Administrative Division, Settlements and Demographics in the First Centuries of Ottoman Rule

Katić, Tatjana (2017) Administrative Division, Settlements and Demographics in the First Centuries of Ottoman Rule. In: Artistic Heritage of the Serbian People in Kosovo and Metohija: history, identity, vulnerability, protection. Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts - SASA, Belgrade, pp. 41-48. ISBN 978-86-7025-7580

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Abstract

The Ottoman administration of Kosovo and Metohija was fully established in the mid-15th century, when the sanjaks as the permanent military-administrative units replaced the provisional frontier unit called krajište in Serbian. The borders of the sanjaks reflected the pace and directions of Ottoman conquests and could be changed depending on military needs, the reputation of their commander or budget revenue. Formed before 1455, the first sanjaks in this territory were the Sanjak of Prizren and the Sanjak of Vučitrn, which respectively comprised the western and eastern part of present-day Kosovo. The smaller outer reaches in the south and east belonged to the Sanjak of Kruševac, which was established around the same time, or to the Pasha Sanjak, also known as the Sanjak of Sofia which was formed already in the late 14th century. Keywords: Kosovo and Metohija, Ottoman rule, conversion to islam

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