Settlement
Drinasi (Ratkoci)
Municipality Rahovec
Drinasi (Ratkoci) is in the municipality of Rahovec. An Ottoman register from 1455 documents the settlement under the form Ratkovica with 27 households. A later register from 1477 documents the settlement under the form Ratkofci with 19 households and 2 unmarried men.
The register from 1530 documents the settlement under the form Ratkofc with 24 households and 3 unmarried men. Archaeological traces mentioned in the study include older burial grounds. The study records the settlement of 24 families during the colonisation period. Historical notes mention a mosque in the settlement.
Source
Source & further reading
Principal source: Prof. Dr. Jusuf Osmani, Vendbanimet e Kosovës, Volume 2.
Source entry: DRINASI (Ratkoci)
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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