Written by Petrit Latifi

Various historical documents speak of Albanians (Arnaut) in the Bulgarian regions of Razgrad and Poroishte.

“… Rumors say that these local Albanians carried long ” Gegaliji rifles ” and bravely defended themselves against the Daali ( Kardzhali ) . who in groups of 2-300 men roamed the land , having a permanent camp in the fort …”¹

The mosque of Razgrad was built by an Albanian lord

“… Albanian : Leka , Gjin , Skef and also names which point to a long cohabitation with or near Greeks ( Yani ) and … Razgrad , that the great mosque of the town was built by a Turkish lord of high rank who was of Albanian origin …”²

“… the rich village of Arnautköy (Bey Arnaut , today the village of Poroiste, which is united with Razgrad ) in the vicinity of Razgrad “³

“… Arnaut and Bej – Arnaut near Razgrad , older people still remember individual Albanian words. Numerous Albanian colonies were located around Provadija: in Dobrina (Dizdarköi), in the now Turkish Eski Arnautlar…”⁴

“… Arnaut i Kara – Arnaut in Razgradsko. Arnauts in the vicinity of Trnov speak a special Greek dialect, from which I cite a few words: pljalo (I run away), pljaliksa (I ran away), gorča, bulh. kruša (pear), gorčja (pear tree) …”⁵

The mosque of Razgrad built by an Albanian lord.

References

1. https://books.google.se/books?id=-Z8TAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA627&dq=kara-arnaut&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwizsdiQ3aaLAxWQLBAIHd6cNEc4FBDoAXoECAoQAw
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2. https://books.google.se/books?id=rnRpAAAAMAAJ&q=Razgrad+albanian&dq=Razgrad+albanian&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&printsec=frontcover&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj-ys_K3qaLAxWsKhAIHSjOH_o4ChDoAXoECAwQAw ↩︎
3. https://books.google.se/books?id=rR1pAAAAMAAJ&q=Razgrad+arnaut&dq=Razgrad+arnaut&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&printsec=frontcover&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjUiJa33aaLAxV2ExAIHbvmI0M4ChDoAXoECAYQAw ↩︎
4. https://books.google.se/books?id=idE2vAnMhJQC&pg=PA125&dq=Razgrad+arnaut&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiSlYDy26aLAxXQGRAIHQy6OvwQ6AF6BAgMEAM ↩︎
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   https://books.google.se/books?id=7W6VBrAwhhEC&pg=PA4&dq=kara-arnaut&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjh8P373KaLAxVlBxAIHdq9I244ChDoAXoECAoQAw ↩︎