Settlement
Martirasi (Gjurgjeviku i Madh)
Municipality Klina
Martirasi (Gjurgjeviku i Madh) is in the municipality of Klina. A historical document from 1200 mentions the settlement. An Ottoman register from 1485 documents the settlement under the form Gjorgjovik with 72 households and 13 unmarried men.
A later register from 1582 documents the settlement under the form Gjurgjevik with 14 households and 3 unmarried men. Archaeological traces mentioned in the study include older burial grounds. The study records the settlement of 9 families during the colonisation period.
Source
Source & further reading
Principal source: Prof. Dr. Jusuf Osmani, Vendbanimet e Kosovës, Volume 3.
Source entry: MARTIRASI (Gjurgjeviku i Madh)
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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