Shufada

Shufada was a medieval trade port in northern Albania. It was near the mouth of a river, with academics proposing Mat,[1] Ishëm[2] and Erzen.[3] It was at the time one among a string of ports in Albania that enjoyed prosperity and economic significance until being abandoned at the start of the Ottoman period.[1] A 1420 commercial treaty between Gjon Kastrioti and the Republic of Ragusa shows that Shufada was the main customs port for the former's domains.[4]

  1. ^ a b Buda, Aleks (1985). Fjalor Enciklopedik Shqiptar. Fjalor enciklopedik shqiptar. Akademia e Shkencave. p. 859.
  2. ^ Baçe, Apollon; Aleksi, Avenir (1986). Monumentet. Instituti i Monumenteve të Kulturës. p. 28.
  3. ^ Hernandez, D.; Hodges, R. (2020). Butrint 7: Beyond Butrint: Kalivo, Mursi, Çuka e Aitoit, Diaporit and the Vrina Plain. Surveys and Excavations in the Pavllas River Valley, Albania, 1928–2015. Butrint Archaeological Monographs. Oxbow Books. p. 154.
  4. ^ Ducellier, Allain (1987). L'Albanie entre Byzance et Venise, Xe-XVe siècles. Collected studies. Variorum Reprints. p. 49.