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{{Infobox Albanian settlement
| name                   = Dropull
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| county                 = Gjirokastër
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| party                  = [[Socialist Party of Albania|PS]]
| mayor                  = Dhimitraq Toli
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| area munic             = 447.01
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| population as of       = 2011
| population munic       = 3,503
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| area code              = (0)884
| website                = {{URL|https://www.bashkiadropull.gov.al/}}
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'''Dropull''' ({{lang-sq-definite|Dropulli}}; {{langx|el|Δρόπολη or Δερόπολη }} ''Dropoli'' or ''Deropoli'') is a municipality in [[Gjirokastër County]], in southern [[Albania]]. The region stretches from south of the city of [[Gjirokastër]] to the Greek–Albanian border, along the [[Drino]] river. The region's villages are part of the Greek "minority zone" recognized by the Albanian government, in which majorities of [[Greeks in Albania|ethnic Greeks]] live.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.coe.int/t/e/human_rights/minorities/2._framework_convention_(monitoring)/2._monitoring_mechanism/3._state_reports_and_unmik_kosovo_report/2._second_cycle/PDF_2nd_SR_Albania_Annexes_en.pdf |title=Second Report Submitted by Albania Pursuant to Article 25, Paragraph 1 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090319183113/http://www.coe.int/t/e/human_rights/minorities/2._framework_convention_(monitoring)/2._monitoring_mechanism/3._state_reports_and_unmik_kosovo_report/2._second_cycle/PDF_2nd_SR_Albania_Annexes_en.pdf |archive-date=March 19, 2009 }}</ref>

The municipality Dropull was created in 2015 by the merger of the former municipalities [[Dropull i Poshtëm]], [[Dropull i Sipërm]] and [[Pogon, Albania|Pogon]]. The seat of the municipality is the village Sofratikë.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vendime.al/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/137-2014.pdf |title=Law nr. 115/2014 |language=sq |pages=6371|access-date=25 February 2022 }}</ref> According to the 2011 census the total population is 3,503;<ref name="census11">{{cite web |url=http://www.instat.gov.al/media/3064/6__gjirokaster.pdf |title=Population and housing census - Gjirokastër 2011 |access-date=2019-09-25 |publisher=[[Institute of Statistics (Albania)|INSTAT]] |archive-date=2020-03-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327145021/http://www.instat.gov.al/media/3064/6__gjirokaster.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> according to the civil registry of that year, which counts all citizens including those who live abroad, it is 23,247.<ref name="City population">{{cite web|url=http://www.observator.org.al/odf2/komunat_gjirokaster-en.html|title=Gjirokastra's communes|access-date=13 January 2016}}</ref> The municipality covers an area of {{cvt|448.45|km2}}.<ref name="LAU">{{cite web |url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/345175/501971/EU-28-LAU-2019-NUTS-2016.xlsx |title=Correspondence table LAU – NUTS 2016, EU-28 and EFTA / available Candidate Countries |access-date=2019-09-25 |publisher=[[Eurostat]]|format=XLS }}</ref>

==Name==
A city called [[Hadrianopolis (Epirus)|Hadrianopolis]] was founded in the region by the [[Roman emperor]] [[Hadrian]] ([[Reign|r.]] 117–138).<ref name=":0">{{harvnb|Kyriazis|2019|p=127}}</ref>{{sfn|Demiraj|2008|p=80}} The [[Synecdemus]] of [[Hierocles (author of Synecdemus)|Hierocles]], which contains a list of the administrative divisions and cities of the [[Byzantine Empire]] during the time of [[Theodosius II]] (r. 402–450), mentions the city of Αδριανούπολις (''Adrianoúpolis'') and places it in the region of Dropull.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hierokles: Synekdemos|url=http://awmc.unc.edu/awmc/applications/bam/modules/hierokles/530885|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-19|website=awmc.unc.edu|publisher=[[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|Ancient World Mapping Center – University of North Carolina]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020175024/http://awmc.unc.edu/awmc/applications/bam/modules/hierokles/530885 |archive-date=2021-10-20 }}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Pappa|2009|p=28}}</ref> With the gradual adoption of Christianity, the city became a [[Diocese#Eastern Orthodox Church|diocese]] sometime before 431;<ref>{{harvnb|Pappa|2009|p=30}}</ref> initially under the jurisdiction of the [[Metropolis of Nicopolis]], and later under the [[Metropolis of Ioannina]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Strässle|first1=Paul Meinrad|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6MSNL7K66SUC|title=Krieg und Kriegführung in Byzanz: die Kriege Kaiser Basileios' II. gegen die Bulgaren (976-1019)|date=2006|publisher=[[Böhlau Verlag]]|isbn=9783412174057|pages=173|language=de}}</ref> The diocese of ''Adrianoúpolis'' is mentioned in the sources without interruption, from the 5th century onwards.<ref>{{harvnb|Pappa|2009|pp=30, 32}}</ref> In a letter of emperor [[Leo III the Isaurian|Leo III]] (r. 717-741) to the [[metropolitan bishop]] of Nikopolis, the bishop of ''Adrianoúpolis'' (Αδριανουπόλεως) is also mentioned, while in a source at the end of the 12th century the latter is mentioned as bishop of ''Drinoúpolis'' (Δρινουπόλεως).<ref name=":0" /> The relevant attestations also include the name ''Adernoboli'', as recorded by the Arab traveler [[Muhammad al-Idrisi]] at the end of the 12th century.<ref name=":0" /> Also, in the [[Chronicle of the Tocco]], written around 1400, the form Δερνόπολιν (''Dernópolin'') is attested.<ref name=":0" /> According to [[N. G. L. Hammond|Hammond]], the first attestation of the name ''Drinoúpolis'' (Δρινούπολις) is from the 8th century, while according to Sakellariou from the 11th century as ''Dryinoúpolis'' (Δρυϊνούπολις);<ref>{{harvnb|Pappa|2009|p=36}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Sakellariou|first=Michael|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yFxoAAAAMAAJ&q=%CE%94%CF%81%CF%85%CF%8A%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%82|title=Epirus|date=1997|publisher=Ekdotike Athenon|isbn=978-960-213-371-2|pages=154|language=el}}</ref> however Kyriazis supports that this form was a literary creation.<ref name=":0" /> The region is today called in [[Albanian language|Albanian]] ''Dropull'' or [[definiteness|def. form]] ''Dropulli'', and in [[Modern Greek|Greek]] Δρόπολη (''Drópoli''), Δερόπολη (''Derópoli'') or ''Dhropolis''.

