Sanjak of Zvornik
| Sanjak of Zvornik Zvornik Sandžak | |||||||||
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| Sanjak of the Ottoman Empire | |||||||||
| 1478–1878 | |||||||||
| Capital | Zvornik | ||||||||
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• Established | 1478 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1878 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||||||
The Sanjak of Zvornik (Turkish: İzvornik Sancağı, Serbo-Croatian: Zvornički sandžak) was one of the sanjaks in the Ottoman Empire with Zvornik (in modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina) as its administrative centre. It was divided into 4 different districts: Žepče, Maglaj, Tuzla and Kladanj. The sanjak was created between 1478 and 1483. Following its dissolution in 1878 after the Austro-Hungarian Empire defeated the Ottomans, Zvornik became part of the .
During the Ottoman period, Zvornik was the capital of the Sanjak of Zvornik (an administrative region) within the Bosnia Eyalet. This was primarily the case because of the city's crucial role in the economy and the strategic importance of the city's location. The Sanjak of Zvornik was one of six Ottoman sanjaks with most developed shipbuilding (besides sanjaks of Vidin, Nicopolis, Požega, Smederevo and ).[1] In the year 1806 the city of Zvornik was home to the famous Bosniak, kapetan Mehmed-beg Kulenović.
References[]
- ^ Godis̆njak grada Beograda. Beogradske novine. 1979. p. 35. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
Ипак градња бродова се посебно везивала за шест санџака: никопољски, видински, смедеревски, зворнички, пожешки и мохачки.
- States and territories established in 1478
- States and territories disestablished in 1878
- Ottoman period in the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire in Europe
- Zvornik
- 1478 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
- 1878 disestablishments in the Ottoman Empire