Settlement

Albaniku (Shajkoci)

Municipality Podujeva

Albaniku (Shajkoci) is in the municipality of Podujeva. An Ottoman register from 1566 documents the settlement with 14 households and 3 unmarried men. An Ottoman register from 1893 documents the settlement under the form Shajkofça.

The evidence includes older burial grounds, pointing to earlier habitation. The evidence includes building foundations, pointing to earlier habitation. A historical document mentions the settlement. The source records migration of residents to Turkey.

Source

Source & further reading

Principal source: Prof. Dr. Jusuf Osmani, Vendbanimet e Kosovës, Volume 17.

Source entry: ALBANIKU (Shajkoci)

This page presents a selected part of a much more extensive published settlement study. For detailed archival references, family histories, local toponyms and the complete settlement record, consult the original volume.

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