Sanjak of Pljevlja

Sanjak of Novi Pazar
Yeni Pazar sancağı (Turkish)

Sanjak of the Ottoman Empire

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1865–1912

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The sanjak in late 19th century

Capital

Novi Pazar

History

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Sanjak of Novi Pazar created

1865

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New Sanjak of Pljevlja created

1880

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Sanjak of Sjenica created by reorganization

1902

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Region partitioned after the First Balkan War

1912

Today part of

The Sanjak of Novi Pazar (Serbo-Croatian: Novopazarski sandžak; Serbian Cyrillic: Новопазарски санџак; Turkish: Yeni Pazar sancağı) was an Ottoman sanjak (second-level administrative unit) that was created in 1865. It was reorganized in 1880 and 1902. The Ottoman rule in the region lasted until the First Balkan War (1912). Sanjak of Novi Pazar included territories of present-day northeastern Montenegro and southwestern Serbia, also including some northern parts of Kosovo. The region is known as Raška, and also called Sandžak.

During the Middle Ages, region of Raška was one of the central regions of Medieval Serbia. Incursions of Ottoman Turks into this region started in late 14th century, after Battle of Kosovo (1389) and the creation of Turkish frontier march (Serbo-Croatian: krajište) of Skopje (1392). Final conquest of Raška region occurred in 1455, when Isa-Beg Isaković, Turkish governor of Skopje, captured the south-western parts of the Serbian Despotate.

At first, region of Raška was included into frontier march of Skopje, and its governor Isa-Beg Isaković decided to create a new stronghold near the old marketplace of Staro Trgovište (Turkish: Eski Pazar, literally meaning "old market place"). New site (Serbo-Croatian: Novo Trgovište) was therefore called Novi Pazar (Turkish: Yeni Pazar, meaning "new market place"). Isaković built a mosque there, and also a public bath, a hostel, and a compound. Novi Pazar initially belonged to the Jeleč vilayet of the Skopsko Krajište ("Skopje Frontier March"). There were also the vilayets of Ras and Sjenica. By 1463, the region was incorporated into the newly created Sanjak of Bosnia. The seat of the kadı was subsequently transferred from Jeleč to Novi Pazar little before 1485, and since that time the city became most important center in southeastern parts of Bosnian Sanjak. Region of Novi Pazar remained part of the Sanjak of Bosnia until 1864.

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