Pasjane Explained

Pasjan
Native Name:Pasjane
Native Name Lang:sr
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Kosovo#Serbia
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Kosovo##Location in Serbia
Coordinates:42.4069°N 21.4956°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Kosovo
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Gjilan
Subdivision Name2:Partesh
Population Total:974
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2011
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Blank1 Name:Jxvv CH

Pasjane (Serbian: Пасјане) or Pasjani (Albanian: Pasjan), is a village in the municipality of Parteš in Kosovo. It is inhabited by a majority of ethnic Serbs.[2]

History

The village was mentioned as Pasjan (Serbian: Пасјан) in the Ottoman defter of 1455 of the Vlk Vilayet (Vilayet of Vuk), encompassing most of Vuk Branković's former territory. At that time the village was populated exclusively by Serbs, on the forehead with priest, living in 94 households.[3]

In 1907, there was a battle between Serbian Chetnik Organization and Ottoman Empire[4] In the villages church.

In the 18th-Century, Bosiljka Rajčić lived in the village of Pasjane, where she was brutally attacked, beaten, tortured and mutulated to death at the age of 17. On 3 May 2018 she was proclaimed a Saint[5] by the Serbian Orthodox Church.

References

Notes and References

  1. http://pop-stat.mashke.org/kosovo-ethnic-loc2011.htm 2011 Kosovo Census results
  2. http://pop-stat.mashke.org/kosovo-ethnic-loc2011.htm Ethnic composition of Kosovo - 2011
  3. Book: Hamid Hadžibegić . Adem Handžić . Ešref Kovačević . Oblast Brankovića – Opširni katastarski popis iz 1455.. Sarajevo, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Orijentalni institut Sarajevo. 1972.
  4. Zarković . Vesna . 2009 . The death of Serbian company in Pasjan 1907 . Baština . 26 . 195–210 . 0353-9008.
  5. Web site: 2018-05-05 . Ko su novi srpski svetitelji: Svi su odbili da pređu u islam i stradali od Turaka ili Albanaca . 2023-02-01 . Telegraf.rs . sr.