Kardhiq

Kardhiq
Kardhiq
Village
	Kardhiq
	Coordinates: 40°7′18″N 20°1′39″E / 40.12167°N 20.02750°ECoordinates: 40°7′18″N 20°1′39″E / 40.12167°N 20.02750°E
Country	Albania
County	Gjirokastër
Municipality	Gjirokastër
Municipal unit	Cepo
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Kardhiq is a village in the former Cepo commune, Gjirokastër County, Albania.^[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Gjirokastër.^[2] The village is inhabited by Muslim Albanians and an Orthodox Albanian population.^[3] Kardhiq Castle is located near the village.

Name

The toponyn Kardhiq is used for several places in Albania.^[4] It is found in several places of the Balkans, in the form of Gardik, Gardiki (in Greece), Gradec. The toponym is of Slavic origin and stems from a word for "castle".^[5]^[6]^[7]

History

In late 14th century and early 15th century the Kardhiq Castle was built by the noble Albanian family of Zenebishi.^[8] On 15 March 1812, the village was destroyed and 730 of its Muslim Albanian inhabitants were massacred by Greek forces of Thanasis Vagias serving the local Ottoman Albanian ruler Ali Pasha. The later ordered the massacre due to a long-standing vendetta he had with the village.^[9]^[10]^[11]

Notable people

Hasan Dosti, jurist and Balli Kombëtar leader
Çerçiz Topulli, Albanian revolutionary and guerrilla fighter involved in the national movement against the Ottoman occupation.

References

^ "Location of Kardhiq". Retrieved 2010-06-03.
^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6371. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
^ Kallivretakis, Leonidas (1995). "Η ελληνική κοινότητα της Αλβανίας υπό το πρίσμα της ιστορικής γεωγραφίας και δημογραφίας [The Greek Community of Albania in terms of historical geography and demography]." In Nikolakopoulos, Ilias, Kouloubis Theodoros A. & Thanos M. Veremis (eds). Ο Ελληνισμός της Αλβανίας [The Greeks of Albania]. University of Athens. p. 51. " ΑΧ Αλβανοί Ορθόδοξοι Χριστιανοί, AM Αλβανοί Μουσουλμάνοι" p.56. "KARDHIQ ΓΑΡΔΙΚΙ 225 ΑΜ + ΑΧ"
^ Çabej, E. Studime gjuhësore: Hyrje në historinë e gjuhës shqipe. Fonetika historike. Parashtesat. Rilindja. p. 258.
^ Koder Johannes. "Albanians and Byzantines. Aproaches to the Study of their common cultural past." In: Iliria, vol. 39, 2015. pp. 7-24; doi : https://doi.org/10.3406/iliri.2015.2497p. 13
^ Koder Johannes, "On the Slavic Immigration in the Byzantine Balkans", p. 86, at https://brill.com
^ Menges, K.H. (1953). An Outline of the Early History and Migrations of the Slavs. Department of Slavic Languages, Columbia University. p. 21.
^ Karaiskaj, Gjerak (1981). Pesë mijë vjet fortifikime në Shqipëri (in Albanian). Shtëpia Botuese "8 Nëntori". p. 148. Zenevisët kryen punime në kalanë e Gjirokastrës dhe ndërtuan Kardhiqin
^ Santas, Constantine (1976). Aristotelis Valaoritis. Boston, Massachusetts: Twayne Publishers. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-8057-6246-4. Thanasis Vayias, a man who allegedly led the hordes of Ali Pasha against a village of Epirus, Gardiki, resulting in the massacre of seven hundred men, women, and children.
^ Potts, Jim (2010). The Ionian Islands and Epirus: A Cultural History. Oxford University Press. pp. 158–159. ISBN 9780199754168.
^ Foss, Arthur (1978). Epirus. Faber. ISBN 978-0571104888. p. 139. "Hughes had also admired Derviziana and the prospect across the valley, ‘one of the noblest valleys in Epirus. Here he met a shepherd boy with a pipe fashioned from an eagle’s wing. This eagle had carried away several lambs in his care so, armed with a long Albanian knife, he had climbed up the mountain steep, grappled with and killed the marauder on its nest. Hugh’s hosts had been at the massacre at Gardhiki in Albania when Ali Pasha used Greeks to slaughter the Albanian-Muslim villagers, who had raped his tigress of a mother and his sister. Muslim troops, although loyal to the Vizier, had refused to carry out this instruction."

