Sandžak Muslim militia
| Sandžak Muslim militia | |
|---|---|
| Active | April or June 1941–1945 |
| Allegiance | |
| Branch | Infantry |
| Type | Militia |
| Size |
8,000–12,000 (April 1943)
|
| Engagements | |
| Commanders | |
| Brodarevo detachment | Husein Rovčanin |
| Hisardžik detachment | Sulejman Pačariz |
| Pljevlja detachment | Mustafa Zuković |
| Sjenica detachment | Hasan Zvizdić |
| Bijelo Polje detachment | Ćazim Sijarić, Galjan Lukač |
| Petnjica detachment | Osman Rastoder |
| Insignia | |
| Identification symbol |
 Crescent and star |
8,000–12,000 (April 1943)
The Sandžak Muslim militia was established in Sandžak and eastern Herzegovina in Axis occupied Yugoslavia between April or June and August 1941 during World War II. It was under control of the Independent State of Croatia until September 1941, when Italian forces gradually put it under their command and established additional units not only in Sandžak, but in eastern Herzegovina as well. After the capitulation of Italy in September 1943 it was put under German control, while some of its units were merged with three battalions of Albanian collaborationist troops to establish the "SS Polizei-Selbstschutz-Regiment Sandschak" under command of the senior Waffen SS officer Karl von Krempler.
The Sandžak Muslim militia had around 2,000 men in standing forces and additional auxiliary forces on local level. Its notable commanders include Hasan Zvizdić, Husein Rovčanin, Sulejman Pačariz, Ćazim Sijarić, Selim Juković, Biko Drešević, Ćamil Hasanagić and Galjan Lukač.
It was one of three armed groups, besides the Chetniks and Yugoslav Partisans, that operated in Sandžak during the Second World War and engaged in violent internecine fight. Moslem militia participated in the suppression of the Uprising in Montenegro, committing numerous crimes against Serbs of Montenegro. After the suppression of the uprising this militia continued to fight against Yugoslav Partisans, but some of its units also carried on with attacks on Serbs in Sandžak and eastern Herzegovina. According to German and Croatian sources, the size of Muslim militia in April 1943 was between 8,000 and 12,000 men.
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