Sanjak of Scutari

Sanjak of Scutari / Sanjak of Shkodra İşkodra Sancağı Sanxhaku i Shkodrës Скадарски санџак
sanjak of the Ottoman Empire
←   ← 1479–1913 →
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The sanjak highlighted, late 19th century.
Capital		Scutari (present-day Shkodër)
History
•	Ottoman Empire captured Shkodra from Republic of Venice	1479
•	Ottoman Empire signed Treaty of London
•	Disestablished	30 May 1913 1913
Today part of		Albania  Montenegro

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The Sanjak of Scutari or Sanjak of Shkodra (Albanian: Sanxhaku i Shkodrës; Serbian: Скадарски санџак; Turkish: İskenderiye Sancağı or İşkodra Sancağı ) was one of the sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire. It was established after Ottoman Empire acquired Shkodra after the siege of Shkodra in 1478-9. It was part of Rumelia Eyalet until 1867, when it became a part, together with Sanjak of Skopje, of newly established Scutari Vilayet. In 1912 and beginning of 1913 it was occupied by members of Balkan League during the First Balkan War. In 1914 the territory of Sanjak of Scutari became a part of Principality of Albania, established on the basis of peace contract signed during London Conference in 1913.

With short interruptions, the territory of northern Albania, including what would become the Sanjak of Scutari, belonged to the Serbian medieval states for many centuries. The first Ottoman censuses (1431, 1467 and 1485) show a substantial presence of Slavic toponyms.

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