===Etymology===
According to [[Eqrem Çabej|Çabej]], ''Drópull'' has been formed from ''Drinópolis''/''[[Dryinopolis|Dryinópolis]]'' (Δρυϊνόπολις) which contains the name of the local river [[Drino]]; ''Drinópolis'' > ''Drópull''.{{sfn|Demiraj|2006|pp=148−149}} According to Kyriazis, the etymology of Çabej is not convincing, because he ignores the former name of ''Adrianoúpolis''.<ref name=":0" /> Using the available literary evidence (both ancient and medieval), Kyriazis offered the following evolution; Αδριανούπολη (''Adrianoúpoli'') > ''Αdernoboli'' > Δερνόπολη (''Dernópoli'') > Δερόπολη/Δρόπολη (''Derópoli''/''Drópoli''). The form Dernópoli ({{langx|el|Δερνόπολιν}}) is preserved in the [[Chronicle of the Tocco]] written in c. 1400, while the evolution of -ρν- > -ρ- (in reference to ''Dernópoli'' > ''Derópoli''/''Drópoli'') according to Kyriazis is a common characteristic of the [[Greeks in Albania#Language|Greek dialects in southern Albania]].<ref name=":0" />

[[Shaban Demiraj|Demiraj]] considers Dropull to derive from ''Hadriano(u)polis'', as the most likely etymology.{{sfn|Demiraj|2008|p=80}} He provided a number of reasons, which according to him, support the evolution of ''Hadrianopolis'' > ''Dropull'' within an [[Albanian langage|Albanian]]-speaking population.{{Refn|
*In Albanian words in general and toponyms in particular have undergone significant phonetic reductions (e.g., ''[[Berat]]'' < ''Belgrade'') due to the predominantly dynamic accent of this language. While in Greek, due to its predominantly melodic accent, the ancient words have undergone less change.
*In Greek the voiced dental occlusive [[Voiced dental and alveolar plosives|/d/]] evolved before the modern era into the voiced interdental fricative [[voiced interdental fricative|/ð/]] (/dh/), while Albanian has preserved the distinction between the sounds /d/ and /ð/ (/dh/) (as happened with the river-name ''[[Drino]]'').
*In Albanian the sound /-l-/ between two vowels in ancient native or borrowed words, systematically produced the velarized dark [[Velarized alveolar lateral approximant|/ł/]], while in Greek the /-l-/ followed by an anterior vowel has always been pronounced as lateral clear [[Voiced dental, alveolar and postalveolar lateral approximants|/l/]].
*The evolution /-o-/ > /-u-/ in the last syllable also indicates that ''Dropull'' acquired this phonetic form from Albanian under the influence of the voiceless bilabial plosive [[voiceless bilabial plosive|/-p-/]], while in Greek such a phenomenon did not occur (e.g. ''poli(s)'', ''politis'', ''Dhropolis'' etc.).
*Another piece of evidence is the phonetic evolution undergone by the namesake of another ancient city, [[Hadrianopolis (Thrace)|Hadrianopolis in Thrace]], which evolved through Greek into ''Andrinopol'', and through [[Turkish language|Turkish]] into ''Edirne''.{{sfn|Demiraj|2008|pp=80–81}}|group=note}} He added, that among the two current forms of Albanian ''Dropull'' and Greek ''Dhropolis'', the original form is that with the initial [[Voiced dental and alveolar plosives|/D-/]]. Furthermore, Albanian uses either the voiced dental occlusive [[Voiced dental and alveolar plosives|/d/]] or the voiced interdental fricative [[voiced interdental fricative|/ð/]] (/dh/) (e.g. the name ''[[Dhrovjan]]'') and so it wouldn no be difficult to borrow the Greek form ''Dhropol-is''; whereas in Greek, the letter Δ/δ, which was once pronounced as a sound stop /d/, has long been pronounced only as a sound fricative /ð/ (/dh/). Thus, according to him, the Greek speakers of the area transformed the initial /D-/ into /ð-/ (/dh/) and replaced the final syllable ''-pull'' with the Greek form ''-polis'', producing the form ''Dhro-polis''.{{sfn|Demiraj|2008|p=81}}

== History ==

===Antiquity===
During the [[Middle Helladic]] period (2100-1550 BC), a double [[tumulus]] was dug out in Vodhinë, with strong similarities to the grave circles at [[Mycenae]], showing a common ancestral link with the [[Mycenaean Greece|Myceneans]] of southern [[Greece]].<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://www.kait-r.com:8080/dspace/bitstream/10368/103/1/kka-007-006.pdf | title=The Grave Circles at Mycenae and the Early Indo-Europeans | author=Komita, Nuobo | journal=Research Reports of Ikutoku Tech. Univ. | year=1982 | issue=A-7 | pages=59–70 }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In [[classical antiquity]], the area was inhabited by the [[Greeks|Greek]] tribe of the [[Chaonians]].

From the [[Roman Empire|Roman period]] there was a settlement named Hadrianopolis (of [[Epirus (region)|Epirus]]) in the region, one of several named after the great [[Roman emperor]] [[Hadrian]]. The settlement was built on a strategic spot in the valley of the river Drino near the modern village of Sofratikë, 11 kilometers south of Gjirokastër.

The foundations of Hadrianopolis were first discovered in 1984 when upper sections of the amphitheater were noticed by local farmers. Italian and Albanian archaeologists subsequently excavated much of the site, revealing a full amphitheater, Roman baths, and changing rooms. The site of the agora (forum) has been detected using ground radar, and excavation is expected in the period 2018 onwards. In the amphitheater, there are post holes for iron railings on first row seats. Also some "changing rooms" - originally for actors - were converted to holding pens for wild animals. This was a site where Romans fed enemies of the state to wild animals.

