[443] At present they are nearly all Muhamedans, having abjured Christianity, together with most of the inhabitants of Albania and many of those of Bosnia and other Balkan lands, during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
[444] In the Balkans there are many shrines worshipped by Christians and Turks alike, especially in Albania.
[445] The present capital of Bulgaria.
[446] Makushev, op. cit., 345.
[447] Ibid., 440.
[448] G. Müller, Documenti sulle Relazioni delle Città Toscane coll’ Oriente, p. 227.
[449] Makushev, p. 477.
[450] I. von Düringsfeld, Aus Dalmatien.
[451] Gelcich, I Conti di Tuhelj, 68-70.
[452] Ref., Cons. Rog., Oct. 23, Nov. 22, and Dec. 2, 1468.