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See also:PRIZREN (also written Prisren, Prisrend, Prizrendi, Prezdra and Perzerin)
, the See also:capital of the sanjak of See also:Prizren, in the vilayet of See also:Kossovo, See also:Albania, See also:European See also:Turkey; 65 m
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E. by N. of See also:Scutari, on the See also:river Bistritza, a See also:left-See also:hand tributary of the See also: In its bazaars an active See also:trade in agricultural produce, See also:glass, pottery, See also:saddlery, and See also:copper and See also:iron See also:ware is carried on; but the manufacture of See also:fire-arms, for which Prizren was See also:long famous throughout European Turkey, has suffered greatly from See also:foreign competition . Prizren has sometimes, though on doubtful See also:evidence, been identified with the ancient Tharendus or Theranda . In the 12th See also:century it was the See also:residence of the See also:kings of See also:Servia, and the sanjak of Prizren forms See also:part of the region still called Old Servia (Stara Srbiya) by the Slays . From the 13th century to the 16th Prizren had a flourishing export trade with See also:Ragusa, and it has always been one of the See also:principal centres of See also:commerce and See also:industry in Albania . |
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