During the 6th century the Byzantine emperor [[Justinian I]], as part of his fortification plans against barbarian invasions, moved the settlement 4&nbsp;kilometers southeast in the modern village of Peshkëpi, in order to gain a more secure position. The city is also referred in Byzantine sources as Ioustinianoupolis (or [[Justinianopolis (Epirus)|Justinianopolis]]), after him. Today, ruins of the fortifications are still visible, as are the aqueduct and a medieval [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christian]] church.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=UV1oAAAAMAAJ&q=dropolis Epirus, 4000&nbsp;years of Greek history and civilization.] M. V. Sakellariou. Ekdotike Athenon, 1997. {{ISBN|960-213-371-6}}, p. 154, 191</ref>

===Middle ages===
During the 11th century the city was named [[Dryinoupolis]], a name possibly deriving from its former name or from the nearby river. It was also, from the 5th century, the see of a bishopric (initially part of the Diocese of [[Nicopolis]], [[Naupactus]] and then [[Ioannina]]).

In the last quarter of the 14th century the Albanian [[Zenevisi family|Zenebisi]] clan were rulers of the provinces of Gjirokastër and Dropull, as recorded by the [[Chronicle of Ioannina]].{{sfn|Giakoumis|2002b|p=180}} In 1380 the Albanian clans of Zenebisi and Mazaraqi were defeated in the battle of Politzes, fighting against the allied forces of the [[Despotate of Epirus|Epirote despot]], [[Thomas Preljubović]], and of the chieftain of the Ottoman frontier forces, Isayim. With the help of the Ottoman forces in 1382 Thomas subdued the Albanian clans of Zenebisi and Zulani in the north of Ioannina and reconquered the provinces of Dropull, Vagenitia and Vella.{{sfn|Giakoumis|2002b|p=180}} In 1384 Dropull was occupied by Isaym. The Zenebisi retook control shortly after. At the end of 1395-beginning of 1396 a new Ottoman attack, led by Evrenoz bey, was undertaken against [[John Zenevisi|Gjin Zenebisi]]. In 1399 [[Esau de' Buondelmonti]], the despot of Ioannina, whilst at peace with the Albanian [[Shpata family|Shpata clan]], moved against Gjin Zenebisi, with an army that consisted of men from the Albanian clans of Mazara and Malakash, as well as from Zagor-Dropull and [[Zagori, Albania|great Zagori]].{{sfn|Giakoumis|2002b|p=180}} Esau recruited Greeks evidently from [[Zagori]], Papingo, Dropull and [[Zagori, Albania|great Zagori]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hammond|first1=Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière|title=Migrations and Invasions in Greece and Adjacent Areas|date=1976|publisher=Noyes Press|isbn=9780815550471|page=61|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O9saAAAAYAAJ|language=en|quote=There the Greek pocket of resistance, which preserved the Greek language even when its ruler was Serb or Italian, was the plateau of Ioannina and its hinterland... When Isaou, the Italian ruler of Ioannina, passed to the offensive in 1399, he had already won over the Mazarakii (Albanians) and the Malakasaei (perhaps Vlach- speakers) and he recruited Greeks evidently from Zagori, Papingo (above Konitsa), and "Druinoupolis with Argyrokastro and the great Zagoria" (probably the high country northwest of Argyrokastro, of which a part is still called Zagorie).}}</ref>{{opinion|date=October 2022}}{{better source needed|date=October 2022}} However, at the battle of [[Mesopotam]]on Esau was defeated outright and held in captivity. Gjin Zenebisi consequently extended his dominion to the whole northern part of Vagenitia.{{sfn|Giakoumis|2002b|p=180}} In 1400 the Venetians pleaded for peace to him ('Geomi Zenebissi qui tenet terram de la Sayata').{{sfn|Giakoumis|2002b|pp=180–181}} The Zenebisi clan dominated the area until the Ottomans started the second stage of conquest occupying the castle of Gjirokastër in 1418 and expelling the clan.{{sfn|Giakoumis|2002b|p=181}}

===Ottoman period===

Ottoman presence in Epirote and Albanian lands began in the 14th century.<ref name="Giakoumis2002a–5&21">{{harvnb|Giakoumis|2002a|pp=5, 21}}</ref>

In 1571 a short lived rebellion broke out under [[Emmanuel Mormoris]], but Ottoman control was restored that same year.<ref name="Giakoumis2002a–5&21"/>

During the 16th and 17th centuries at least 11 Orthodox monasteries were erected in the region with the support of the local population. This unprecedented increase in the number of monasteries has led many scholars to name Dropull as "little [[Mount Athos]]".<ref>{{harvnb|Giakoumis|2002a|p=125}}</ref> In terms of local religious art the end of the 16th century saw the continuation of iconographic motives of the [[Cretan school]] as witnessed in the monasteries of Driano (1583) and the [[Dhuvjan Monastery|Birth of the Theotokos]] in Dhuvjan (1594–1595).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lytaris |first1=Fanis |title=The 16th century frescoes in the holy church of the Dormition of the Virgin in Kalampaka |date=2017 |publisher=didaktorika.gr |page=75 |url=https://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/handle/123456789/28127}}</ref>

As soon as the [[Greek War of Independence]] (1821–1830) broke out several locals rose in revolt and participated in the armed struggles.<ref>{{harvnb|Giakoumis|2002a|p=47}}</ref>

===Modern period===
At the end of the 19th century, many inhabitants migrated to the United States.<ref>[http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/32/72/00/PDF/de_Rapper_2008_Religion_in_postcommunist_Albania.pdf Religion in Post-Communist Albania.] Muslims, Christians and the idea of 'culture' in Devoll, Southern Albania. Gilles de Rapper. p. 7</ref>

