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Mazreku (archaic forms: Masarecu, Masareccu, Meserechus, Mânzaraku, Mazaraki or Mazarek) is an Albanian tribe^[1] or fis from the Dukagjin highlands. Historically they were one of the most widespread tribes, and placenames related to them are found throughout Albania: examples include Mazrek of Shkodër, or Mazrek in Tiranë.

The name Mazrek(u), which means "horse breeder" in Albanian, is found throughout all Albanian regions.^[2] Furthermore, the name relates to the Albanian word mëz - maz ('foal'), deriving from the Proto-Albanian *mandja and cognates to the Messapic word *menza ('foal').^[3]

Another Albanian tribe called the Mazreku lived in Epirus during the Middle Ages.

As a surname it may refer to:

Mazarek (vojvoda), Albanian nobleman and general in Serbia in the 15th century
Pjetër Mazreku, Albanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in the 17th century
Matija Mazarek, priest in the Ottoman Empire in the 18th century
Blerim Mazreku (born 1981), Kosovan basketball player
Gafur Mazreku, Albanian politician, late 20th century
Pjetër Mazreku (fl. 1624–1642), Roman Catholic bishop
Luan and Bekim Mazreku, Kosovan soldiers in 1998
Kostandin Kastrioti Mazreku, Great-grandfather of the Albanian national hero, Skanderbeg.

References

^ Elsie, Robert (2015). The Tribes of Albania: History, Society and Culture. I.B.Tauris. p. 138. ISBN 9780857739322.
^ Malaj, Edmond (2013). "Familje fisnike të Drishtit mesjetar (Noble Families of Medieval Drivasto". Studime Historike. 3 (4): 45.
^ Matzinger, Joachim (2005). "Messapisch und Albanisch". International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction (in German). 2: 29–54.

[1] Elsie, Robert (2015). The Tribes of Albania: History, Society and Culture. I.B.Tauris. p. 138. ISBN 9780857739322.

[2] Malaj, Edmond (2013). "Familje fisnike të Drishtit mesjetar (Noble Families of Medieval Drivasto". Studime Historike. 3 (4): 45.

[3] Matzinger, Joachim (2005). "Messapisch und Albanisch". International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction (in German). 2: 29–54.

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