Mekiš
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Mekiš | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 43°13′25″N 21°47′38″E / 43.2236°N 21.7939°E | |
Country | Serbia |
District | Nišava District |
Municipality | Doljevac |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Mekiš (Albanian: Mekishi) is a village situated in Doljevac municipality in Serbia.[1]
History
[edit]Mekiš (Albanian: Mekishi) had 30 houses inhabited by Serbians and 1 house inhabited by Albanians before the Expulsion of the Albanians took place in 1877–1878.[2] All Albanians left the Doljevac region by force of the Serbian army and fled to modern-day Kosovo, which was back then the Vilayet of Kosovo of the Ottoman Empire. These Albanians became known as Muxhahirs and were demographically Albanians of the Gheg dialect and Muslims.
References
[edit]- ^ Institut national d'études démographique (INED) Archived 2014-07-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Expulsion of Albanians from the Sanjak of Nish" (PDF). State Agency of Kosovo Archives. p. 20.