Population of Macedonia and Adjacent Areas

[Liberator of Makedonija]

Originally Posted by Carlin

It appears that Catholic Albanians could possess arms, to some extent.


Uskup (Skopia), August 11, 1883







~ 1883, Arthur Evans: Some Observations on the Present State of Dardania

https://mobile.twitter.com/DecaniMon...78006521696262

So some kind of Austrian pressure resulted in Catholics being able to hold arms?

[Carlin]

In 1467 many Christians from Skopje, Ohrid, Serres and Kastoria were forcibly deported to Elbasan.


Shukarova, Aneta; Mitko B. Panov; Dragi Georgiev; Krste Bitovski; Academician Ivan Katardžiev; Vanche Stojchev; Novica Veljanovski; Todor Chepreganov (2008), Todor Chepreganov (ed.), History of the Macedonian People, Skopje: Institute of National History, p. 133, ISBN 978-9989-159-24-4, OCLC 276645834, retrieved 26 December 2011, At the same time or nearly in 1467 the citizens from Skopje, ...were expa-triated to the Albanian city of Konjuh (Elbasan), which was constructedas a fortress to help the fighting against Skender-Bey. ... these Christians from Skopje as Elbasan's citizens appeared other families from Ohrid, Kastoria and Serres that were compulsorily moved into this city..."

[Carlin]

THE FIRST ALBANIAN EDUCATOR, NAUM VEKILHARDZHI

"... inherited an interest in the Slavic heritage of Albanian writing and culture from his father, Panayot Vekilhardzhi, an Albanized Aroman."

[Carlin]

About the Turkish-speaking element in urban Prizren, this is what Austro-Hungarian consul in Prizren Oscar Prochaska had to say in 1908

https://twitter.com/albanianstats/st...DQ4fqI1JguAAAA