Arbanasi (Bullgari): Dallime mes rishikimesh

TheNder earliestdokumentet writtenme documentte thathershme marks the beginning of Arbanasi's historypermendet isne anje royaldekret decree by theperandorak [[OttomanPerandoria EmpireOsmane|Ottomanosman]] te [[sultan]]it [[SuleimanSulejman thete Magnificentshkelqyeshem]] fromte 1538, accordingne tobaze whichte these sultan offeredcilit thesulltani landsi ofofroi thevendet moderne localities of ArbanasiArbanasit, [[Lyaskovets]], [[Gorna Oryahovitsa]] anddhe [[Dolna Oryahovitsa]] to his [[son-in-lawkunatit]] te tij [[Grand VizierVezir i madh]] Rustem Pasha assi a giftdhurate. TheTe fourkater villagesfshatrat arejan unitedete underbashkuar the namenen emrin ''Arnaud Kariyeleri'' ("the Albanianfshatrat villagesshqiptare") in the document, and the first settlers may have been Albanians andndofta [[Greeks]]edhe fromnga [[EpirusEpiri]]; although Albanian-sounding names could be found in the Ottoman tax registers, [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] and [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] names already prevailed.

TheRegjistri taxi registerstaksave of shenon 1541–1544 describe ''Arnavud köy'' (also ''Darı ova'') as a village of 63 households and 72 unmarried men. In 1579–1580, it already numbered 271 households and 277 unmarried men, or a quadruple increase for forty years, indicating an influx of settlers. The village preserved its purely [[Christianity|Christian]] character and prospered in the 17th century.