharia. Written on 29th of honorable Muharram 1134. Witnesses: Haji Ibrahim, Ibrahim (a city notable), Hasan (muhzir)."
Court Register of Bitola 1729 Source Document No. 2, page 80 of Sicil 42 of the Bitola Court was composed on 24 Shawwal 1141 (23 May 1729). It is a plea sent to Sultan Ahmed III by certain Mestan and Shaban to arrest the Christians Ludo Malo and Kudo Ludo from Malovište. In it it is indicated: “To our honorable Sultan – may he be healthy. Your faithful servants are begging you this: Our brother Haji Halil, resident of Shkoder, was on his way back from Istanbul to Shkoder, when the Christians Ludo Malo and Kudo Ludo, residents of Malovište in the kaza Monastir, together with 8 (eight) companions of theirs, told our brother Halil: “Lets travel together”. So they traveled together. On the road, they later killed our brother and one of his servants, they robbed his goods and they disappeared."
Court Register of Bitola 1734 Source Document No. 1, page 29 of Sicil 44 of the Bitola Court was composed on 26 December 1734. It is a plea sent to Sultan Mahmud I. by certain Husein Bacdar to arrest the bandits Cocio Yorgo, Dimo Nano and Papa Kosta, all from Malovište, as well as the bandits Nicio Kiras and Papa Nicio from Gopes, who robbed and killed his brother Bacdar Mustafa,near the town of Prilep.
Court Register of Bitola 1742 Source Document No.1, page 26 of Sicil 48 of the Bitola Court was composed between 5 June and 3 July 1742. It is a list consisting of all the names of villagers from the nahiye Demir Hisar and Gyavato, assigned to chase and to arrest outlaws in the mentioned nahiye.
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Malovište Place The village of Malovište is a traditional Vlach village from the pre-Ottoman period. During the Ottoman era the village is predominantly Vlach. Even in the 21st century the Vlachs form the majority of the population. Between 10 and 24 July 1622 Dervish Bay, sipahi of the village Gramos in the region of Argos Orestiko, declared: “I ask for a muhzir (court courier) to bring in front of this court Ghin, the ironmonger Kolcio, the priest Hristo, Doke Kuyunci, Nikola Ghin, Fote Lazo and other villagers from Gramos who now reside in Malovište, kaza Bitola, in order to pay the ispence (land tax levied on non-Muslims)”. In return, the mentioned villagers declared: “We will not go to court. Instead, we will kill you with stones and escape to the mountains.”. Between 30 August and 8 September 1639 it is stated in the Court Registers of Bitola that three Jews from Bitola accused the residents of Malovište for kidnapping the Jews Haim, Isaak and Haim from Bitola. Malovište is mentioned in a list of Christian villages in the region of Bitola from 26 December 1639 to 14 December 1640 with its number of houses (namely 55). In 1658 a bandit named Mishe, was convicted by the court in Bitola. Following the accusation that he is “a bandit who attempted to start a rebellion in the Empire”, Mishe admitted that he was “a bandit who attacked many places and robbed them”. Since Mishe was from the village of Malovište, it is highly probable that he was of Vlach descent. In May 1707 the Divan of Rumeli ordered the kadi of Bitola to catch, arrest, tie and send the villagers Dimo, Nicio and Volkan from Malovište, sons of Niko and Ianciur, to the Divan of Rumeli. In July 1709 a woman called Sora from the village of Malovište accused the bandit Ivan for killing and robbing her son Dimo. The Court in Bitola convicted Ivan. In November 1721 Dimo Pagor, Tane Simo, Kosta Petko, Cocio Dudu, Neto Kuyunci, Cocio Gogo, Simo son of Pancio, Yoryi Cioshcu, Hristu Papas, Kosta Papu, Edamo Iano and other inhabitants from the village of Malovište guaranteed for each other and they made a commitment to chase and catch bandits as well as to bring them to the Sharia. In May 1729 a plea is sent to Sultan Ahmed III to arrest the Christians Ludo Malo and Kudo Ludo for killing Haji Halil. In December 1734 a plea was sent by Husein Bacdar to the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud I to arrest the bandits Cocio Yorgo, Dimo Nano and Papa Kosta, all from Malovište, as well as the bandits Nicio Kiras and Papa Nicio from Gopeš, who had robbed and killed Husein Bacdar near the town of Prilep. Between 5 June and 3 July 1742 a list was composed consisting of all the names of the villagers from the nahiye Demir Hisar and Gyavato, assigned to chase and to arrest outlaws in the mentioned nahiye.