Settlement
Prapaçani
Municipality Decan
Prapaçani is in the municipality of Decan. A historical document from 1330 mentions the settlement under the form Praprajah. An Ottoman register from 1485 documents the settlement under the form Papragjani with 19 households and 6 unmarried men.
A later register from 1582 documents the settlement under the form Prapaçan with 13 households and 3 unmarried men. A historical document from 1663 mentions the settlement. The register from 1893 documents the settlement under the form Prapaqan. For 1998–99, the source documents burning. A historical document mentions the settlement. The source records burning connected with a documented historical conflict.
Source
Source & further reading
Principal source: Prof. Dr. Jusuf Osmani, Vendbanimet e Kosovës, Volume 11.
Source entry: PRAPAÇANI
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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