Sanjak of Prizren

Sanjak of Prizren
Prizren Sancağı
Sanxhaku i Prizrenit
Призренски санџак
Sanjak of the Ottoman Empire
1455–1913
Coat of arms of Prizren
Coat of arms

CapitalPrizren
History 
• Established
1455
• Treaty of London (1913)
30 May 1913
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Serbian Despotate
Principality of Dukagjini
Kingdom of Serbia
Today part ofKosovo, North Macedonia

The Sanjak of Prizren (Turkish: Prizren Sancağı, Albanian: Sanxhaku i Prizrenit, Serbian: Призренски санџак / Prizrenski sandžak) was one of the sanjaks in the Ottoman Empire with Prizren as its administrative centre. It was founded immediately after Ottoman Empire captured Prizren from Serbian Despotate in 1455.[1] The rest of the territory of Serbian Despotate was conquered after the fall of Smederevo in 1459, and divided into following sanjaks: Sanjak of Viçitrina, Sanjak of Kruševac and Sanjak of Smederevo. At the beginning of the First Balkan War in 1912, the territory of Sanjak of Prizren was occupied by the army of the Kingdom of Serbia. Based on Treaty of London signed on 30 May 1913, the territory of Sanjak of Prizren became part of Serbia.

  1. ^ Zbornik za narodni život i običaje, Volume 40 (in Serbo-Croatian). Jugoslavenska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti. 1962. p. 407. Retrieved 5 May 2011. Neposredno posle zauzimanja (1455. godine) Prizren je postao sedište prizrenskog sandžaka