NAHIJA E KËRÇOVËS SIPAS REGJISTRIMIT TË VITEVE 1467-1468 (Aspekte shoqërore)
REGION OF KËRÇOVA ACCORDING TO REGISTRATIONS OF THE YEARS 1467-1468 (Social Aspects)

Summary/Abstract: Nahija of Kërçova was part of the pashasanxhaku of Skopje, and on top of it stood Subashi, who had to use the respective land so called Hasi. The administrative center was the town of Kërçova, where a small Ottoman garrison was stationed. Timar system constitutes the basis of sipahis military system, which, depending on the income realized by timars, repay obligations to the state. Derbenxhinjtë ensured roads passing through mountain gorges, which were near their villages. In the territory of this nahije was also the lands of bejlerbeu, consisting of several villages. In general, the inhabitants belonged to the Christian faith, while the number of Christian sppahis was symbolic. The vast majority of sipahis were Muslims, among whom there were a few "young Muslims". Residents, respectively, heads of households, were registered according to religious affiliation. However, by analyzing the names of the arbonoi heads of households, whether they were Christians, or Slavs who were enrolled with the distinctive ties of i and a, or with the Albanian language: an, ash, osh, ush, as their characteristic and typical names, it turns out that the arbanoi were in great numbers in this nahije. Some of them, apparently, for religious reasons, were torn to Slavic ethnicity, which is evidenced by the Albanian Patronymic that have survived to the present day.

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