JANINA - PRAPAVIJA E SAJ SHQIPTARE

[AgrianShigjetari]

Pershkrimi i meposhtem ofron plot pjese interesante te shtrirjes etnografike te 'Albania proper' sipas shume udhpershkruesve te shek.XIX. Mirepo, ne fund fare teksti permban nje te pavertete te madhe kur thote se 'Janina, Konica etj ishin thjesht pushtime shqiptare' ne nderkohe s'jep as edhe nje fakt te vetem per ta konkretizuar kete te ashtuquajtur pushtim. Sidoqofte, ne rreshta te meposhtem autori vete e kontradikton veten duke dhene informacione te tjera.

The great divisions of modern Albania are inhabited Divisions by the Ngege, the Toske, the Liape, and the Tzami. and tribes. The Ngege possess the northern district as far downward as Kavaia, and the ancientGenusus. Their chief towns are Dultzuni, Skodre, or Scutari; Ales, or Lcssio, Durazzo, Tarane, and Dibre. The Toske occupy the great plains of the Mizakie and Malakastra, which extend from the hills of Dyrrhachium to Berat and Avlona, together with the mountains bordering on the south side of those plains, as far as Lopesi, Tepelini, and Klisara, all of which are situated on the ancient Aous, now called Viosa. They also occupy the mountains which stretch into Macedonia, as far as the distiict of Koretza. Their chief towns are Berat and Elbasan (the ancient Albanopolis); the former being the most important place in Albania, next to Skodre. The wild mountains between Toskeri and the sea coast form the district of the Laipe ; it extends south to the plain of Delvino. The Tzami inhabit all the region south of the river Kalama, anciently called Thyamis, of which the present name of the tribe has been supposed to be a corruption; the country extends inland toward Ioannina, and is called Dai by the Albanians, Tzamoufia by the Greeks. The chief places are Suli (the Selli ofStrabo), Paramithia, Liuarati, Margarita, Parga, and Aghia.
There are inferior districts which have probably been detached from the above by some of the various masters of Albania, comprehending the maritime country opposite Corfu, called Parakalamo, the fertile plain of Delvino, near the ancient Phcerrice, Deropul, Zagoria, and the mountains east of the Deropul, Reze, Khimara, KaraMurata, Premedi and Kolonia. The districts of Ioannina, Paleo-Pogoniana and Konitza, are conquests of the Albanians, rather than a portion of this country, and in the above enumeration of its divisions, those which are purely Albanian, have been followed.

The Albanian or Skipetaric, is not a written language. Sometimes, in the southern provinces, the Albania. Greek characters have been used to represent Albanian words, but as the Greek itself is familiar to the educated classes, it is generally used in writing.

Encyclopaedia metropolitana: or, Universal dictionary of ..., Volume 14 By Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1845, p. 259 - 260

[AgrianShigjetari]

T'me falni nese kete e kam postuar edhe me pare!!!

I am unable to speak with certainty of the population of this city, which I have heard variously estimated from twentyfour to forty, or even fifty thousand. I should conjecture, from the best information I was able to collect, that the real number of inhabitants is about 30,000, exclusively of the Albanian soldiers who are quartered in the place. This population is composed of Greeks, Turks, Albanians, and Jews; the Greeks, piobably, in largest proportion; and certainly most respectable in wealth and acquirements. They, too, are the eldest inhabitants of the city; many of their families, as it is said, having been established here for many centuries: they form the great body of merchants at Ioannina; some are settled officially about the court of the Vizier, as agents and secretaries ; while others, lower in rank, are found in the capacity of shopkeepers and artizans throughout tbe city

Monthly magazine and British register, Volume 39.

