Settlement

Janishti (Jançishti)

Municipality Malisheva

Janishti (Jançishti) is in the municipality of Malisheva. A historical document from 1454 mentions the settlement. An Ottoman register from 1530 documents the settlement under the form Yanishte.

A later register from 1591 documents the settlement with 21 households and 9 unmarried men. For 1998–99, the source documents burning by Serbian/Yugoslav police. Archaeological traces mentioned in the study include older burial grounds.

Source

Source & further reading

Principal source: Prof. Dr. Jusuf Osmani, Vendbanimet e Kosovës, Volume 19.

Source entry: JANISHTI (Jançishti)

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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