In 1927 Albanian state authorities decided to close down all Greek language schools in the region as part of drastic measures against Greek education. As a result, the Greek population filed an official protest to the Albanian government asking for the re-opening of their community schools. The Albanian state proceeded to massive arrests,<ref>{{cite thesis |last1=Manta |first1=Eleftheria |title=Aspects of the Italian Ιnfluence upon Greek - Albanian Relations during the Interwar Period |date=2005 |url=https://www.didaktorika.gr/eadd/handle/10442/23718 |access-date=15 August 2022 |publisher=Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης (ΑΠΘ). Σχολή Φιλοσοφική. Τμήμα Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας. Τομέας Νεότερης και Σύγχρονης Ιστορίας και Λαογραφίας |language=el |page =104| doi= 10.12681/eadd/23718|url-access=subscription |hdl=10442/hedi/23718 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> while at October 1, 1935, c. 100 Albanian gendarmes were dispatched to Dropull and proceeded to arrests and exiled several Greek teachers.<ref name=Manta206>{{cite thesis |last1=Manta |first1=Eleftheria |title=Aspects of the Italian Ιnfluence upon Greek - Albanian Relations during the Interwar Period |date=2005 |url=https://www.didaktorika.gr/eadd/handle/10442/23718 |access-date=15 August 2022 |publisher=Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης (ΑΠΘ). Σχολή Φιλοσοφική. Τμήμα Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας. Τομέας Νεότερης και Σύγχρονης Ιστορίας και Λαογραφίας |language=el |pages =206–207| doi= 10.12681/eadd/23718|url-access=subscription |hdl=10442/hedi/23718 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> The demonstrations in Dropull spread to the adjacent Greek communities, including the regions of Permet and Delvine. As such the Albanian government tried to negotiate the issue with representatives of the country's Greek minority.<ref>{{cite thesis |last1=Manta |first1=Eleftheria |title=Aspects of the Italian Ιnfluence upon Greek - Albanian Relations during the Interwar Period |date=2005 |url=https://www.didaktorika.gr/eadd/handle/10442/23718 |access-date=15 August 2022 |publisher=Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης (ΑΠΘ). Σχολή Φιλοσοφική. Τμήμα Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας. Τομέας Νεότερης και Σύγχρονης Ιστορίας και Λαογραφίας |language=el |page =213| doi= 10.12681/eadd/23718|url-access=subscription |hdl=10442/hedi/23718 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> This turn of events fuelled the decision of the [[League of Nations]] in favour to the ethnic Greek minority.<ref name=Manta206/>

During [[World War II]] and the developments of the [[Greco-Italian War]] the region came under the control of the Greek army in 1940–1941. At that time the population of Lower Dropull welcomed the advancing Greek units and provided them support in matters of food and accommodation.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Γιώτης |first1=Σπυρίδων |title=Η ιταλική πολιτική στην Αλβανία και η ελληνική μειονότητα, 1939-1943 |date=2022 |url=http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/52391 |access-date=11 April 2023 |publisher=Πανεπιστήμιο Μακεδονίας. Σχολή Οικονομικών και Περιφερειακών Σπουδών. Τμήμα Βαλκανικών, Σλαβικών και Ανατολικών Σπουδών |language=el |page= 142 |hdl=10442/hedi/52391 }}</ref>

During the era of the People's Republic of Albania (1945–1991) the state recognised a Greek minority but this was primarily limited to the Dropull region, while state national policy encouraged the transition from a Greek Orthodox to an Albanian identity (with population displacements and encouraging mixed marriages).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Metzeltin (Hg.) |first1=Oliver Jens Schmitt-Michael |title=Das Südosteuropa der Regionen |date=2015 |volume=858 |doi=10.1553/0x00323b4c |url=http://www.austriaca.at/7726-5inhalt?frames=yes |access-date=15 August 2022 |publisher=Austrian Academy of Science Press|page=688|isbn=9783700177265 }}</ref> 

The [[Peshkëpi incident]] was the killing of 2 Albanian army officers on 10 April 1994 at 02:40 AM. Eight men, later identified as members of the [[Northern Epirus Liberation Front]], a Greek nationalist paramilitary organization, were involved in an attack on an Albanian army barracks in Peshkëpi, Dropull, [[Albania]] in April 1994. Two Albanian border soldiers were killed while sleeping; three were wounded.

==Dialect==
As part of the Greek dialects spoken in Albania, known also as Northern Epirote dialects, the dialect of Dropull forms a clear continuum between those of Ioannina and those of Corfu and the Ionian islands.<ref name=Spyrou409/> The local Greek dialect features characteristics of southern vocalism.<ref name=Spyrou409>{{cite journal |last1=Spyrou |first1=Aristotle |title=Modern Greek Dialects of Albania {{!}} Vestnik of St.Petersburg State University. Series 9. PHILOLOGY. ASIAN STUDIES. JOURNALISM |journal=MFK.spbu.ru |date=2014 |pages=400, 409–410 |url=http://mfk.spbu.ru/en/tags/modern-greek-dialects-albania |access-date=14 August 2022|quote=MGDA (Alias Northern Epirote dialects)... , presence of Syneresis types... They form a visible continuum ... Ionian islands, on the other.}}</ref> There is also a presence of the syneresis types, a features also seen at the nearby dialects of Delvine, Saranda, Pogon, Himara and northern Thesprotia,<ref name=Spyrou409/> while the uncontracted present tense prevails.<ref name=Spyrou409/>

==Onomastics and demographics==
=== Defter of 1431–1432 ===
During the fifth and sixth centuries, [[Epirus Vetus]] experienced a number of Slavic incursions. According to Johannes Koder (1982), the local settlements that were built around the fortified city of Hadrianopolis were destroyed, but the city was saved. Following that destruction, the local inhabitants and the new Slavic immigrants chose to settle in more mountainous locations at [[Mali i Gjerë]]. According to the Ottoman ''[[defter]]'' of 1431–1432 for the [[Sanjak of Albania]], the majority of toponyms attested appear to have been Slavic (albeit often distorted) rather than Greek or Albanian; though by that century Slavic had disappeared as a spoken language in the region. Furthermore, these recorded settlements were in a different location than that of the modern villages of Dropull, and a number of them aren't attested in later periods. The precise date of abandonment and relocation is not known, but in the 16th century the growth of peasant settlements is documented at new sites and formerly deserted villages of the 15th century.<ref>{{harvnb|Giakoumis|2002a|pp=63–64, 66–67}}</ref>

