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The Ethnonym of the Vlachs in the Written Sources and the Toponymy in the Historical Region of Macedonia (11th-16th Cent.)

Sources

ID Name Class Description
10700 Actes d'Iviron IV Source The edition "Actes d'Iviron IV" contains charters by the Byzantine Emperors and Serbian rulers in favour of the Monastery of Iberon on Mount Athos.
10827 Actes de Chilandar I Source The edition "Actes de Chilandar I" contains charters by the Byzantine Emperors in favour of the Monastery of Chilandar on Mount Athos.
10692 Actes de Chilandar I (old) Source The edition "Actes de Chilandar I" contains charters by the Byzantine Emperors in favour of the Monastery of Hilandar on Mount Athos.
10679 Actes de Chilandar II (old) Source The edition "Actes de Chilandar II" contains charters by the Serbian rulers in favour of the Monastery of Hilandar on Mount Athos.
10738 Boundary Description by the judge Michalis Ioskules (1371) Source In the year 1371 the judge Michalis Ioskules made a boundary description in the valley of the river Strumica for the Monasteries of Hilandar and Hagios Panteleimon on Mount Athos commissioned by the Serbian Despot Jovan Uglješa.
117998 Charter of the King of Sicily, Charles I. Anjou for the local representative in Durazzo Narzo de Toucy Source The King of Sicily, Charles I Anjou, issued on the 19th June 1274 a charter for Narzo de Toucy, the local representative in Durazzo.
11689 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”.
112082 Court Register of Bitola 1623 Source Page No. 39a/III of Sicil No. 2 of Bitola Court from May 11 and May 20, 1623, is consisted of the statements of 3 Muslims, witnesses in a process. Two of these witnesses were from the village Magarevo, namely Mustafa, son of Hussein, and Osman, son of Mehmed.
112055 Court Register of Bitola 1638 Source Page No. 7 of Document 24 in Sicil No. 5 of Bitola Court 1640, registers certain Dimo Vlah from Magarevo, who possessed a vineyard near the village Dobromiri, in kaza Monastir.
12003 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.
12220 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.
112884 Court Register of Bitola 1641 Source Page No. 85b and 86a of Sicil No. 8 of Bitola Court from February 17, 1641, is consisted of a list of Christian villages in the region of Bitola. In it, Magarevo is listed as a village with 55 houses.
12598 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.
12670 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.
12852 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.
12887 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)."
13680 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."
14254 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.
14385 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.
113053 Court Register of Edirne 1693-1695 Source Three documents from the Court in Bitola: Page 31b of Document 2 from Sicil 28 writen on 9 Jumada al-thani 1106 (January 25, 1695); Page 49b of Document 2 from Sicil 28 writen in the third decade of Rabi al-thani 1105 (between 20-28 December 1693); and Page 49b of Document 3 from Sicil 28 writen in the third decade of Jumada al-awwal (between 18-27 January 1694). All three documents are orders sent to the kadis in Kastoria, Florina, Ostrovo, Bitola, Bihlishte and Prespa, who are informed that 80 bandits attacked the home of Aliya in Yasikoy near Komotini in Western Thrace, and they are ordered to catch the bandits. The bandits, around 80, attacked the house of Aliya in Yesikoy, they killed his father Hasan, his brother Hussein and a female slave, robbing 4,000 golden coins, 33 bags full of silver coins and other stuff. The bandits were led by certain Ioan Karakash Papazoglou from Nymphaio. The others in the band came from Kleisoura, Nymphaio and Pisoder. By January 25, 1695, the authorities arrested 5 of these bandits, while the others were hiding in Nikolitsa, Nymphaio, Kleisoura and Gramatikovo. Considering that a century later all named villages were predominantly Vlach, it is probable that the band that made the above mentioned attack was consisted of Vlach bandits.
