THE SHESTANIS TRIBE IN OTTOMAN SOURCES OF THE 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES Cover Image

ПЛЕМЕ ШЕСТАНИ У ОСМАНСКИМ ИЗВОРИМА 15. И 16. ВЕКА
THE SHESTANIS TRIBE IN OTTOMAN SOURCES OF THE 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES

Author(s): Tatjana Katić
Subject(s): History, 15th Century, 16th Century, The Ottoman Empire
Published by: Istorijski institut, Beograd
Keywords: Ottoman tapu tahrir defters; the Iskenderiye (Skadar) sancak; district of Shestan; Slavic-Albanian language contact

Summary/Abstract: This paper provides an overview of data from the available 15th and 16th-century Ottoman-Turkish sources regarding the district of Shestan on the western side of Lake Skadar. The detailed cadastral surveys of the nahiye of Shestan in the Iskenderiye (Skadar/Shkodër) sancak from 1570 and 1582 have been scrutinized here. They offer an insight into the ethnic composition of the Shestanis and the scope of their territory.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 43
  • Page Range: 39-66
  • Page Count: 28
  • Language: English, Serbian