When Albanians lived in Kragujevc (Kragujevac) in 1813

Written by Petrit Latifi

On the following passage written in Serbian, discovered by Feri Arifi, we can read:
“Kragjuevci has 32 Serbian houses,and 164 Albanian houses. In 1813, there lived 308 Serbs and 1099 Albanians”.

Full text:

“The period of the first uprising Kragujevac axhiret Shqiptar The manistic and territorial development of Kragujevac falls only behind the rest of the uprising, and there is hardly any mention of Kragujevac from the time of the first uprising. All that is known is that until the first uprising Kragujevac had the appearance of a “real Turkish town” 000 Kragujevac was liberated and cleansed of the Turks at the beginning of the uprising. On New Year’s Day 1813, the National Assembly of the insurgent Serbia was held in Kragujevac. About ten years before the first uprising, Kragujevac is mentioned as a settlement with 32 Serbian and 164 Turkish houses.”

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