[AgrianShigjetari]

Ndonese autori i meposhtem livadhis poshte e perpjete, aksidentalisht ndermjet rreshtash shfaq te verteta qe kundershtojne tedencat e tij:

Tyrant of Ioannina.—Mountains of Epirus never subdued. —Predatory warfare of the Albanians.—Klephts or robbers.—Instances of hardihood and valour.—Manners of the Albanians.— Their Morality.— Their mode of attack.— Paramathians.— Their lawless depredations and cruelty.— Character of Ali Bey, Pacha of Ioannina.—His exploits • while a youth.—His misfortunes.—Find* a treasure which enables him to prosecute his wars.—His credit at Constantinople.—Is appointed Pacha of Ioannina.—His attempts to reduce the Suliots.—His letter to the Suliot Captains.— The reply.—Mosco.—Her prowess.— The Pacha's elevation and power.
The history of the tyrant of Ioannina. is closely connected with that of the Greeks, on whose political changes he exerted great influence, though his conquered dominions extended no further south than Epirus. His capital, Ioannina, or as others call it, Yanina, was situated in Lower Albania, the ancient Epirus. The condition of this country, and that surrounding it, first claims our attention, otherwise the reader will be unable to understand what is to follow.
" * The mountains of Greece have never been completely subdued by the Ottomans. While the Christian inhabitants of the plains either retired before the conquerors, or became their vassals, the hardy peasantry of the mountains retained possession of their native soil, where they were joined by many of the Lowlanders, fleeing from Turkish tyranny. From thence they waged a predatory warfare, which was not confined to their oppressors. The depopulation arising from these circumstances, together with frequent visitations of the plague, had produced, in many of the most fertile parts of Greece, desolation and consequent insalubrity. And the , effects would have been still more extensive, had not the vacancy been in part supplied by successive migrations from Albania and of the Black Sea. The extension of education in Bulgaria, where local wars, Mussulmen persecution, or redundant numbers on a very poor soil, had occasionally caused even greater distress than had driven the Greeks from their native lands. About two centuries ago, a large colony of Christian Albanians settled in Bocotia, Attica and Argolis, and a small tribe passed over into the barren Island of Hydra, where they founded the community which has since been so conspicuous for its commercial enterprize and opulence."

History of the Greek revolution: compiled from official documents of the ... By John Lee Comstock, 1828, p. 86

E dime mire sesa 'greke' ishin epirotet qe erdhen ne Boeti, Atike, Argolis, Hydra, etj.

[ALBPelasgian]

Gjithnje e me shume vie ne shprehje perpjekja kombetare e Ali Pashait per te ringjalle krenarine dhe perforcuar ndjenjen kombetare nder shqiptare.

[Zeus10]

Cdo deshmi mesjetare, tregon, qe greket ishin nje bashkesi, qe u ngrit ne rangun e nje kombi ne menyre te sforcuar. Jo me kot autorja greke, ketu shprehet:

... cfaredo qe te kene qene greket ne lashtesi, ata jane tani(ne fillim te viteve 1800) komplet te papershtatshem per te krijuar ose per tu quajtur e ngritur si nje komb

Dhe kjo per arsyen, se te gjitha keto deshmi thone qe ata jane thjeshte nje rrjet tregetaresh(ndoshta cifute qe flisnin greqisht+mbeturina te Perandorise se Lindjes)



Vete gjuha e tyre, nuk eshte gjuha e nje kombi por eshte:

gjuha e njerezve te ditur, e gjuhes se shkruar dhe e rrjeteve te tregetareve, qe bejne tregeti ne distanca te medha dhe natyrisht e fese dhe administrates

Pra ""greket"" nuk jane vendas aspak, ata ju perkasin valeve te hershme te tregetareve(te pakten ne Janine), qe kurrsesi nuk perbejne nje race, ne kuptimin e mirefillte etnik dhe cfaredo qe ata te kene qene ne lashtesi, nuk mund te zevendesojne njeri-tjetrin ne kete kuptim.

PS. Albpelasgian, besoj se ky eshte materiali qe me kerkove.

[ALBPelasgian]

Te falemnderit Zeus per permbledhjen! Ja tamam ne kete kohe e gjeta edhe faqen e kerkuar:



...qe verteton ate qe kemi thene edhe me pare per 'greqizmen' e Epirit.

