Erind

Erind
Erind is located in Albania
Erind
Erind
Coordinates: 40°9′25″N 20°9′49″E / 40.15694°N 20.16361°E / 40.15694; 20.16361
Country Albania
CountyGjirokastër
MunicipalityGjirokastër
Municipal unitLunxhëri
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Erind is a village in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. It belongs to the former Lunxhëri municipality and is part of the wider Lunxhëri region. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Gjirokastër.[1]

Erind was one of the Albanian Christian villages in the possession of the House of Moutzohoussates (Albanian: Muçohysaj), the ancestral house of Ali Pasha.[2]

  1. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6371. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. ^ Skiotis, Dennis N. (July 1971). "From Bandit to Pasha: First steps in the Rise to Power of Ali of Tepelen, 1750–17841". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 2 (3): 226. doi:10.1017/S0020743800001112. ISSN 1471-6380. Retrieved 30 September 2022.