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americanPl
Before Serbs lost at Kosovopolije, and ottomans imported the muslim arnauts, there WAS NO SUCH THING AS ALBANIAN THERE.
The Decani chrysobulls (1321–31) of Serbian king Stefan Decanski contains a detailed list of households and villages in Metohija and northwestern Albania. The first charter concludes that this region was ethnically Serb.[15] 89 settlements with 2,666 households were recorded, out of which 86 were Serb (96,6%), and 3 were Albanian (3,3%); there were 2,166 livestock households of 2,666 agricultural households, out of which 2,122 were Serb (98%), and 44 were Albanian (2%).[16]
The Ottoman cadastral tax census (defter) of 1455 in the Brankovic lands (covering most of present-day Kosovo) recorded:13,000 Serb dwellings present in all 480 villages and towns
75 Vlach dwellings in 34 villages
46 Albanian dwellings in 23 villages
17 Bulgarian dwellings in 10 villages
5 Greek dwellings in Lauša, Vucitrn
1 Jewish dwelling in Vucitrn
1 Croat dwelling
Out of all names mentioned in this census, conducted by the Ottomans in 1455, covering areas of most of present-day Kosovo, 95.88% of all names were of Serbian origin, 1.90% of Roman origin, 1.56% of uncertain origin, 0.26% of Albanian origin, 0.25% of Greek origin, etc.[18][19]
: The 1582–83 defter of the Sanjak of Scutari recorded the Pec nahiya as having 235 villages of which some 30 have Albanian families besides the majorital Orthodox Serbs. The Altun-li nahiya had 41 villages with a Serb majority and Albanian minority.[20]
1591[edit]
Ottoman defter from 1591:[21]
Ottoman defter from 1591:[21]
Prizren – Serbian majority, significant Albanian minority
Gora – Serbian.
Opolje – Albanian Muslim.
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