Besh, Albania Explained

Type:	v
Official Name:	Besh
County:	Tirana
Municipality:	Tirana
Municunit:	Zall-Bastar
Coordinates:	41.4167°N 74°W

Besh is a village in the former municipality of Zall-Bastar in Tirana County, Albania.^[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Tirana.^[2]

Demographic history

Besh (Bensh) is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the timar of Mustafa in the nahiyah of Benda. The settlement was small with only a total of three households represented by: Kal Sundia, Shtjafën Bozhiku, and Martin Franku.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Qarku Tirane . Shoqata e Komunave të Shqipërisë . 9 May 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110903022957/http://www.aac-al.org/qarku_komuna.php?idq=11&l=a&idr=19 . 3 September 2011 .
2. Web site: Law nr. 115/2014 . sq . 6375. 25 February 2022 .
3. Book: Caka . Eduart . Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467 . 2019 . Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë . Tiranë . 178.