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19) Brief chronicle in a
Menaion
of Saint Basil’s monastery in the
homonym village, Shën Vasil, September 5, 1830
Note 5. In September 5, 1830 sultan
Mahmud (II) sent Sader Yikşemi to
Ioannina and occupied all of Albania
and imposed a penalty to our villages
with the pretext that he liberated us
from the third [i.e. tax] which Ali Pasha
levied from us. I, Spiro Prifti, am
writing these in memory thereof.
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20) Brief chronicle in a
Menaion
of Saint Basil’s monastery in the
homonym village, Shën Vasil, December 6, 1839
Note 2. In December 6 of the year 1839
Xhelio Picari together with Kurvelesh
and Vlora’s river destroyed the çiftliks
of Delvina; he made great robbery and
stealing and stripping them off their
property and animals; the poor Chris -
tians went out asking for mercy. On the
same year unprecedented high prices
were observed. Corn came to cost 80
kuruş per sack ... while in the Albanian
Vlora and Berat and Korça reached 120
to 150 kuruş per sack... Spiro Prifti from
Shën Vasil, I am writing in memory
thereof.
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21) Brief chronicle in a
Menaion
of Saint Basil’s monastery in the
homonym village, Shën Vasil, December 20, 1845
Note 6. In December 20 of the year
1845 the Albanians submitted to the
sultan and also provided their children
as soldiers; these were recruited in the
regular army (nizam army), one young
for every four households... Archiman -
drite Agathangelos
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22) Brief chronicle in a
Menaion
of Saint Basil’s monastery in the
homonym village, Shën Vasil, May 1, 1847
Note 7. In May 1 of the year 1847 the
Albanians gathered in council and revol -
ted against the sultan with Gjoleka
(Gjon Leka) from the village of Kuçi,
Hoto from Nivica Lopësi... as their
heads. They fought against the sultan’s
pashas until September 15 ... Then Mu -
sir Pasha came ... burnt two villages as
well as Kuçi ... and the Albanians sub -
mitted ... Archimandrite Agathangelos.
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23) Brief chronicle in a
Menaion
of Saint Basil’s monastery in the
homonym village
Note 9. In the year 1848 Gjon Leka
reached Istanbul, got amnesty of his
misdoing and the sultan gave him of -
fices; while he released the other elders
of the Albanians whom he had impri -
soned... The archimandrite Agathangelos
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24) Brief chronicle in a
Menaion
of Saint Basil’s monastery in the
homonym village, Shën Vasil, February 1854
Note 9. In the year 1854, on February
the 20
th
the entire Kurvelesh (Labëria)
gathered in Delvina by Suleyman bey
and demanded from the Christians of
Himarra and Rizomata to enlist for war,
too. On the contrary, if they disobey
and do not side themselves against the
enemies of the Kingdom, they will kill
them all... The archimandrite Agathangelos
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Note how their religion is described first as catholic and then orthodox, or it has something to do with who they are addressing their letters Truth is nobody helped, we were all alone in fighting the turks.
Himariote last names are mostly catholic.
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