[ALBPelasgian]

Henry Fanshawe Tozer, etnograf i njohur, pergjithesisht ka shkruajtur ne menyre realistike per shqiptaret duke evidentuar lashtesine e tyre, territorin, traditat dhe heronjte kombetar te tyre: Leken e Madh, Pirron, Skenderbeun e Aliun.

Nje pjese intriguese me duket pershkrimi i tij ne lidhje me Epirin si dhe (para) gjykimet e tij ne lidhje me atlasin demografik te Epirit.

1) Autori e nis ne menyre korrekte duke bere lokalizimin e sakte: Souther Albania or Epirus
2) Gjirokastren e konsideron si pike-pjekje midis dy "nacionaliteteve" sipas tij - shqiptareve dhe grekeve (!!!).
3) Edhe pse e ben kete ndarje autori prape thote se pertej Gjirokastres ne Shqiperine Jugore mund te ndahet ne dy pjese:
a) Ne lindje te Janines, lugines se saj, Artes dhe Aspropotamo popullata eshte "pure Greek" (gje qe s'eshte e vertete per shkak se ne Janine (qyteti) dhe ne lindje te saj gjejme shume vendbanime shqiptare ne mesin e zonave vllahe. Pra, autori do te qe me i sakte sikur te thoshte qe pjesa ne lindje te Janines banohet prej vlleheve ose vlleheve te helenizuar.
b) Ne perendim te Janines vendi banohet prej dy "racave": shqiptareve dhe 'grekeve' dhe ketu autori merr si shembull Suliotet 'pure Albanians' qe ne familje flisnin vetem shqip u identifikuan si 'grek' meqe trimeria e vlerat e tyre rane me teper ne sy gjate kohes per pavaresine e Greqise (sa term i pasakte ky i fundmi!).
4) Nderkohe kur autori pershkruan qytetin e madh te Janines, ben kategorizime fetare: te krishtere grek (qe do te thote te krishtere ortodoks), muslimane dhe cifute.

Me nje fjale e meta e udhepershkruesve te shumte eshte qe bejne pergjithesime te ngutshme si pasoje e ngaterresave qe i shkaktonte perdorimi i 'gjuhes zyrtare' te tregtise dhe kishes ne Epir. E folura zyrtare s'perben kurrfare prove per te foluren vernakulare sic deshmon me konkretisht rasti i Sulioteve.
Me nje fjale, modeli i Sulioteve duhet te merret si intepretim i 'greqizmes' (menyres si u konceptua ajo) per mbare Epirin. Ta zeme edhe vllehet te cilet qe moti rane ne kurthin e Kishes e tregtise perdornin 'greqishten'. Mirepo a i bente kjo grek ata?

A eshte korrekt interpretimi im i librit te Tozerit?
Do te doja edhe mendimin tuaj te dashur forumiste!

[elikranon]

2) Gjirokastren e konsideron si pike-pjekje midis dy "nacionaliteteve" sipas tij - shqiptareve dhe grekeve (!!!).

Kete e mbeshtesin shumica e autoreve. P.sh. meqe ti me flet per vendbanime shqiptare me permend qofte edhe nje vendbanim shqiptar ne vijen Janine - Gjirokaster.

3) Edhe pse e ben kete ndarje autori prape thote se pertej Gjirokastres ne Shqiperine Jugore mund te ndahet ne dy pjese:
a) Ne lindje te Janines, lugines se saj, Artes dhe Aspropotamo popullata eshte "pure Greek" (gje qe s'eshte e vertete per shkak se ne Janine (qyteti) dhe ne lindje te saj gjejme shume vendbanime shqiptare ne mesin e zonave vllahe.

Edhe ketu te njejten gje, me permend nje vendbanim shqiptar ne lindje te Janines?

4) Nderkohe kur autori pershkruan qytetin e madh te Janines, ben kategorizime fetare: te krishtere grek (qe do te thote te krishtere ortodoks), muslimane dhe cifute.

Mesa duket numri i Shqiptareve ne Janine ishte aq i vogel, saqe shume autore permendin vetem 3 komunitetet kryesore te Janines: Greket, Turqit dhe Hebrejte.

