In the detailed Ottoman register TD 36 (from the year 1506), the villages of Greek revolutionary hero Athanasios Diakos, namely Ano Mousounitsa (Άνω Μουσουνίτσα) and Artotina (Αρτοτίνα), are noted as being inhabited by Albanians (Arnavudân).
On his father's side, Athanasios Diakos (1788 – 1821) originated from the village of Ano Mousounitsa, which has been renamed Athanasios Diakos (Αθανάσιος Διάκος) in his honour (it's situated in the regional unit of Fokida/Phocis, in Central Greece). In the above cited Ottoman register, the village is mentioned as "karye-i Meğal-Muşiniçe, Arnavudân, tâbi'-i Ülündürük" = "village of Great Mousounitsa, Albanians, belonging to Lidoriki".
In the registers from the 15th & 16th centuries, the village of Ano Mousounitsa (i.e. "Upper Mousounitsa") is called "Great Mousounitsa" (Meğal/Meğali-Muşiniçe), while the village of Kato Mousounitsa (i.e. "Lower Mousounitsa") is called "Lesser Mousounitsa" (Mikro/Mikri-Muşiniçe),
On his mother's side, Diakos originated from the nearby village of Artotina (also situated in Fokida/Phocis), where he was probably born (Artotina and Ano Mousounitsa each claim to be the birthplace of the hero). In the register TD 36, Artotina is mentioned as "karye-i Orototina, tâbi'-i Ülündürük [...], Arnavudân" = "village of Artotina, belonging to Lidoriki [...], Albanians",
The Albanian presence in Ano Mousounitsa and Artotina can also be seen from the names of their inhabitants found in the register from 1506. In both these villages typical Albanian names appear: Gjon (Göni), Gjin (Gini), Leka, Dorëza (Doriza), etc. One of the inhabitants of Artotina had the interesting name Hubavo (Dimo Hubavo), of Slavic origin (cf. Bulgarian hubav - хубав = beautiful, handsome). In 1466, according to the Ottoman register MAD 66, Ano Mousounitsa & Artotina were not classified as villages (karye) but "katuns" (katuna), a term employed in the Ottoman registers to denote semi-permanent Albanian pastoralist settlements.
- Both Ano Mousounitsa & Artotina are solely Greek-speaking today and their inhabitants are ignorant of the Albanian past of their villages.
Unlike the preceding two villages, Kato Mousounitsa (simply known today as Mousounitsa - Μουσουνίτσα) is not marked as an Albanian village in 1506. It nevertheless had a strong Albanian presence in 1506, as can be seen from the names of its inhabitants, and was also classified as a "katun" (katuna) in 1466. Out of its 8 male household-heads in 1506, 4 were clearly Albanians: two of them bore the first-name Gjin (Gini), one of them bore the first-name Gjon (Göni), while his brother/blood-relative bore the first-name Duka. The rest of the household-heads, or part of them, were also possibly of Albanian origin, despite not bearing names that indicate Albanian ancestry: two had the surname Ruso (Yani Ruso & Kosta Ruso), one was called Yorgi Nikola and the last one was Mihal İsküda. There was also one widow: widow Kirana. Kirana was a very frequent widow-name among the Greeks, southernmost Slavs and Albanians of Greece during that period, possibly the most frequent widow-name after Mary.
Besides Ano Mousounitsa and Artotina, 6 other villages (karye) in the region of Lidoriki - Λιδωρίκι (Ülündürük) are marked as Albanian in 1506 (the region of Lidoriki is solely Greek-speaking today):
- İştilya = the present village of Stilia - Στίλια
- Kakuri = abandoned today, it was still extant when French traveler François Pouqueville (1770 – 1838) visited the region (he calls it Cacouri)
- Konyako = the present village of Koniakos - Κονιάκος, classified as a "katun" (katuna) in 1466
- Palyo-Katuna = the present village of Pal(a)iokatouno - Παλ(α)ιοκάτουνο, renamed Krokyleio - Κροκύλειο, also classified as a "katun" (katuna) in 1466
- Kılimaki = it survives as the locality of Klimaki - Κλιμάκι, which belongs to Artotina (Αρτοτίνα) and was classified as a "katun" (katuna) in 1466
- Harmena = abandoned today, it has given its name to the stream Charmenor(r)ema - Χαρμενόρ(ρ)εμα near Lidoriki. It was also classified as a "katun" (katuna) in 1466
The Albanian character of these 6 villages is further confirmed by the Albanian names which appear among their inhabitants in 1506. We find typical Albanian names of the period such as Gjon (Göni), Gjin (Gini), Leka (Leka, Lika), Meksha (Mekşa), Dhima (Dima), Vreto (İvreto), Morfi, Dramësi (Drames, Drameş), etc. E.g. Gini Morfi, Gini Drameş, etc.
▣ Thanks to the register, we also know that the village of Stilia (İştilya) was founded by an Albanian clan, since several inhabitants of the village with typical Albanian first-names (Leka, Dhima, Vreto) had the surname İstilya: Lika İstilya, Dima İstilya, İvreto İstilya.
It should be kept in mind that the Ottoman registers are fiscal documents and not ethnographic ones. They thus mark settlements as Albanian when the Albanian ethnicity of their inhabitants is connected to economic privileges or obligations. The 8 above-mentioned Albanian villages probably had maintained a traditional Albanian pastoral and/or military lifestyle, which had an impact on their economy and taxation, hence it was important for these villages to be marked as Albanian. It's therefore wrong to deduce that only 8 villages in the region of Lidoriki were Albanian in 1506. Even though not explicitly marked as Albanian, several other villages of the region clearly had a predominantly Albanian population, as can be seen from the names of their inhabitants. Such is the case, for example, with the villages of Kupaki (today Koupaki - Κουπάκι) and Lika Uskura, mentioned later as Zoryano by the Ottomans (the present village of Zoriano(s) - Ζωριάνο(ς)). Judging from the names of their inhabitants (Gjin - Gini, Leka, Skura - İskura, Nika, etc.) both these villages were evidently majoritarily Albanian in 1506.
▣ Note: The village of Lika Uskura/Zoryano was founded by Albanians, as its name indicates, from someone called Leka Skura (the name Zoryano also appears many times among the Albanians of Greece during the 15th & 16th centuries). The village of Kupaki was also founded by Albanians, as can be seen by the fact that in 1506 three of its inhabitants were called Göni Kupaki (i.e. Gjoni Kupaqi), Gini Kupaki (i.e. Gjini Kupaqi) and Leka Kupaki (i.e. Leka Kupaqi). This shows us that Kupaki (i.e. Kupaqi) was an Albanian clan-name. Both Lika Uskura and Kupaki are classified as "katuns" (katuna) in 1466.