=== Defter of 1520 ===
In the Ottoman land-survey register ({{transliteration|ota|mufassal defter}}) of 1520 for Dropull, in the [[Sanjak of Avlona]], the region is divided into two administrative units (''[[Nahiyah|nahiye]]''); that of the core territory and the lands of the ''[[Vlachs|Iflaklar]]''. Both were dependent on the authorities based in the ''[[kaza]]'' of Gjirokastër. The register was published in 1990 by the Albanian [[Ottoman studies|Ottomanist]] Ferit Duka.<ref name="Duka1990">{{cite journal |last1=Duka |first1=Ferit |title=La Realite Ethnique De Dropull Dans Les Sources Historiques Du XVI Siecle |journal=Studia Albanica |date=1990 |issue=2 |pages=4, 5, 26 |quote=La prédominance sensible sur toute la région de Dropull de noms caractéristique de l'espace albanais comme Gjin, Gjon, Gjinush, Dedush, Mardin, Dode, Dede, Llesh, Shtin (Ashtin), Bardh, Menksh, Lush (Lesh), Leka, Lekush, Lekosh, Uk (çe), Gjokë, Bac, Progor, Mara, Kole, Like, Kama, Kanan, Mirash, etc.,{{nbsp}}... Deuxièmment, la présence pour ainsi dire complète de la variante albanaise de l'antroponymie orthodoxe dans l'autre partie des noms de la population de Dropull. Voire dans maintes occasions certains éléments de cette antroponymie se présentent semblables à celle albanaise catholique de l'Albanie Centrale et Septentrionale{{nbsp}}... Dans cet ordre d'idées, il faut souligner qu'outre quelque cas spradiques (à titre d'exemple mentionnons ici les noms Dimos, Dhimos etc.,) l'on ne trouve nulle part dans le registre des traces de la présence de l'influence de l'antroponymie grecque, dont le trait distinctif est le fait que les noms se terminent avec un -s à la fin (par exemple: Andreas, Kostas, Panajotis, etc.) nous pouvons mentionner non seulement quelques noms et prénoms proprement slaves comme (Bozic, Stojko, Andrica, Petko, Deniq, etc.) mais aussi quelques noms et prénoms ayant une telle origine (Zhupa, Zhupani){{nbsp}}... Les traits distinctifs de l'antroponymie de Dropull, ci-dessus décrits, comme on le voit du régistre en question étaient présents aussi dans les villages des population vllehe (aroumain) (Vodhine, Korshovice), ce qui indique ques ce petit groupe ethnique était sur la voie de l'unification ethnique à la majeure partie de la population albanaise.|url=https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=203765}}</ref> He presented data for 21 settlements of Dropull; these are Upper Goranxi, Zervat, Asharat (Isharat), Lower Goranxi, Vodhinë, Koshovicë, Jorgucat, Bodristë, Terihat, Lugari, Gorica, Grapsh, Letovinë, Dhuvjan, Llovinë, Lower Frashtan, Krina, Derviçan, Haskovë, Vanistër, and Sofratika. The article didn't include data for eight settlements of Upper Dropull; these are Bularat, Kërrë (Kra), Klishar, Selo, Sotirë, Llongo, Kakavijë and Dritë (Ai-Nikolla).<ref>{{harvnb|Liço|2009|p=459}}</ref> The original text was written in the Ottoman script of {{transliteration|ota|siyāḳat}};.<ref name="Liço2009–462">{{harvnb|Liço|2009|p=462}}</ref> Duka has emphasized that the task of transliterating different parts from the defter of 1520 was not easy, and required a lot of time and effort; aside of {{transliteration|ota|siyāḳat}}, this was also due to the particular thinness of the script.<ref name="Liço2009–462" /> Filip Liço (2009) acknowledged Duka as an expert of Ottoman Turkish who has performed a difficult task of faithfully transliterating the anthroponyms from the Ottoman register; however, he concluded that there are a number of mistakes in the transliteration.<ref>{{harvnb|Liço|2009|pp=461–464}}</ref> Giakoumis (2002) has criticized the methodology of Duka. One of the points he addresses, includes the omitted collation of the original Ottoman text; especially when we consider examples of Duka's transliterations which include the letter [[ë]], because we do not know which phoneme of the original Ottoman Turkish corresponds to it.<ref name="Giakoumis2002a–790–791">{{harvnb|Giakoumis|2002a|pp=790–791}}</ref>

In the core region, the anthroponymy attested overwhelmingly belonged to the Albanian onomastic sphere, characterized by personal names such as ''Bardh'', ''Deda'', ''Gjin'', ''Gjon'', ''Kola'', ''Leka'', and ''Progor'' (a form of the Albanian anthroponym ''Progon'' which underwent [[Tosk Albanian|Tosk]] [[rhotacism]]) among others. A small presence of Slavic anthroponymy (e.g., ''Andrica'', ''Petko'', ''Stojko'') is also recorded. Albanian personal names also appear in the ''Iflaklar'' (Vlach or [[Aromanians|Aromanian]]) settlements (e.g., Koshovicë, Lovinë, Vodhinë), indicating that there was an intense process of assimilation and symbiosis between the two ethno-linguistic groups of the wider region.<ref name="Duka1990" /> There are a number of surnames that are clearly distinguishable as Greek, such as ''Papdhopullo'', ''Dhespoti'', ''Konturaki'', ''Makrinudhi'', ''Kovrallari'', ''Nikopullo'', ''Papapetro'' etc.'.<ref>{{harvnb|Liço|2009|pp=465–466}}</ref> Besides the significant Albanian anthroponymic element, there are also settlements with mixed Greek, Slavic, Albanian, and Aromanian anthroponyms, as well as settlements where the predominance of Greek anthroponyms is evident; such as in Derviçan.<ref name="Kyriazis2022–42–43">{{harvnb|Kyriazis|2022|pp=42–43}}</ref> The register also provides insights into movements from neighboring territories and villages into Dropull. Namely, the surnames ''Zagoriti'', ''Llaboviti'', ''Filati'' and ''Miguli'' were recorded; of these the first two have the Greek suffix -iti(s).<ref>{{harvnb|Liço|2009|p=465}}</ref> For example, four household heads from Lovinë bore the surname of ''Zagoriti'' indicating their origins from the ethnographic region of [[Zagori, Albania|Zagoria]] to the north of Dropull.<ref name="Duka1990" />

