Settlement

Gadishi

Municipality Gjilan

Gadishi is in the municipality of Gjilan. An Ottoman register from 1498 documents the settlement under the form Gadisha. A later register from 1566 documents the settlement under the form Gadesh with 4 households and 3 unmarried men.

For 1998–99, the source documents burning, killings by Serbian/Yugoslav police, and burning by Serbian forces. Archaeological traces mentioned in the study include building foundations. The source records migration of residents to Turkey.

Source

Source & further reading

Principal source: Prof. Dr. Jusuf Osmani, Vendbanimet e Kosovës, Volume 6.

Source entry: GADISHI

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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