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[1] "Location of Kardhiq". Retrieved 2010-06-03.

[2] "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6371. Retrieved 25 February 2022.

[Kallivretakis-3] Kallivretakis, Leonidas (1995). "Η ελληνική κοινότητα της Αλβανίας υπό το πρίσμα της ιστορικής γεωγραφίας και δημογραφίας [The Greek Community of Albania in terms of historical geography and demography]." In Nikolakopoulos, Ilias, Kouloubis Theodoros A. & Thanos M. Veremis (eds). Ο Ελληνισμός της Αλβανίας [The Greeks of Albania]. University of Athens. p. 51. " ΑΧ Αλβανοί Ορθόδοξοι Χριστιανοί, AM Αλβανοί Μουσουλμάνοι" p.56. "KARDHIQ ΓΑΡΔΙΚΙ 225 ΑΜ + ΑΧ"

[Çabej-4] Çabej, E. Studime gjuhësore: Hyrje në historinë e gjuhës shqipe. Fonetika historike. Parashtesat. Rilindja. p. 258.

[5] Koder Johannes. "Albanians and Byzantines. Aproaches to the Study of their common cultural past." In: Iliria, vol. 39, 2015. pp. 7-24; doi : https://doi.org/10.3406/iliri.2015.2497p. 13

[6] Koder Johannes, "On the Slavic Immigration in the Byzantine Balkans", p. 86, at https://brill.com

[Menges-7] Menges, K.H. (1953). An Outline of the Early History and Migrations of the Slavs. Department of Slavic Languages, Columbia University. p. 21.

[8] Karaiskaj, Gjerak (1981). Pesë mijë vjet fortifikime në Shqipëri (in Albanian). Shtëpia Botuese "8 Nëntori". p. 148. Zenevisët kryen punime në kalanë e Gjirokastrës dhe ndërtuan Kardhiqin

[9] Santas, Constantine (1976). Aristotelis Valaoritis. Boston, Massachusetts: Twayne Publishers. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-8057-6246-4. Thanasis Vayias, a man who allegedly led the hordes of Ali Pasha against a village of Epirus, Gardiki, resulting in the massacre of seven hundred men, women, and children.

[10] Potts, Jim (2010). The Ionian Islands and Epirus: A Cultural History. Oxford University Press. pp. 158–159. ISBN 9780199754168.

[Foss-11] Foss, Arthur (1978). Epirus. Faber. ISBN 978-0571104888. p. 139. "Hughes had also admired Derviziana and the prospect across the valley, ‘one of the noblest valleys in Epirus. Here he met a shepherd boy with a pipe fashioned from an eagle’s wing. This eagle had carried away several lambs in his care so, armed with a long Albanian knife, he had climbed up the mountain steep, grappled with and killed the marauder on its nest. Hugh’s hosts had been at the massacre at Gardhiki in Albania when Ali Pasha used Greeks to slaughter the Albanian-Muslim villagers, who had raped his tigress of a mother and his sister. Muslim troops, although loyal to the Vizier, had refused to carry out this instruction."

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v t e Subdivisions of Gjirokastër Municipality
Municipal Seat: Gjirokastër
Administrative Unit of Antigonë	Arshi Lengo Asim Zeneli Krinë Saraqinisht Tranoshisht
Administrative Unit of Cepo	Çepun Fushëbardhë Humelicë Kardhiq Kodër Mashkullorë Palokastër Plesat Prongji Taroninë Zhulat
Administrative Unit of Gjirokastër	Gjirokastër
Administrative Unit of Lazarat	Kordhocë Lazarat
Administrative Unit of Lunxhëri	Dhoksat Erind Gjat Kakoz Karjan Këllëz Mingul Nokovë Qestorat Valare
Administrative Unit of Odrie	Andon Poçi Hundëkuq Labovë e Madhe Labovë e Vogël Tërbuq
Administrative Unit of Picar	Golem Kaparjel Kolonjë Picar Shtëpëz

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