Trebište, Trebishte, or Trebišta (, ) (the pronunciation used by the local population is Trebišča) is a village in
North Macedonia
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in
Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality Mavrovo or Mavrova can refer to:
* Mavrovo (region), a region in North Macedonia
* Mavrovo National Park, a national park in North Macedonia
* Mavrovo Lake, a lake in North Macedonia
* Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality, a municipality in North Mace ...
, situated in the Dolna Reka district, on the eastern slopes of
Dešat
Deshat ( 'Deshati'; ) is a massif situated in the Korab mountain range, on the border between Albania and North Macedonia. Positioned at the southeastern tip of the range, it is bounded by the Dibër basin to the south (known as Gryka e Radikës ...
, above the gorge of Radika.
History
In 1426 Albanian nobleman
Gjon Kastrioti
Gjon Kastrioti was an Albanians, Albanian feudal lord from the House of Kastrioti and the father of Albanian leader Gjergj Kastrioti (better known as Skanderbeg). He governed the territory between the Cape of Rodon and Debar, Dibër and had a ...
and his three sons (one being
Skanderbeg
Gjergj Kastrioti (17 January 1468), commonly known as Skanderbeg, was an Albanians, Albanian Albanian nobility, feudal lord and military commander who led Skanderbeg's rebellion, a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire in what is today Albania, ...
) donated the right to the proceeds from taxes collected from the villages
Rostuša and Trebište and from the church of Saint Mary, which was in one of them, to
Hilandar
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It was founded in 1198 by two Serbs from the Grand Principality of Serbia, Stefan Neman ...
. In the
Ottoman ''
defter
A ''defter'' was a type of tax register and land cadastre in the Ottoman Empire.
Etymology
The term is derived from Greek , literally 'processed animal skin, leather, fur', meaning a book, having pages of goat parchment used along with papyrus ...
'' of 1467, the village of ''Trabishta'' is recorded as part of the
ziamet
Ziamet was a form of land tenure in the Ottoman Empire, consisting in grant of lands or revenues by the Ottoman Sultan to an individual in compensation for their services, especially military services. The ziamet system was introduced by Osman I, ...
of
Reka
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Places
* Řeka, a village in the Czech Republic
* Reka, Cerkno, a village near Cerkno, Slovenia
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which was under the authority of Karagöz Bey. The village had a total of 15 households and the anthroponymy recorded was overwhelmingly Slavic in character, although instances of
Slavicisation
Slavicisation or Slavicization, is the acculturation of something non-Slavic into a Slavic culture, cuisine, region, or nation. The process can either be voluntary or applied through varying degrees of pressure.
The term can also refer to the ...
are easily identifiable. For example, the patronymic ''Bukurovići'' is attested in three household heads and is derived from the Albanian ''bukur'' ("beautiful") and Slavic suffix -''ovići'', likewise, the patronymic ''Tanušovići'' is recorded and is derived from the Albanian personal name ''Tanush'' with the addition of the same Slavic suffix. In 1519, 55 Christian Orthodox families were recorded in the village, while in 1583, the village had 41 Christian Orthodox families and 5 Muslim families.
[Dve povelje u Hilandaru o Ivanu Kastriotu i sinovima]
Dušan Sindik
According to the 1942
Albanian
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*Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular:
**Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans
**Albanian language
**Albanian culture
**Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...
census, Trebište was inhabited by 719 Muslim Albanians and 201 Bulgarians.
Demographics
Trebište has traditionally been inhabited by Orthodox Macedonians and a
Torbeš population.
[ p. 214. "Заедно со македонско христијанско население Торбеши живеат и во селата: Могорче, Требиште, Велебрдо, Ростуше, Јанче, Долно Косоврасти (во Река),"]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 765 inhabitants.
[ Ethnic groups in the village include:][Macedonian Census (2002)]
''Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion''
The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 168.
* Macedonians 303
*Turks
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* Turkish people, or the Turks, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
* Turkish citizen, a citizen of the Republic of Turkey
* Turkic peoples, a collection of ethnic groups who speak Turkic lang ...
277
*Albanians
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159
*Bosniaks
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18
*Others 8
References
Villages in Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality
Medieval Macedonia
Torbeši settlements
Albanian communities in North Macedonia
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