113420 Court Register of Edirne 1693-1695 Source Three documents from the Court in Bitola: Page 31b of Document 2 from Sicil 28 writen on 9 Jumada al-thani 1106 (January 25, 1695); Page 49b of Document 2 from Sicil 28 writen in the third decade of Rabi al-thani 1105 (between 20-28 December 1693); and Page 49b of Document 3 from Sicil 28 writen in the third decade of Jumada al-awwal (between 18-27 January 1694). All three documents are orders sent to the kadis in Kastoria, Florina, Ostrovo, Bitola, Bihlishte and Prespa, who are informed that 80 bandits attacked the home of Aliya in Yasikoy near Komotini in Western Thrace, and they are ordered to catch the bandits. The bandits, around 80, attacked the house of Aliya in Yesikoy, they killed his father Hasan, his brother Hussein and a female slave, robbing 4,000 golden coins, 33 bags full of silver coins and other stuff. The bandits were led by certain Ioan Karakash Papazoglou from Nymphaio. The others in the band came from Kleisoura, Nymphaio and Pisoder. By January 25, 1695, the authorities arrested 5 of these bandits, while the others were hiding in Nikolitsa, Nymphaio, Kleisoura and Gramatikovo. Considering that a century later all named villages were predominantly Vlach, it is probable that the band that made the above mentioned attack was consisted of Vlach bandits.
19828 Court Register of Sanjak 1583 Source Page 58a of the census for Nahie Prespa, Kaza Ohrid in Sanjak Ohrid, is consisted of the names of all male inhabitants in the village Gopeš. According to this document, in 1583 the village Gopeš was inhabited by 19 male inhabitants, 15 of which were married, and 4 were unmarried.
110955 Court Register of Sicil 1607 Source Pageс No.1b to 8a of Sicil No. 1 of the Bitola Court were composed on 26 July 1607. In this document, all the debtors of certain Ahmet Pasha are registered. Among them, the village Kucuk Vlasinci is listed owning 5,900 akce to Ahmet Pasha.
19915 Court Register of Sicil 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”
15478 Court Register of Sicil 1633 Source 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”.
19898 Court Register of Sicil 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 Gopeš, who robbed and killed his brother Bacdar Mustafa near the town of Prilep.
113352 Defter Nahie Florina 1481 Source Page No. 524 of Defter No. 16 from the year 1481 is part of the Census for Nahie Florina. On this page, all 11 male heads of families, as well as 1 widow from the village Ipsoder (Pisoder) are registered.
116198 Defter Vilayet Keşişlik 1476 Source Page 358 of the Census conducted during the reign of Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror (1451-1481), most likely in 1476, refers to the village Vlahishta in Vilayet Keşişlik. The village was inhabited by only 3 families, 1 of which was Muslim and the other two Christian. The head of the Muslim family was Yusuf, while the male heads of the Christian families were Dimo, son of Ciokala, and Ayalar Exino.
116138 Defter Vilayet Veles 1421-1439 Source age 60 of the Census conducted during the reign of Sultan Murad II (1411-1451), but before 1440, refers to the village Ivlașin in Vilayet Veles. The village was inhabited by 21 Christian families. The names of the male heads of families were: Ralko, Milan, Dabe, Dapchin, Duyko, Stayko, Radoslav, Bezhan, Radoslav II, Prodan, Rale, Papa Rayo, Dimitri, Dobroslav, Konstantin, Dabizhiv, Stoyko and Rayko. The three widows in the village were: Kruna, Dobra and Denche.
116190 Defter for citizens in nahie Zhupa 1583 Source Pages 176a and 176b of the Defter for nahie Zhupa in Sancak of Ohrid, were writen in 1583. In these pages, it is indicated that the village Vlah, or Iflah, in nahie Zhupa, had 10 male heads of families and 5 unmarried men. All the inhabitants were Christian.
116299 Defter for citizens in nahie Zhupa, Sancak of Ohrid Source Pages 177a and 177b of the Defter for nahie Zhupa in Sancak of Ohrid, were writen in 1583. In these pages, it is indicated that the village Vlasik, or Ivlasik, in nahie Zhupa, had 10 male heads of families and 2 unmarried men. All the inhabitants were Christian.
