Defter-I Sancak-I Arvanid (The Land Register of Sandjak of Arvanid) as a Source of Demographic Data on Epirus. During the Transitory Period from the Byzantine to the Ottoman Occupation with two maps and six tables Cover Image
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Defter-i Sancak-i Arvanid si burim të dhënash demografike mbi Epirin në kapërcyellin prej sundimit bizantin në atë osman me dy harta dhe gjashtë tabela
Defter-I Sancak-I Arvanid (The Land Register of Sandjak of Arvanid) as a Source of Demographic Data on Epirus. During the Transitory Period from the Byzantine to the Ottoman Occupation with two maps and six tables

Author(s): Johannes Koder
Contributor(s): Ina Arapi (Translator)
Subject(s): Governance, Political history, Social history, Demography and human biology, The Ottoman Empire
Published by: Qendra e Studimeve Albanologjike
Keywords: Defter-I Sancak-I Arvanid; land register; Sandjak of Arvanid; demographic data; administrative division; Ottoman occupation;

Summary/Abstract: The land register of Sandjak of Arvanid is the most ancient register that gives us important data on the administrative division, economic aspect and toponymy of a surface of more than 10.000 km2 in the first half of the 15th century. Since the preparation for publication of this register in 1954 this source has been a main work used by many scholars of late Byzantine period and of the settlement of the Ottoman occupation in these regions. In this respect, the article in question has the target to offer a new approach on the conclusions a scholar can draw from this register striving to present a reflection of the demographic aspect of Sandjak of Arvanid for the period when the registration has taken place. In order to draw this demographic data the author is based mainly on the number of the houses registered in the register together with the economic data that are to be seen in this important source for the history of the area included in the Sandjak of Arvanid.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 01-02
  • Page Range: 41-60
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Albanian