Sanjak of Požega

Sanjak of Pojega Pojega Sancağı Požeški sandžak
Sanjak of the Ottoman Empire
1538–1699 →
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Capital		Pojega (Požega)
History
•	Established	1538
•	Disestablished	1699
Today part of		Croatia

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The Sanjak of Pojega (Turkish: Pojega Sancağı; Croatian: Požeški sandžak) was an administrative unit of the Ottoman Empire formed around 1538. It existed until the Treaty of Karlowitz (1699), when the region was transferred to the Habsburg Monarchy. It was located in present-day eastern Croatia, in Slavonia region. The capital of the sanjak was Pojega (Croatian: Požega).

The first defter in the sanjak was held in 1540.

The Sanjak of Pojega included territory between Sava and Drava rivers and at first was part of the Rumelia Eyalet. In 1541, it was included into Budin Eyalet, in 1580 into Bosnia Eyalet, in 1596 into Zigetvar Eyalet, and in 1600 into Kanije Eyalet. The Sanjak of Požega was one of six Ottoman sanjaks with most developed shipbuilding (besides sanjaks of Smederevo, Nicopolis, Vidin, Zvornik and Mohač). Toward Croatian and Slavonian border the Ottomans populated numerous Christian Vlachs, who either already lived there or who were brought from the Serb populated Ottoman territories, to live between their border garrisons. Because of the substantial number of Vlachs, parts of the Sanjak of Pakrac and Sanjak of Požega were referred to as Mala Vlaška (English: Little Wallachia).

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