116145 Defter for citizens in vilayet Gorni Debar Source efter No. 508 from the year 1466/67 for citizens in vilayet Gorni Debar was created in 1466, until March 1467. On page 50 of this Defter, the village Ivlahlar is registered with one single family. The head of the family was Metalec Vidich.
116292 Defter for citizens in vilayet Gorni Debar II. Source Defter No. 508 from the year 1466/67 for citizens in vilayet Gorni Debar was created in 1466, until March 1467. On page 31 of this Defter, the village Ivlasik is registered with one single family. The head of the family was Nikola Vlasik.
10740 Donation of Evdokija Source Donation of possessions of the noblewoman Evdokija and her sons Jovan and Konstantin Dragaš to the Monastery of Hagios Panteleimon. The charter was issued in town of Strumica in 1376/1377.
12293 Ethnography of the Vilayet Adrianople, Monastir and Thessalonica Source
117757 Fragmentary note 1 on the back of the charter of the Serbian Stefan King Uroš IV Dušan for the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribletos in Ōhrid Source On the back of the charter of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ōhrid is a fragmentary text from the 14th century concerning the possessions of the church.
117758 Fragmentary note 2 on the back of the charter of the Serbian Stefan King Uroš IV Dušan for the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribletos in Ōhrid Source On the back of the charter of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ōhrid is a fragmentary text from the 14th century concerning the possessions of the church.
10646 Inscription in the Church of Saint George Source The respective inscription is engraved on a fresco in the Church of Saint George (Sveti Gjorgji) in the vincinity of the village of Dolni Kozjak.
10650 Konče 1 Source On 9 May (?) 1366 the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V (reigned 1355–1371) confirmed the possession of the Church of St. Steven in the village of Konče to the Monastery of Hilandar on Mount Athos with all its villages in the vicinity as donated by the Great Vojvode (Veliki Vojvoda) Nikola Stanjević.
9242 Land Inventory-Brebion (Nomic's Charter) Source The Land Inventory-Brebion is a register of all land holdings of the Monastery of the Holy Virgin in Htětovo. The collection is the work of one scribe, but it contains different acts coming from a wider time span. Until Bubalo's analysis the document was called after the first line Brěvno matere Božije Htětovskije. Bubalo corrected the reading into brebion, which is a loanword reflecting the greek word βρεβίον (inventory in the basic meaning). A copy of a Nomic’s Charter is also preserved in the Land Inventory-Brebion. Nomics were public notaries in Serbia. The Nomic's Charter was created some time before the Brebion (1343-1345 or in the first half of the 1340's).
12313 Map of Yugoslavia 1967 Source Map of the Department of Defence of the former Republic of Yugoslavia.
111433 Melnik 1 Source The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V (reigned 1355–1371) confirmed in a chrysobull in May 1356, together with his mother, the Empress Jelena-Jelisaveta, the possession of the Church of Saint Nicholas in the town of Melnik with its landed property to the Metropolitan Kiril.
116127 Register for citizens in nahie Biglichta 1568/69 Source The Register for citizens in nahie Biglichta, part of the Grand Register of Pasha Sanjak, was composed in 1568/69. Pages 127b and 128a of the Register refer to the male citizens of the village Ulah/Iflah/Vlah. In total, this village had 6 male heads of families and 5 unmarried men, whose names are registered in the Census.
23917 Register of Nahie Florina 1481 Source Page No. 541 of Defter No. 16 from the year 1481 is part of the Census for Nahie Florina. On this page, all 67 male heads of families, as well as 3 widows from the village Kleisoura are registered.
20026 Register of nahie Chroupichta 1568/69 I. Source The Register for citizens in nahie Chroupichta, part of the Grand Register of Pasha Sanjak, was composed in 1568/69. Pages 142a and 142b of the Register refer to the male citizens of Mahalle (the name of this district is unreadable in the original document) in the village of Gramos. In total, this neighbourhood had 106 male heads of families and 42 unmarried men, whose names are registered in the Census.