Christian Orthodox names in the Ottoman register of 1520 that don't have a clear ethnic affiliation have been a subject of debate. Duka (1990) considers the lack of the Greek suffix {{transliteration|el|-s}} as strong indication that in that part of the anthroponymy of the region there are "no traces of the presence of the influence of Greek".{{sfn|Duka|1990|p=5}} According to Demiraj (2008) a number of the anthroponyms such as ''Gjon'', ''Gjin'', ''Gjergj'', ''Lekë'' and ''Pal'' are also attested in forms influenced by the Greek Orthodox Church: ''Jani'', ''Jorgo'', ''Aleks'' and ''Pavllo'' albeit lacking the characteristic Greek suffix {{transliteration|el|-s}} (as seen in  ''Janis'', ''Jorgos'' etc.). He attributes the presence of these forms to the significant role of Greek Orthodox Church in southern Albania in general, particularly the area of Dropull.{{sfn|Demiraj|2008|p=83}} Demiraj hesitates to favour the possibility of an early Greek presence in the area based on historical indications and onomatological features and points out that further research is needed in this field. According to Kyriazis and Spyrou (2011), Demiraj's main weakness in his approach is that he is ignoring the corresponding Greek literary evidence.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kyriazis |first1=D |last2=Spyrou |first2=A |title=Greek Linguistic Idioms in Albania |journal=Academy of Athens: Research Center of Modern Greek Dialects and Idioms |date=2011 |volume=6 |page=178 |url=http://ikee.lib.auth.gr/record/200796?ln=el |access-date=14 August 2022 |quote=Ο Demiraj κάνει λόγο στο ίδιο βιβλίο και για τις ελληνόφωνες εστίες της Χιμάρας (131- 147) και των περιοχών Δρόπολης και Βούρκου Δελβίνου (168-182). Επιστρατεύοντας ιστορικές ενδείξεις και ονοματολογικά στοιχεία, εκφράζει επιφυλάξεις για το ενδεχό- μενο πρώιμης παρουσίας της ελληνικής στα μέρη αυτά και υπογραμμίζει την ανάγκη περαιτέρω διερεύνησης του θέματος. Βασικό μειονέκτημα της προσέγγισής του είναι η άγνοια της σχετικής ελληνικής βιβλιογραφίας."}}</ref>

Schmitt (2015) argues that Christian Orthodox names such as – using Duka's Albanian transliteration – ''Miho Papapetro'', ''Jani Makrinudhi'', ''Andria Makrinudhi'', ''Miho Spathar'' in the village [[Bodrishtë]], suggest the presence of a Greek-speaking population in the region. According to Schmitt, Greek name influence among Aromanian names was also strong as in the village [[Sotirë]]. Schmitt concluded that the onomatological evidence in most villages is mixed and as such an ethnic-national division can not clearly be drawn, as Duka's categorization does not provide clear divisions. According to him, the only conclusion that can be drawn from such data is that the settlements of Dropull were populated by Orthodox communities, while only Aromanian villages were noticeably separated under the context of Ottoman administration. Schmitt argues that only the ethno-national opposition since the late 19th century divided this community into national communities.<ref name="MetzeltinSchmitt">{{harvnb|Metzeltin|Schmitt|2015|p=685|ps=:Duka, Shekujt osmanë gibt 266–268 eine Analyse der Personennamen, die in osmanischen  Steuerregistern für die Region Dropull (um Gjirokastra) im 16. Jahrhundert verzeichnet sind; er gliedert sie in a) albanische Vornamen, b) orthodoxe Taufnamen, c) slawische Vornamen, d) albanische Nachnamen; die Vlachen in Dörfern wie Vodhina und Korshovica sieht er als Gruppe, die mit den Albanern langsam verschmolz. Freilich erlaubt das Namenmaterial auch andere Deutungen; so legen Namen (hier in Dukas albanischer Transkription  wiedergegeben) wie Miho Papapetro, Jani Makrinudhi, Andria Makrinudhi, Miho Spathari (im Dorf Bodrishta, 282–283) die Existenz griechischsprachiger Bevölkerung  nahe; der griechische Namenseinfluss ist auch bei den Vlachen stark, so im Dorf Sotirë (290):  z. B. Mano Kavasili, Polimen Kavasili. Da die von Duka bestimmten amenskategorien in den meisten Dörfern gemischt verkommen und ethnonationale Trennlinien nicht erkennbar sind, spricht man am sinnvollsten von orthodoxen Dorfgemeinschaften;  erkennbar  abgetrennt  wurden  von der  osmanischen Verwaltung nur vlachische Dörfer. Dropull bildete in der Frühen Neuzeit wie auch noch im 20. Jahrhundert und in Resten in der Gegenwart eine sprachliche gemischte Region mit starkem Einfluss der Orthodoxie; erst der  ethnonationale Gegensatz seit dem späten 19.  Jahrhundert  hat diese Gemeinschaft in nationale Gemeinschaften geteilt.}}</ref> Kyriazis (2022) argues that the absence of the suffix {{transliteration|el|-s}} does not show a lack of the Greek element, as this was quite typical in Ottoman records from areas that were undoubtedly Greek-speaking.<ref name="Kyriazis2022–42–43" /> A view also corroborated by the Ottomanist scholar Kostas Kamburidis (2013).<ref>{{harvnb|Kamburidis|2013|p=283}}: "Το τελικό –ς ή και η κατάληξη –is στα ελληνικά ονόματα και επώνυμα παραλείπεται, πράγμα σύνηθες στα οθωμανικά έγγραφα."</ref><ref name="Kyriazis2022–42–43" />

Liço also disagrees, and says that Greek names in the genitive, accusative, and vocative cases don't have the suffix {{transliteration|el|-s}}; this suffix is only observed in the nominative case.<ref name="Liço2009–461&466">{{harvnb|Liço|2009|pp=461, 466}}</ref> Giakoumis says that in Greek the surnames are often given in the genitive case without the suffix {{transliteration|el|-s}}; especially in Epirus and in the provinces of Dropull and Pogon. Both Giakoumis and Liço add, that in Ottoman {{transliteration|ota|mufassal defterler}}, such as this one, the names were given in response to the question 'whose household{{nbsp}}...' or 'how do you call him', and the interpreter answered in the genitive or accusative cases without the suffix {{transliteration|el|-s}}.<ref name="Giakoumis2002a–790–791" /><ref name="Liço2009–461&466" /> According to Liço, the eliding of the suffix {{transliteration|el|-s}} in Greek names, is further corroborated when we consider undoubtedly Greek surnames in the defter, that also lack it.<ref name="Liço2009–461&466" />

