Settlement

Batllava

Municipality Podujeva

Batllava is in the municipality of Podujeva. An Ottoman register from 1487 documents the settlement with 20 households. An Ottoman register from 1530 documents the settlement under the form Bad-glava.

An Ottoman register from 1893 documents the settlement under the form Batllova. The evidence includes older burial grounds, pointing to earlier habitation. A historical document mentions the settlement. The source records burning connected with a documented historical conflict. The source records migration of residents to Turkey. Historical sources also record the settlement under the form Batlova.

Source

Source & further reading

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

Source entry: BATLLAVA

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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