Macedonia: Early-Mid Ottoman Period (1500-1800)

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  • Karposh
    Member
    • Aug 2015
    • 863

    #16
    Originally posted by Liberator of Makedonija View Post
    Does the village still exist?
    Yes it does and I finally found some info on this rebellion. It was in the Bitola village of Gjavato as I suspected and it happened in the year 1639.


    Селото се споменува во османлиски даночни регистри на немуслиманското население од вилает Манастир од 1611-1612 година со 60 домаќинства.

    Во 1639 во Ѓавато имало буна против Османлиската власт. Непосреден повод за нејзиното избувнување било апсењето на ајдутинот Белче. Селаните се спротивставиле. Спомнати во предводувањето на буната во с. Ѓавато се Митре, Никола, Илија и Голе. Започнала борба во која Турците имале пушки и сабји, а селаните вили и стапови. Неколку селани загинале, Белче бил убиен, по што Турците му ја отсекле главата и му ја однеле на кадијата како доказ дека бил ликвидиран.
    Translation:
    In 1639, in Gjavato, a rebellion was undertaken against Osmanli rule. The ultimate reason for it's occurence was the arrest of the aydutin, Belche.
    (Note: aydutin is deived from the Turkish word, hayduk, meaning bandit. To Macedonians, the word aydutin came to signify something more. Ayduci were heroic men that gave up a normal way of life and left everything they knew behind them to go and live in the mountains, dedicating their lives to protecting the local Christian peasantry from certain particularly savage-types of Turkish overlords and/or Albanian opportunists.)
    The villagers rebelled as a result. The leadership of the rebellion in Gjavato included Mitre, Nikola, Ilija and Gole. A battle ensued in which the Turks used guns and sabres while the villagers used pitchforks and wooden clubs. Some villagers perished, including Belche, whom the Turks decapitated and presented his head to the Turkish Kadia as proof of his liquidation.

    https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%83...81%D0%BA%D0%BE)

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    • Karposh
      Member
      • Aug 2015
      • 863

      #17
      It looks like that link on Gjavato isn't working properly so I'll try again:

      https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%83...81%D0%BA%D0%BE)

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      • Karposh
        Member
        • Aug 2015
        • 863

        #19
        Legend! Thanks Amphipolis. I have no idea why it wouldn't work for me.

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        • Liberator of Makedonija
          Senior Member
          • Apr 2014
          • 1595

          #20
          There may have been another uprising in Macedonia in 1571: English Wikipedia's entry on Ser states the Christians in the city rebelled in that year following the Ottoman loss at Lepanto. The source referenced is Siroz (1997) by Alexandra Yerolimpos, which was published in the Encyclopaedia of Islam
          I know of two tragic histories in the world- that of Ireland, and that of Macedonia. Both of them have been deprived and tormented.

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          • Carlin
            Senior Member
            • Dec 2011
            • 3332

            #21
            Originally posted by Liberator of Makedonija View Post
            There may have been another uprising in Macedonia in 1571: English Wikipedia's entry on Ser states the Christians in the city rebelled in that year following the Ottoman loss at Lepanto. The source referenced is Siroz (1997) by Alexandra Yerolimpos, which was published in the Encyclopaedia of Islam
            1571 was a meaningful year.

            In 1571, the Ottoman fleet was defeated in the Battle of Lepanto by the combined fleet of Spain, Venice and the Papal States headed by Pope Pius V. The loss of the Ottomans raised to Revolt several Vlachian regions at the same time: Acarnania, Thessaly, Epirus and that of the Mani peninsula in the Peloponnese. It's likely that similar Revolts erupted across Macedonia, as you've pointed out. It's worth further investigation and research.

            FYI - In this post https://www.macedoniantruth.org/foru...8&postcount=13 Bishop Dionysius the Philosopher was mentioned. In the year 1611 Epirus experienced a short-lived revolt led by Bishop Dionysius the Philosopher. Who was this bishop, who is described as a Greek Orthodox bishop in Wikipedia and elsewhere? It is stated that: "He was of Greek descent, from Macedonia (specifically Avdella, Grevena regional unit)..." He led two uprisings against the Turks. The second one took place together with about 700 to 1000 "Albanian villagers", shepherds and farmers, coming from roughly 70 villages from Paramythia.

            Avdella was, and still is, a 'Vlach' village. It is notable as the birthplace of the Manaki brothers, as well as a few other personalities. The Bulgarian Wikipedia "admits" that Dionysius was born in 1560 in the district of Thesprotia, part of Epirus, but his family originated from the Vlachian Macedonian village of Avdella, located in the Pindus.

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            Bulgarian: През 1571 г. османският флот е разбит в битката при Лепанто от обединената флота на Испания, Венеция и на Папската държава с папа Пий V. Загубата на османците вдига на въстание няколко влашки региона – Акарнания, Тесалия, Епир и това от полуостров Мани в Пелопонес.

            English: In 1571, the Ottoman fleet was defeated in the Battle of Lepanto by the combined fleet of Spain, Venice and the Papal States headed by Pope Pius V. The loss of the Ottomans raises to revolt several Vlachian regions - Acarnania, Thessaly, Epirus and that of the Mani Peninsula in the Peloponnese.


            (The Greek Wikipedia page states that he was from Avdella as well without a single mention of Vlach-speakers.)
            Last edited by Carlin; 05-10-2020, 09:48 AM.

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