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Defter for citizens in nahie Zhupa, Sancak of Ohrid

Properties

ID 116299
System Class Source
Case Study Ethnonym of the Vlachs
Provenance Ottoman
Source Court Register

Description

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.

Relations

Places (1)
Name Class Begin End Description
Ivlasik Place The village of Ivlasik/Vlasiki was situated in the vilayet Gorni Debar. Its current name is Vlasikji in the municipality of Centar Župa (Republic of North Macedonia). At the beginning of the 20th century, Vassil Kanchov registered 65 inhabitants, 10 of which were Bulgarian and 55 Muslim. Today the village is abandoned. In the Census of 1466/67, the village is registered as Ivlasik, with only one family. The head of this family is Nikola Vlasik, who may have given the name to the village. In the Census from 1583 of Sancak Ohrid, the village is registered under the name Vlasik, in nahie Zhupa, with 13 Christian families.
Events (1)
Name Class Begin End Description
Registration of families and two unmarried men in the Defter for nahie Zhupa Activity 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.
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.