Sanjak of Bosnia

Sanjak of Bosnia
Bosna Sancağı (Turkish)
Bosanski sandžak/Босански санџак (Serbo-Croatian)
Sanjak of the Ottoman Empire
1463–1878
Flag of Bosnia

Map of the Sanjak of Bosnia at its height.
DemonymBosnian
History 
1463
• Eyalet of Bosnia established
1580
1878
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Bosansko Krajište
Kingdom of Bosnia
Bosnia Eyalet
Today part of

Sanjak of Bosnia (Turkish: Bosna Sancağı, Serbo-Croatian: Bosanski sandžak / Босански санџак) was one of the sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire established in 1463 when the lands conquered from the Bosnian Kingdom were transformed into a sanjak and Isa-Beg Isaković was appointed its first sanjakbey.[1] In the period between 1463 and 1580 it was part of the Rumelia Eyalet. After the Bosnia Eyalet was established in 1580 the Bosnian Sanjak became its central province.[2] Between 1864 and the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia in 1878 it was part of the Bosnia Vilayet that succeeded the Eyalet of Bosnia following administrative reforms in 1864 known as the "Vilayet Law". Although Bosnia Vilayet was officially still part of the Ottoman Empire until 1908 the Bosnian Sanjak de facto ceased to exist in 1878; when it was occupied by Austria-Hungary.

Banja Luka became the seat of the Sanjak of Bosnia some time prior to 1554, until 1580 when the Bosnia Eyalet was established. Bosnian beylerbeys were seated in Banja Luka until 1639.[3]

  1. ^ Enciclopedia Croatica (in Croatian) (III ed.). Zagreb: Naklada Hrvatskog izdavalačkog bibliografskog zavoda. 1942. p. 157. Archived from the original on 2011-12-05. Retrieved March 15, 2011. Krajišnik Isabeg imenovan je 1463 sandžakbegom novoustrojenog sandžaka Bosna
  2. ^ Omer Ibrahimagić (1998). Constitutional development of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Vijeće Kongresa bošnjačkih intelektualaca. p. 78. ISBN 9789958470301. Retrieved 23 January 2013. The former Bosnian sanjak became the central sanjak of this ayalet.
  3. ^ Hercegovine, Društvo istoričara Bosne i (1952). Godišnjak: Annuaire (in Serbian).