Ta zeme edhe vllehet te cilet qe moti rane ne kurthin e Kishes e tregtise perdornin 'greqishten'. Mirepo a i bente kjo grek ata?

Po ne Shqiperi kane ndonje status me te mire Vllehet? Gjer me 1990 as qe permendeshin gjekundi bile!

A eshte korrekt interpretimi im i librit te Tozerit?
Do te doja edhe mendimin tuaj te dashur forumiste![/quote]

[erix77]

Mesa duket numri i Shqiptareve ne Janine ishte aq i vogel, saqe shume autore permendin vetem 3 komunitetet kryesore te Janines: Greket, Turqit dhe Hebrejte.

Tani na bere te qeshim

[ALBPelasgian]

Kete e mbeshtesin shumica e autoreve. P.sh. meqe ti me flet per vendbanime shqiptare me permend qofte edhe nje vendbanim shqiptar ne vijen Janine - Gjirokaster.

I nderuari elikranon. Pergjigjjen per keto qe parashtroni e kemi dhene kahere ne kete teme. Sidomos prurjet e vazhdueshme te AgrianShigjetarit jane te mjaftueshme per te dhene sqarimin e duhur. Sidoqofte per hir te debatit te drejte po ju pergjigjem ne pyetjen tuaj te mesiperme:

Harry Holand:

The principal cities of Albania, exclusively of Ioannina and Arta, are Scutari [Shkodra], Durazzo [Durrës], Berat, Avlona [Vlora], Ochrida, Kastoria, Argyro-Kastro [Gjirokastra], Delvino [Delvina], Permeti [Përmet], Paramithia, &c. Though I have frequently termed Ali Pasha the Vizier of Albania, it must be noticed that all the tract described under this name has not fallen within his power; and that the city of Durazzo, together with the whole Pashalik of Scutari, belong to other authorities. Berat, Argyro-Kastro, and other of the places just mentioned, have only lately been annexed to his territory, to which they form an addition of very great political importance.

duke folur per greket, autori ne fjale thote:

In the country to the north of Ioannina, they are rarely seen; but in Thessaly, they probably compose nearly two-thirds of the number of inhabitants; and in the district to the south of the river Hellada, and Thermophylae, comprising the ancient Doris, Phocis, and a part of Boeotia, their proportion is still more considerable.[/size]

Me tej thote se fjala Shqiptar eshte sinonim per Epirin:

The Albanian peasant or soldier, words which in this country seem to be almost synonimous, is here seen in the completeness of his national character and costume.

Sami Frasheri duke fole per Vilajetin e Janines thote:

As to the population, two-thirds of the people are Muslims and one-third Christians. Aside from this, all the Muslims are Albanians as are most of the Christians. Only in the Sandjak of Janina are there also Vlach and Greek villagers. The Albanian Christians have expressed their desire to read and write in their own language.

http://www.albanianhistory.net/texts19/AH1889_1.html

Nderkaq ne vijim kam nderin te bej publike mbase edhe per here te pare dy pasazhe tjera po kaq domethenese:

During the troubles caused by the weakness of the Eastern emperors, the name of Albania was common to the greatest part of Illyria and Epirus.

The life of Ali Pacha, of Jannina: late vizier of Epirus, surnamed ... - Page 12
Alph. de Beauchamp - 1823

