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Progon is a native
Albanian name Albanian names are names that are used by Albanians in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, or the diaspora. In Albania, a full name usually consists of a given name (); the given name of the individual's father (patronymic, ), whic ...
. It is found as a personal name and toponym. Its forms include Progër and Progjen. People with the name include: *
Progoni family The Progoni were an Albanian nobility, Albanian noble family which established the first Albanian state in recorded history, the Principality of Arbanon. History Progon of Kruja, father of Dhimitër Progoni established his rule in Krujë in 1 ...
, who established the first documented Albanian state, the
Principality of Arbanon Arbanon ( Old Albanian: in Old Gheg, in Old Tosk; ) was a medieval principality in present-day Albania, ruled by the native Progoni family, and the first Albanian state to emerge in recorded history. The principality was established in 1190 ...
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Progon, Lord of Kruja Progon was the first Albanian ruler known by name, an ''archon'' of the Kruja Fortress (modern Krujë) and its surroundings, known as the Principality of Arbanon. He ruled between 1190 and 1198. Progon was succeeded by his two sons, Gjin, and ...
, a late 12th-century Byzantine-Albanian lord and first known Albanian ruler *
Progonos Sgouros Progonos Sgouros (, ;) was a late 13th-century Byzantine senior military commander from Principality of Arbanon (Medieval Albania) with the rank of ''megas hetaireiarches''. He was lord of Ohrid during the Byzantine Empire's territorial control ov ...
, a Byzantine Albanian senior military commander


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Progonat Progonat is a village in the former Kurvelesh municipality, Gjirokastër County, Albania. It is the largest village of upper Kurvelesh and until 1992 was the administrative center of the commune. At the 2015 local government reform it became part ...
, a village in the Kurvelesh region, whose name contains the Albanian suffix -at, commonly used in toponyms *
Progër Progër is a village and a former municipality in the Korçë County, south-eastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform, it became a subdivision of the municipality of Devoll, Korçë, Devoll. The population at the 2011 census was 3,988.
, a village near Korçë


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