Kyriazis (2018), after assessing the presence of the Greek language in the region, pointed to Duka's failure to take into account the etymology of the local toponymy and the presence of archaic Greek place-names, which the Slavs had translated into their own language.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kyriazis |first1=Doris K. |date=2018 |title=Language contact and onomastics: tautological constructs, folk etymologies and some methodological issues |url=https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=912795 |journal=Romanoslavica |language=English |volume=LIV |issue=3 |pages=167–168 |issn=2537-4214 |access-date=4 August 2022}}</ref> Liço, having studied the names of settlements and microtoponyms in the region, concluded that out of the 2,778 in total, 2,324 were Greek, 57 Slavic, 184 Albanian, 90 Turkish, and 123 unidentified.<ref>{{harvnb|Liço|2009|p=455}}</ref> Kyriazis (2022), having reviewed another publication from 2005 which presented the toponyms of the region, reached more or less the same conclusion; though he had reservations about a possible higher frequency of Slavic toponyms; as observed in the names of the villages of Dropull.<ref name="Kyriazis2022–42–43"/> The same author also pointed to the frequency of anthroponyms that are characteristic of northern Albania (such as the name Martin or the surname Martini), and suggested that the population that bore them could have descended to Dropull from northern Albania during the first centuries of the second millennium, and could have eventually continued further south to form parts of the population of [[Arvanites]]; especially when we consider that Dropull has always been a passage from north to south.. He believes that such an approach could explain the contradiction between the anthroponyms and toponyms in the region, and added that such temporary settlement of Albanians in medieval and late-medieval Dropull, partially disturbed its demography, but this wasn't significant in order to alter the toponymy of the region. Furthermore, he stated that the preservation of Greek though the centuries, as well as local surnames of Albanian origin, indicates that the Albanian-speaking population who settled there, found a Greek-speaking population and was eventually assimilated by it; just like it previously happened with the Slavs, the traces of which are evident in local surnames and toponyms. He claims that this approach is further supported when we compare the anthroponyms and toponyms of the adjacent region of [[Pogon, Albania|Pogon]], which was both then and now geographically isolated, and therefore more conservative linguistically; the defter of 1520 shows that this region didn't have any Albanian anthroponyms, or it had very few traces of them, while the linguistic character of its toponymy is similar to that of Dropull.<ref name="Kyriazis2022–42–43" />

=== Later accounts ===
Literary evidence provided by [[Athanasios Psalidas]] at the beginning of the 19th century mentions that the settlements of Dropull are primarily inhabited by Christian Greeks.<ref name="Kallivretakis" /> Schmitt (2015) argues that even in the 20th century, the region was still linguistically mixed.<ref name="MetzeltinSchmitt"/> In field work by Leonidas Kallivretakis (1994), the valley of Dropull is inhabited by compact Greek communities. In his research he found Dropull consisting of 34 villages, all of which inhabited by ethnic Greek communities.<ref name=Kallivretakis>{{cite book|last1=Kallivretakis|first1=Leonidas|title=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]|url=http://helios-eie.ekt.gr/EIE/handle/10442/8696|publisher=Εκδόσεις Σιδέρης|access-date=2 February 2015|pages=11, 55|language=Greek|date=1995|isbn=9789600800548}}</ref> Today, Dropull is inhabited by ethnic Greeks, who use the Greek language to communicate with local government.<ref name="report">{{cite web |title=Fourth Report submitted by Albania pursuant to Article 25, paragraph 2 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities |url=https://rm.coe.int/16806befc5 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Albania |access-date=28 December 2018|page=98}}</ref> The natives use the Greek language towards the local government authorities and the toponyms and street addresses are written in both Albanian and Greek in official documents.<ref name="report"/>

== Religion ==
{{See also|Dryinopolis}}
At c. 400 a bishopric was established as Diocese of Hadrianopolis in Epirus, a [[suffragan]] of the Metropolitan [[Archdicoese of Nicopolis]], capital of the Late [[Roman province]] of Epirus Vetus. It was suppressed by the Pope c. 1000, but later got an Orthodox successor. The bishopric of Dryinoupolis included the region of modern southwest Albania and from the early 16th century its center was Argyrokastro (modern Gjirokastër).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=01eQAAAAIAAJ&q=Sophianus Albania's captives.] Pyrrhus J. Ruches. Argonaut, 1965, p/</ref>

===List of monasteries===
*Monastery of the Prophet Elias, near [[Jorgucat]] (founded before 1586)
*Annunciation Monastery, Vanista (before 1617)
*Dormition of the Theotokos or Ravenia Monastery, Kalogoranxi (6th century)
*Dorminition of the Theotokos, Koshovicë (17th century)
*Monastery of Saints Quiricus and Julietta or [[Dhuvjan Monastery]], Dhuvjan (1089)
*Dorminition of the Theotokos or Driyanou Monastery, between Bularat and Zervat
*Monastery of the Taxiarchs Michael and Gabriel, Derviçan (16th century)
*Dormition of the Theotokos, Frashtan (16th century)
*Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Pepel (1754)
*Nativity of the Theotokos or Zonarion or Kakiomenou Monastery, Lovinë (before 1761), abandoned in the 20th century due to proximity to the Greek-Albanian border
*Theotokos Monastery (10th century), Zervat, abandoned during the crusades (11th century)

=== Catholic titular see ===
The Catholic diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as Latin [[Titular bishopric]] of Hadrianopolis in Epiro (Latin; adjective Hadrianopolitan(us) in Epiro) / '''Adrianopoli di Epiro''' (Curiate Italian).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/data/bishops-FR.htm#14536|title=Bishops who are not Ordinaries of Sees: FR... – FZ...|website=www.gcatholic.org|access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref> It is vacant since decades, had had only the following incumbent of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank: Josef Freusberg (1953.04.12 – death 1964.04.10), as [[Auxiliary Bishop]] of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Fulda|Fulda]] ([[Germany]]) (1953.04.12 – 1964.04.10).

== Villages ==
[[File:Street Sign Goranxi.jpg|thumb|280px|Bilingual roadsign, in [[Albanian language|Albanian]] and [[Greek language|Greek]].]]
According to the 2011 census the total population of Dropull is 3,503.

