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849:. Cereals were exported through Ferizaj in exchange for goods from Thessaloniki and Skopje. For about 30 years, Ferizaj had about 400 houses and 200 shops, and most of its population were traders or craftsmen. Some 20th-century visitors described the city as having more stores than houses.
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872:, the local Albanian population offered a determined resistance and fighting reportedly lasted for three days. The Serbian commander ordered the population to surrender. Three to four hundred men were executed and, according to the
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peacekeeping force in Kosovo, is on rolling hills and farmland near the city. The camp, established immediately after the war, covers 955 acres (360,000 square meters).
804:, the Ferizaj region had 646 villages. Agriculture was the basic source of income, and other occupations included blacksmiths, potters, furriers, ranchers, and priests and monks.
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460:. Ferizaj is a location of a
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