Dr. Pinkerton, on his voyage from Athens to Constantinople, ascertained that the inhabitants of the islands of Paroa, Hydra, and Specie, distinguished by their number of fine ships and extensive commerce, are not Greeks, as had been repeat* edly asserted, but Albanians. He says of them:
They are in the same deplorable state of ignorance about religion as their brethren iu the mountains of Epirus. When, in addition to this, we take into consideration, that not merely the inhabitants of ancient Illyria and Epirus speak the Albanian,' but that one-third of the inhabitants of Athens, a great part of the population of Attica and of the Mores, are also Albanians, and speak the same language, less or more corrupted, tho vast importance of a Version of the Holy Scriptures in the most commonly understood dialect of that language will more forcibly appear.
Of late years, the inhabitants of Hydra and Specia have acquired great wealth by their commercial concerns; but, until the'language of their family circles become a written language, and tho Sacred Writings are to be read in it, they never can make any lasting advances in genuine civilization. I ; found the Pariotes a race of the most ignorant, rude, and barbarous people that ever I was among. How much they need the humanizing principles of the Gospel! I never suffered so much barbarous treatment from any class of men, during these fourteen years that I have been a traveller among civilised and uncivilized nations, as I endured the seventeen days which I passed among tho Pariotes !
A translation of the New Testament into the Albanian Language has entwined itself about my heart, for these several years past, in such a way that I literally could nut get rid of it: and though at Corfu the prospect began to open, yet nothing decisive was theie effected. No—I must Srst visit Athens, learn the vast extent of the Albanian Po* pulation, suffer the most unkind and even cruel treatment of the Albanians of Paros, in order rightly to understand the importance of this work, and the great need there was for losing no ttm* in getting it undertaken, for the sake Of the numerous tribes of Albanians.
I have now found the man who, I hope,* is des* tined to bestow the great blessing upon his brethren* of giving them the New Testament in their native tongue. His name is Evaugelos Mexicos. He has been very highly recommended to me by some of the 6rst Dignitaries of the Greek Communlon/as a person eminently qualified for the work. He Is well known to the Greek Patriarch of Constantinople, who has also highly approved of the undertaking, and has promised to send for one or two Ecclesiastics well skilled in the Albanian Language, with a view to aid Dr. Mexicos in his labours, and render the Version as perfect as possible before it is put to the press.
We propose to print it with the text of Hilarion's Translation, in parallel columns. This will render it more useful in the 'first instance ; as there are such a number of Albanians who are but imperfectly acquainted with the Modern Greek, ami of Greeks who understand but imperfectJy the Albanian. These will more easily learn to read and understand the precise truths of the Gospel, when presented to them in the two languages, than la either of them separately

Missionary register, Volume 9 By Church Missionary Society, 1821, p.30

Edhe ketu te njejten gje, me permend nje vendbanim shqiptar ne lindje te Janines?

Po edhe P.Aravandinos-i e ka pranuar qe te pakten ka enklava bashkesi shqiptare ne jug te Janines. Shiko harten e meposhtme:

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Mesa duket numri i Shqiptareve ne Janine ishte aq i vogel, saqe shume autore permendin vetem 3 komunitetet kryesore te Janines: Greket, Turqit dhe Hebrejte.

Per kete lirisht i hidh nje sy dokumenteve qe i ka sjelle Agriani ne kete teme, por edhe temen tjeter 'Epiri-Perkatesia e tij shqiptare'

[AgrianShigjetari]

ELIKRANON lexoje kete:


The present inhabitants of the ancient Epirus are known to Western Europeans as Albanians... Albanian villages are, however, scattered on the eastern slopes of Mount Pindus, on the opposite coast of Calabria, and in the island of Hydra on the eastern coast of the Morea. They are a rude and illiterate, but brave and warlike race

Fraser's magazine: Volume 13
James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch, Thomas Carlyle - 1876

Upper or Northern Albania formed part of the Illyria of the Romans; Lower or Southern Albania corresponds to ancient Epirus. The inhabitants form a peculiar people, the Albanians, called by the Turks Arnauts, and by themselves

Chamber's encyclopaedia: a dictionary of universal knowledge: Volume 1, 1888

The greater part of Albania is formed by a series of long and very narrow valleys running across the Belt from an ... of eastern Macedonia and western Thrace, Bulgars. The Greeks, so-called, of Epirus are mostly Albanians or Vlachs. ...

The Geographical journal: Volume 41
Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1913

To this class belong a great number of Kurd, Arabic, and Tartar tribes, the Mohammedan Bosniaks, and the Albanians, the inhabitants of ancient Epirus. Foreigners in Turkey are considered as Rayas, but they are protected by the authority .