{{div col|colwidth=18em}}

*[[Bularat]] (Βουλιαράτες)
*[[Derviçan]] (Δερβιτσάνη)
*[[Dhuvjan]] (Δούβιανη)
*[[Glinë]] (Γλύνα)
*[[Vrisera]] (Βρυσερά)
*[[Goranxi]] (Καλογοραντζή)
*[[Jorgucat]] (Γεωργουτσάτες)
*[[Bodrishtë]] (Βόδριστα)
*[[Peshkëpi]] (Κάτω και Άνω Επισκοπή)
*{{ill|Sofratikë|lt=Sofratikë|el|Σωφράτικα}} (Σωφράτικα)
*{{ill|Sotirë|lt=Sotirë|el|Σωτήρα Άνω Δερόπολης}} (Σωτήρα)
*[[Zervat]] (Ζερβάτι)
*[[Kakavijë]] (Κακαβιά)
*[[Grapsh]] (Γράψη)
*[[Terihat]] (Τεριαχάτες)
*{{ill|Lugari, Albania|lt=Lugari|sq|Lugari}} (Λιούγκαρη)
*Haskovë (Χάσκοβο)
*Vanister (Βανιστα)
{{Div col end}}

== Notable locals ==
;Politics
*[[Grigorios Lambovitiadis]], activist of the Northern Epirus movement
*[[Spiro Ksera]], politician
*[[Vasilios Sahinis]], leader of the [[Northern Epirus Liberation Front|Northern Epirote Liberation Organization]]

;Culture and sports
*[[Kosmas Thesprotos]], scholar
*[[Leonidas Kokas]]
*[[Lefter Millo]], international soccer player, capped with the [[Albania national football team]]
*[[Tasos Vidouris]], poet
* Kleoniki Delijorgji, Miss Albania 2012 and [[Miss Globe International]] 2012<ref>{{cite web|title=Miss Globe International 2012: η Κλεονίκη Δεληγιώργη|url=http://www.politikanet.gr/2012/11/miss-globe-international-2012.html|publisher=politikanet.gr|access-date=27 January 2014}}</ref>
*{{ill|Konstantinos Koufos (singer)|el|Κωνσταντίνος Κουφός}}, singer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.getgreekmusic.gr/konstantinos-personas-katagogi/|title=Κωνσταντίνος Κουφός (Personas) - Η αποκάλυψη on air για την καταγωγή του (βίντεο)|date=2015-11-25|language=el-GR|access-date=2016-09-02}}</ref>
*[[Christos Tzolis]], football player of Norwich City and the Greece national team
*{{Interlanguage link|Christos Mastoras|el|Χρήστος Μάστορας}}, singer

==Twin towns – sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Albania}}
Dropull is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:

* {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Trikala]], Greece<ref>{{Cite web|title=Twin Cities|url=https://trikalacity.gr/adelfopiimenes-polis/|access-date=2021-09-05|website=Municipality of Trikala|language=el}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Deropolitissa]]
* [[Peshkëpi killing]]

== Notes ==
{{Reflist|group=note}}

== Footnotes ==
{{Reflist}}

== References ==
*{{cite book|last=Demiraj|first=Shaban|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aXIbAQAAIAAJ|title=The origin of the Albanians: linguistically investigated|publisher=[[Academy of Sciences of Albania]]|year=2006|isbn=9789994381715|author-link=Shaban Demiraj|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120114336/https://books.google.com/books?id=aXIbAQAAIAAJ|archive-date=20 November 2020}}
*{{cite journal|last=Demiraj|first=Shaban|author-link=Shaban Demiraj|title=La situation ethnique-linguistique des habitants de Dropulli et de Vurgu au cours des siecles|journal=[[Studia Albanica]]|publisher=[[Academy of Sciences of Albania]]|issn=0585-5047|volume=1|year=2008|pages=77–91}}
*{{cite thesis |last=Giakoumis |first=Konstantinos |title=The monasteries of Jorgucat and Vanishte in Dropull and of Spelaio in Lunxheri as monuments and institutions during the Ottoman period in Albania (16th-19th centuries) |date=2002a |url=https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.390688 |degree=PhD |publisher=[[University of Birmingham]]}}
*{{cite journal|last=Giakoumis|first=Konstantinos|title=Fourteenth-century Albanian migration and the 'relative autochthony' of the Albanians in Epeiros. The case of Gjirokastër|journal=Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies|volume=27|year=2002b|issue=1 |pages=171–183|doi=10.1179/byz.2003.27.1.171}}
*{{cite book |last=Heywood |first=Colin J. |title=[[Encyclopaedia of Islam]] |entry=Siyāḳat |date=1997 |edition=2nd |volume=9 |publisher=[[Brill Publishers]] |pages=692–693 |isbn=90-04-10422-4 |editor-last=Bosworth |editor-first=C. E. |editor-link=Clifford Edmund Bosworth |language=en |editor-last2=Donzel |editor-first2=E. |editor-link2=Emeri Johannes van Donzel |editor-last3=Heinrichs |editor-first3=W. P. |editor-link3=Wolfhart Heinrichs |editor-last4=Lecomte |editor-first4=G. |editor-link4=Gérard Lecomte |editor-last5=Bearman |editor-first5=P. J. |editor-link5=Peri Bearman |editor-last6=Nurit |editor-first6=Mme S.}}
*{{cite book |last=Kamburidis |first=Kostas |title=Η επαρχία Σερβίων τον 16ο αιώνα μέσα από οθωμανικές πηγές |trans-title=The province of Servia in the 16th century through Ottoman sources |chapter=Η μεταγραφή και η καταχώριση ανθρωπωνυμίων και τοπωνυμίων |trans-chapter=The transliteration and entry of the anthroponyms and toponyms |date=2013 |publisher=Αντώνης Σταμούλης Εκδοτικός Οίκος |isbn=978-9609533348 |language=el}}
*{{cite conference |url=http://ikee.lib.auth.gr/record/312123/files/Synedrio%20Argyrokastrou%20MGDLT8.pdf |title=Διατοπικότητα και διαχρονικότητα των νεοελληνικών γλωσσικών ιδιωμάτων της νότιας Αλβανίας |first=Doris |last=Kyriazis |year=2019 |conference=8th International Conference of Modern Greek Dialects and Linguistic Theory |book-title=Modern Greek Dialects and Linguistic Theory |publisher=[[University of Patras]] |location=Gjirokastër |issn=1792-3743 |language=el}}
*{{cite magazine |last=Kyriazis |first=Doris K. |date=2022 |title=Για το "Χρονικό της Δρόπολης", τη χρήση και κατάχρησή του ως ιστορικής πηγής (μεθοδολογική και γλωσσολογική προσέγγιση) |trans-title=Concerning the "Chronicle of Dropull", its use and misuse as a historical source (methodological and linguistic approach) |magazine=Βότρυς |language=el |publisher=Hellenic Education Editions |issue=1 |pages=32–49 |issn=2944-9936}}
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== External links ==
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0063.htm GCatholic, with Google satellite photo]

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