21255 Register of nahie Chroupichta 1568/69 II. Source The Register for citizens in nahie Chroupichta, part of the Grand Register of Pasha Sanjak, was composed in 1568/69. Pages 142b and 143a of the Register refer to the male citizens of Mahalle (District) Mici in the village of Gramos. In total, this neighbourhood had 63 male heads of families and 44 unmarried men, whose names are registered in the Census.
21712 Register of nahie Chroupichta 1568/69 III Source The Register for citizens in nahie Chroupichta, part of the Grand Register of Pasha Sanjak, was composed in 1568/69. Pages 143a, 143b and 144a of the Register refer to the male citizens of Mahalle (District) Mina in the village of Gramos. In total, this neighbourhood had 112 male heads of families and 84 unmarried men, whose names are registered in the Census.
12331 Reise durch die Gebiete von Drin und Wardar Source He noted that there are many in the village of Nokje, which is the largest in the area, and that it is characteristic that the villagers crossed into Islam. The traveler could not find out when the Vlachs went to Islam and believed that Islam had received it to protect themselves from violence when the Yuruks settled in these areas. The Mohammedan Vlachs live in the Nokje village, and their language was different from other Vlachs in Macedonia. They were border guards and were scattered across Macedonian borders
10054 Rila Monastery Rilska gramota Source The Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Šišman issued his charter (the so-called Rilska gramota) for the Monastery of St. John (Ivan) of Rila on 21 September 1378. Therein, he confirmed existing and donated new possessions as well as privileges to the monastery.
11651 Stefan Uroš IV Dušan's Charter for the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid Source The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan issued a charter for the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in the town of Ohrid in the period from 1342 until 1345.
9279 Stefan Uroš IV Dušan's Charter for the Monastery of the Holy Virgin in Htětovo Source King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan's Charter given to the Polog Monastery of Bogorodica Htětovska (Monastery of the Holy Virgin of Htetovo), well known as the Htětovo`s Charter. The Charter was issued between 24 September 1345 – 15 October 1345 (as terminus ante quem), when Stefan Dušan already started to use title “Master of almost the entire Empire of Romania” and for terminus post quem to be the period after the summer/autumn of 1343 when Stefan Dušan started using for the first time the title “Master and/or King of Greek lands”.
15470 Stefan Uroš IV Dušan's Charter for the nobleman Ivanko Proběštitōvikь Source The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed and certified, that the bought estates in and outside the town of Štip, the Church of St. John the Baptist in Štip and several subjects are part of the patrimony of the nobleman Ivanko Proběštitōvikь and his family. The charter was issued on 28. 5. 1350.
9303 Svetoarhandjelovska hrisovulja Source In or soon after 1347/48 the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) issued the so-called "Svetoarhandjelovska hrisovulja" in favour of the Monastery of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel near Prizren. This charter mentions several Vlach and Albanian katuns.
12346 Voyage dans Macedoine Source According to the traveler Esprit, the Vlachs are numerous in Macedonia and are subordinates, as are the Greeks and Bulgarians of the Patriarchal hierarchy in Constantinople. This population is purely Roman. It stems from the collapse of cities, called by various colonial emperors, where they set up legions, using Roman civil laws. Due to political tremors in the XI century, these inhabitants left the country and were eager for independence and gathered on the mountains that share Epirus from Macedonia and Thessaly. They spoke Latin and were easily recognizable. If you ask them which ethnicity they are ?! they proudly will answer to be Romans. Cousiners M.E. concluded that the Vlachs beyond the Danube are different from those in Macedonia, although both people speak in bad Latin.
12267 Voyage de la Gréce Source Vlachs are mentioned as inhabitants of the city of Vlacho-Klisura, about 500 families, and this is Valsi Dasareti who were displaced by Moskopolis. There were many wealthy merchants and shopkeepers who traded with Bosnia. This population considers Pouquevill around the fifteenth century fleeing the mountains to escape slavery and death inflicted by Ali Pasha from Janina (Yannina, Ioannina). Vlachs demanded, in his opinion, cold places with cold waters and pastures.