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Defter Vilayet Keşişlik 1476

Properties

ID 116198
System Class Source
Case Study Ethnonym of the Vlachs
Source Court Register

Description

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.

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Actors (1)
Name Class Begin End Relation Type Description
Vlachs Group Romanesque speaking people on the Balkans. Maybe descendents of the ancient Latin-speaking population of the Roman provinces on the Balkans.
Places (1)
Name Class Begin End Description
Vlahishta Place Vlahishta was a village in vilayet Keşişlik (today in Serres regional unit in Central Macedonia, Greece). The precise location of the village is unknown. In the Defter of 1476, the village is registered between the villages Shipchani (today called Taxiarches in Drama regional unit in Greece) and Zdravik (current name Draviskos, in Nea Zichni municipality in Serres regional unit in Greece).
Events (1)
Name Class Begin End Description
Vlahishta was inhabited by only three families. Activity The village Vlahishta in Vilayet Keşişlik. The village was inhabited by only three families, one 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.