by historian and author Feri Arifi

Summary

Feri Aifi corrects academician Atanasije Urošević’s 1930 claim that the Memishallarë neighbourhood in Tanushë had only about 17 houses. According to the author, there were actually 55 houses. He lists 44 households by name, divided into two neighbourhoods: Memishallarë (mainly Veseli, Arifi, Neziri and Xhaferi families) and Rexhollët (mainly Selimi and Rexha families). The author accuses Urošević of deliberately undercounting and making intentional errors in his ethnographic records of Albanian villages.

Tanush

According to academician Atanasije Urošević in 1930, who stated that the Memishallarë neighbourhood had around 17 houses, but in reality there were 55 houses. I am now presenting 44 of them.

1. Din Veseli
2. Baki Veseli
3. Jahi Veseli
4. Beram Veseli
5. Ali, Xhemail and Nexhip Veseli
6. Avdi Maliq Arifi
7. Haziz Arifi
8. Tefik Arifi
9. Hisni and Arif Arifi
10. Man Arifi
11. Riza Arifi
12. Kadri Arifi
13. Hafiz Arifi
14. Ramadan Neziri
15. Sinan Neziri
16. Berat Neziri
17. Fazli Arifi
18. Ram Xhaferi
19. Xhema Xhaferi
20. Sallah Xhaferi
21. Taf Xhaferi
22. Lita Xhaferi
23. Memish Xhaferi
24. Musli Xhaferi
25. Selam Xhaferi
26. Veli Xhaferi
27. Nebia Xhaferi
28. Shema Xhaferi
29. Elez Xhaferi
30. Haki Xhaferi

Rexhollët (Rexhallë neighbourhood)

31. Bektesh Selimi
32. Tahir Selimi
33. Ismail Selimi
34. Qahil Selimi
35. Llut Selimi
36. Hasip and Mirtë Selimi
37. Ibish Selimi
38. Rashit Selimi
39. Mehmet Selimi
40. Rakip Selimi
41. Bexhet Selimi
42. Beqir Rexha
43. Sahit Rexha
44. Rexhep Rexhepi

This is the writing of Atanasije Urošević, who has lied a lot, not just a little. He has surely made deliberate mistakes in the other neighbourhoods as well.