Medieval Albanians mentioned in 1200, 1278, 1288, 1330, 1340, 1347 and 1371

Albanians Ciprjiani from Tivar (Qiprijani?) in 1288, Stjepan from Shkodër (Shtjefen) in 1340, Andrija from Shkodra and Andrija from Durrës in 1347 in Dubrovnik

"... (Zadar) we meet quite a number of priests, monks and clerics originating from Albania and neighboring countries. In Dubrovnik, we can list only a few whose names are found in archival records of the 14th and 15th centuries (there were probably more), such as: Ciprijan from Bar, who was sent by Pope Nicholas IV together with Marina from Dubrovnik in 1288. as his envoy to Queen Jelena; Stjepan from Shkodra, vicar of the Little Brothers monastery in 1340; Andrija from Shkodra, guardian in 1347: Andrija from Durres in 1371."1

Pop Dukljanin mentioning Albanians in 1200:

" ... (p. 82). All this is clear from the introductory words to the Chronicle itself. The period before which this yearbook could not have been created is approximately 1148-1149. The term, after which it already existed, cannot be determined exactly.

With many reasons, Šišić can say that "The Chronicle was written around 1200 at the latest, that is, as it is already of the same pope, written in Slavic in his younger years. If that were the case, it would speak even more for the fact that Pop made the Latin translation close to the year 1200, because the libel must have already been in Bar in 1177.

However, Šišić's explanation of the libel does not seem plausible to me from a simple reason why not even completely dreamy representations of the Slavic national memory, pop Dukljanin from Bar (Antibari) narrates around the year 1200 and this:
"At the council in Duvanjsko polje, King Sventopelek (Svetopuk) divided Primorje into two provinces. The first was of Albanian descent, they live in the XIII century. century around Dubrovnik and Kotor, and visible in Montenegrin and Herzegovina place names (Goljemade in 1441, Beri in 1444, Šignon, Šekulare, Burmazi near Stolac in 1300), they soon withered..."2


Albanians of Komoran in Montenegro in 13303
"The chrysobull of Decan of 1330 gives us more com-
plete information on the presence of the Albanians in the
region of Montenegro where, among the inhabitants of
the village of Komoran of that region, a Progon m is
mentioned, whereas when the inhabitants of that village
are again mentioned in connection with other problems,
one of its inhabitants there is a Gon... "

Pali, Bushati, Gjurg Danci, Gin Qerovi, Gjon Mihali, Dminko and Andre, Gjerni Bardhi, Pjeter Grubnia, Pal Gjon Gjergersh Golemi, Tanush and Nikolla Pal Mtrasa

"Most of the Albanian names are found among the
inhabitants of the village of Kushevo in which these
names appear: Pali and Bushati with their children,
Gjurg Danci, Gin Qerosoviq, Gon Mihali, Dminko and
Andre ja, Gjerni Bardhi with his children, Pjeter Grubnia
and Pal Gjon Gjegersh Golemi with their children and
brother Tanushi and Nikolla Pal Mtrasa with his brother
and children, Mark. . . i . . . Mark and . . . Burmadhi and
his brother with Shurin Dminko Bardhi and children,
Nikolle Kaltaniqi with his brother Pal Bythedosa, Lazori
Dminko Danci and children Nikolle Derri, Lazer Leti and
the Greek woman with her children Nikolle Leti Pal
Necaci Andre Neraci Dminko Progoni .. "

Among these inhabitants who have preserved the
Albanian names or the arbanas attribute, which reveals
their ethnic belonging, is a Petar Thomocic m . As
the writer used the Greek leter "theta" to write the
surname of Pjeter, we suppose that he must have heard
that sound in these regions and confirm our supposition
with the fact that this sound does not exist in the Slavonic phonological system, therefore he borrowed the Greek letter theta to write it more accurately (although if accuracy there is, it remains the first and last of these
letters in these documents) according to its pronunciation."

Albanians mentioned in 1278

"Historian Milan Suff lay writes the following in his
sociological study «Povijest sjevernih Arbanasa» (Arhiv
IL 227): «In 1278 the groups of Albanians are mentioned around the Cemv River or in Albanian Cemi, a branch of
Moraca (A. Alb 1, 386, 650, 759). A document of the
Decan monastery (1330) mentions many Albanian vil-
lages between the Lim and the Drin i Bardhe rivers.

As can be seen from the compact masses of Albanians
near Dubrovnik and Kotorr in the 13th century, au-
tochthonous Illyrian remnants have existed everywhere
here.» (Sufflay, Ungarische Rundschau 5/1916, 11), In
his book Dubrovnik i okolina, Naselje i porklo stanov-
mstva, book 23, 1926, he says that Albanians are men-
tioned since the 13th century; At! the end of the 13th
century they are mentioned as being merchants, labourers
of different . trades and especially as friars and priests
because the people of Dubrovnik did not prefer priest-
hood at a time when trade and sailing were flourishing
(Thalloczy, Jirecek, Sufflay, Acta Albaniae. Vienna I 1913"

References
  1. https://www.google.se/books/edition/Samostan_Male_Bra%C4%87e_u_Dubrovniku/bOIKAAAAIAAJ?hl=sv&gbpv=1&bsq=albanskog+1300&dq=albanskog+1300&printsec=frontcover ↩︎
  2. https://www.google.se/books/edition/Izabrani_politi%C4%8Dki_spisi/dXJOAAAAMAAJ?hl=sv&gbpv=1&bsq=albanskog+1300&dq=albanskog+1300&printsec=frontcover ↩︎
  3. https://archive.org/stream/TheAlbaniansAndTheirTerritories/The%20Albanians%20and%20their%20Territories_djvu.txt ↩︎

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