Republic of Tamrash

The Republic of Tamrash (Bulgarian: Тъмръшка република, romanized: Tǎmrǎška republika), was a short-lived self-governing administrative structure of the Pomaks, living in the Tamrash region of the Rhodope Mountains. It existed from 1878 to 1886.

Geography

The territory spanned over the area locked in the upper valley of the Vacha River and most of its tributaries. The rebel territory initially consisted of 17 villages but its number increased up to 21 in 1880. Some of those villages were Trigrad, Mugla, Beden, Mihalkovo, Skobelevo, Churukovo and Devin.

History

The republic survived until 1886, when Eastern Rumelia was incorporated into Bulgaria.^[1] Then the area was returned to the Ottoman Empire.

References

^ Olga Demetriou (2013). "The Politics of Genealogy". Capricious Borders: Minority, Population, and Counter-Conduct Between Greece and Turkey. Berghahn Books. p. 92. ISBN 9780857458995.

External links

Ercan Çokbankir – FİLİBE TIMRAŞTAN KONYA TIMRAŞA

Literature

Мехмед, Хюсеин (2007). Помаците и торбешите в Мизия, Тракия и Македония (in Bulgarian). София. p. 167. Archived from the original on 2009-10-27.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[1] Olga Demetriou (2013). "The Politics of Genealogy". Capricious Borders: Minority, Population, and Counter-Conduct Between Greece and Turkey. Berghahn Books. p. 92. ISBN 9780857458995.

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