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Court Register of Bitola 1622

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ID	11689
System Class	Source
Source	Court Register
Case Study	Ethnonym of the Vlachs
Provenance	Ottoman

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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”.

literature

Belimace 1900 — 149-152 , Christides 1910 — 65-67 , Koukoudis 2003 — 351, 378, 420, 425 , Papahagi 1923 — 195-256 , State Statistical Office 2002 — X, 187 , Turski Dokumenti 1 — 81 , Turski izvori za ajdutstvoto I — 17

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Doke Kuyunci	Person	Doke Kuyunci was a villager from Gramos, who escaped to the village Malovište, in order to avoid the land tax ispence.
Fote Lazo	Person	Fote Lazo was a villager from Gramos, who escaped to the village Malovište, in order to avoid the land tax ispence.
Ghin	Person	Ghin was a villager from Gramos, who escaped to the village Malovište, in order to avoid the land tax ispence.
Kolcio	Person	The ironmonger Kolcio was a villager from Gramos, who escaped to the village Malovište, in order to avoid the land tax ispence.
Nikola Ghin	Person	Nikola Ghin was a villager from Gramos, who escaped to the village Malovište, in order to avoid the land tax ispence.
Papa Hristo	Person	Papa Hristo was a priest from Gramos, who escaped to the village Malovište, in order to avoid the land tax ispence.
Vlachs	Group	Romanesque speaking people on the Balkans. Maybe descendents of the ancient Latin-speaking population of the Roman provinces on the Balkans.

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Flight of Several Villagers to Malovište	Activity			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…

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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…

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