Settlement
Bardhaniqi
Municipality Gjakova
Bardhaniqi is in the municipality of Gjakova. An Ottoman register from 1451 documents the settlement under the form Bardanji. An Ottoman register from 1485 documents the settlement under the form Bardonik with 3 households and 2 unmarried men.
An Ottoman register from 1591 documents the settlement with 12 households and 3 unmarried men. An Ottoman register from 1893 documents the settlement under the form Bard. The evidence includes building foundations, pointing to earlier habitation.
Source
Source & further reading
Principal source: Prof. Dr. Jusuf Osmani, Vendbanimet e Kosovës, Volume 14.
Source entry: BARDHANIQI
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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