The English Cyclopaedia: Geography By Charles Knight, 1867, p.917

[AgrianShigjetari]

Teksti i meposhtem permban te verteta por nganjehere edhe keqinterpretime (rasti i Sulioteve shqiptare):

. The province of Albania, which extends along the Adriatic and Ionian Seas from the borders of Dalmatia to Greece, is inhabited by a brave but ignorant people, who have often signalized themselves in war; thev are called Araauts by the Turks, and are characterized by their hardihood and great bodily strength, by their activity and courage, and by their simple mode of life : the majority of them profess themselves disciples of the Greek church. Albania was the country of the famous prince George Castriot, generally known by the name of Scanderbeg, who, with a small army, opposed for many years all the power of the Turks, and beat them in twenty-two battles. At his death, he left his country to the Venetians ; hut they were unable to maintain the inland part of it, which was accordingly soon reduced by Mahomet the 2d, and bis successors finally made themselves masters of the whole province.

31. The chief town of Albania is Janina, or Joannina as it is also written, situated in the Southern part of the province, on the Western shores of a cognominal lake, and not far from the site of the old oracle of Dodona. It is about five miles in circumference, and is surrounded by a wall; it possesses two tolerably respectable academies, and the inhabitants are represented as more polished and better educated than in almost any other Greek town ; they consist chiefly of Greeks and Albanians, with a few Turks and Jews. Janina was founded in the 15th century, and in the beginning of tiie 19th it became famous as the capital of the late monster Ali Pacha, a chief who exercised unlimited power, and brought under his dominion not only the province which had been originally committed to his charge, but the whole of Albania and a considerable part of Thessaly. By extortion and rapine he contrived to secure himself an ample revenue, and to defend himself from the vengeance of the Porte by a powerful standing army ; but be fell a victim at last to his own perfidy and cruelty.

32. About 30 miles to the S. W. of Janina, and about 10 from the Ionian Sea, lies the district of Souli, the country of the brave Souliotes, who defended themselves for nearly 20 years against the invasions of Ali Pacha. They were a tribe of Greeks, about 10,000 in number, who maintained themselves for some time in the form of an independent republic: their country contained about 18 villages, and was almost surrounded by inaccessible mountains. It was not till the year 1803 that Ali Pacha succeeded in depriving them of their liberty, when many of those who escaped from his barbarity, took service in Russia and France: their country is at present, like all the rest of Albania, subject to the Porte. Farther S. is Arta, situated on the left bank of a river of the same name, which runs into the Gulf of Arta; it is the residence of several European consuls, and its inhabitants, about 6,000 in number, carry on a considerable trade. Valeria, or Avlona as it is also called, stands on a gulf of the same name, about the centre of Albania, and opposite the South Eastern extremity of Italy; it has an indifferent port, but its situation renders it an important place, and adds materially to its commerce.

A grammar of modern geography. [With] Praxis By Aaron Arrowsmith, 1832, p.187

Me kete s'dua ta mohoj qe ne Janine ka pase edhe etni te tjera sepse duke dite mirfilli rendesine e saj strategjike e ekonomike atehere domosdo ajo ka terhjeke njerez prej t'gjitha aneve:

Janina stands upon the declivities of a range of hills, which slope down to a beautiful lake on the eastern side. Its population, Jews, Turks, Albanians, Greeks, and Armenians, exceed 40000 souls

Museum: Volume 2 - Page 197 Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell - 1823 -

por prapseprape asnjeri s'e fsheh dot qe nese hyn ne Janine hyn ne toke shqiptare:

I was lately at Janina, in Albania, where a friend of mine, a Greek gentleman, is established as a physician.

