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This website (PDF) says: The North Albanians are divided into tribes or clans; those to the north being grouped under the designation of Malissori, or men of the Black Mountains, including the Clementi, Castrati, Hoti, Skreli, and other tribes; ... A New York Times article about the Malissori in conflict with the Turks is from 1 August 1911.

Don't you suppose they are probably Serbians?

Cassies grandma: Thanks for the information. Serbs or Serbians would probably be the term used today. The captions for the Bain collection reflect the language at the time they were made. We will update the source data and reload the description.

I am so thrilled looking at these pictures. It is a real history lesson. and I really appreciate your efforts to make the accurate. And I enjoy reading all the comments

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Старе Српске Фотографиjе/Old Serbian Photos, and we'd love to have this added to the group!


Молимо додајте oву фотографију у групу:
Старе Српске фотографије/Old Serbian Photos

Старе Српске фотографије/Old Serbian Photos

This Wikipedia article about the First Balkan War has a helpful map, which if examined in full resolution, shows Vrania. It can be found on this map west of Sophia (Bulgaria), on the border between Serbia and Macedonia:: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Balkan_War Looks like it is now called Vranje and is in southern region of Serbia. Here is Wikpedia article about it: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vranje Newspaper account in Internet: (Oct 18, 1912) "The Turkish troops attacked the Ser vian outposts near VRANIA. a customs examination station on the line to Salonica and crossed into Servian territory." In other accounts Vrania is mentioned as being on the rail line between Nish and Salonica. Salonica is currently called Thessaloniki (population 1million), in Greece: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessaloniki Here is a article on Nish a city in Serbia with 250K inhabitants. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nish Vrania is also described as being on the railway between Nish and Skopie (Skopje) in Macedonia.

Thank you, Harry. We will add a note to the source data and reload the description

Hi, I just found that interesting photo. That`s correct, the town`s name is Vranje (It was Vranja once, but due to pronunciation difficulties of the westerners it is written Vrania, i guess) and it is taken after the First Balkan War. Really nice photo, that`s my hometown. It has population of around 60.000 total