Lean's Collectanea - Page 467 Vincent Stuckey Lean - 2009

[AgrianShigjetari]

Edhe ky pamflet qe avokon 'Helenicitetin' e Epirit dhe te "drejten legjitime" per me u bashkue me Greqine pranon qe pjeset qe potencialisht do te cedoheshin prej Greqise ishin prapseprape jo-greke:

But while Turkey objected
to yielding anything except a small slice of
territory on the Gulf of Volo, Greece, encour-
aged by France, not only claimed the whole of
the basins drained by the two rivers referred
to in the Berlin Treaty, but also several dis-
tricts lying to the north of those basins. The
boundary suggested by Greece in December,
1879, embraced a territory of 9,400 square
miles, with a population of 650,000 souls. It
will be seen that Greece cLiimed about 900
square miles, with 115,000 inhabitants, more
than the Berlin conference was found willing to
concede. Greece, however, is to be put in pos-
session of Janina, which lies within the basin
of the Kalamas. Its lake, draining into that
river through underground channels, has been
allotted to Greece, but not the main road
which connects the capital of Epirus with the
coast opposite Corfu. The district of the Za-
gory, on the upper Vovussa or Viossa, which
has been, since 1850, in the enjoyment of auton-
omous institutions, is cut in twain by the new
boundary. In Thessaly, on the other hand,
Greece has obtained nearly all she demanded,
and the valley of Tempe and the lofty ranges
of Olympus are to lie within the territory of
the Hellenes. According to nationality, there
live in the territory to be ceded to Greece, in
accordance with the Berlin conference, about
366,000 Greeks, 80,000 Zinzars, 50,000 Alba-
nians, 45,000 Turks, and 4,000 Jews. In Thes-
saly the fertile plains extending between La-
rissa, Pharsala, and Volo are almost wholly in
the occupation of Turkish agriculturists. The
ranges of the Pindus, which separate Thessaly
from Epirus, are inhabited by Zinzars, Kutzo,
or Pindo-Wallachians, a Latin race akin to the
Roumanians, and, like them, supposed to be the
descendants of Roman legionaries. These Zin-
zars are a thrifty people, who readily amalga-
mate with the Greeks. In Epirus, though the
Greeks are in a majority, there exists a strong
Albanian element. The Mohammedan Alba-
nians, not exceeding 15,000 in number, seem
to be averse to be severed from their country-
men in the north ; but not so the Christian
Albanians. None fought more vigorously for
Greek independence than the Albanian Suli-
otes. Greek is universally understood through-
out Epirus.

Appletons' annual cyclopaedia and register of important events: Volume 5, 1885

Eshte budallek i pacipe te thuhet se Suliotet luftuan per pavaresine e Greqise ne nje kohe kur koncepti i Greqise ishte teresisht i paperfytyrueshem.

'Greqishtja' eshte kuptuar gjithandej Epirit per shkak se sikunder e kemi vene re qe gjuhe zyrtare e tregtise gjithandej Ballkanit.

Cedimin e Epirit ne favor te Greqise nuk e kane kundershtuar vetem Shqiptaret Muslimane por edhe ata te Krishtere. Vete fakti qe ka pase luftime midis te krishtereve dhe ushtrise se Greqise tregon per 'vullnetin' e te pareve per t'iu bashkangjite Greqise.

[elikranon]

Kete e mbeshtesin shumica e autoreve. P.sh. meqe ti me flet per vendbanime shqiptare me permend qofte edhe nje vendbanim shqiptar ne vijen Janine - Gjirokaster.

I nderuari elikranon. Pergjigjjen per keto qe parashtroni e kemi dhene kahere ne kete teme. Sidomos prurjet e vazhdueshme te AgrianShigjetarit jane te mjaftueshme per te dhene sqarimin e duhur. Sidoqofte per hir te debatit te drejte po ju pergjigjem ne pyetjen tuaj te mesiperme:

I nderuari AlbPelasgian.
Bera nje pyetje shume konkrete. Me permendni nje vendbanim shqiptar ne vijen Janine-Gjirokaster. Dmth ne pellgun e Janines dhe luginen e Drinos. Edhe po gjete ndonje do jete i rrethuar nga dhjetra vendbanime greke. Dhe sipas asaj qe thoni ju, por e zbatoni ne menyre eklektike, popullsia rurale percakton karakterin e popullsise se nje rajoni.

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Eshte budallek i pacipe te thuhet se Suliotet luftuan per pavaresine e Greqise ne nje kohe kur koncepti i Greqise ishte teresisht i paperfytyrueshem.

Eshte budallallek te thuhet se ata luftonin,por s`dinin per cfare luftonin!