| Sanjak of Kruševac Alacahisar Sancağı Крушевачки санџак | |||||||||
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| Sanjak of theOttoman Empire | |||||||||
| 1455[2]–1830[1] | |||||||||
| Capital | Kruševac | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1455[2] | ||||||||
• Final Ottoman capture of Kruševac | 1830[1] | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Serbia | ||||||||
TheSanjak of Kruševac or theSanjak of Alacahisar (Turkish:Alacahisar Sancağı,Serbian:Крушевачки санџак) was one of thesanjaks in theOttoman Empire with Alacahisar (modern-dayKruševac) as its administrative centre. Its Turkish name, Alacahisar, meanscolorful fortress.[3]
DespotStefan Lazarević, who was childless, had arranged for his nephewĐurađ Branković to succeed the Serbian throne and enter an alliance with Hungary, however, after his death, Murat invaded Serbia in 1428 claiming the land for himself.[4] Murat took the Serbian capital Kruševac and forced Branković to continue the Ottoman vassalage.[4] In 1451, when Mehmed II became Sultan, Despot Đurađ recaptured Kruševac and its surroundings.[5] Mehmed II campaigned in Serbia from 1454 until 1459, when he conquered and annexed theSerbian Despotate. Kruševac (now known as TurkishAlacahisar) was taken in 1455 and immediately organized into an Ottoman subdivision.
In period between 1455 and 1541 the Sanjak of Kruševac belonged to theRumelia Eyalet. After the establishment of theBudin Eyalet in 1541 the Sanjak of Kruševac was merged into it together with several other sanjaks including theSanjak of Smederevo,Sanjak of Pojega,Sanjak of Vučitrn,Sanjak of Zvornik etc. In 1558 the Sanjak of Kruševac was added to theTemeşvar Eyalet[6] At the beginning of the 17th century the Sanjak of Kruševac was again part ofRumelia Eyalet.[7]
The town ofAleksinac was mentioned for the first time in 1516 defter of the Sanjak of Alaca Hisar.[8] In the same year there were 1,000voynuks registered in Kruševac.[9]
In the 16th century the Sanjak of Alaca Hișar had followingnahiyahs:Kruševac (Alaca Hisar),Medveđa,Ürgüp, Zagrlata, Dubočica,Koznik,Kurşunlu, Petrus,Bovan (near modern Aleksinac), Poljanica, Kislina and Izmornik.[10] In the 17th century this sanjak had the followingkadilıks: Kruševac, Prokuplje, Medveđa, Bovan,Paraćin and Koznik.[11]
In 1493 the sanjak-bey of Kruševac was Ismail Bey, who participated in theBattle of Krbava Field.[12]
Deli Hasan-pasha Suljobašić was a sanjak-bey of Kruševac since the 1720s until 1739.[13] He managed to merge numerous smallchifliks into one large estate by killing many localsipahis andzaims (leaders) without being sanctioned, despite many official investigations.[14] In 1793 he was transferred toPrizren and then toOhrid.[14]
In 1789, during theRusso-Turkish War (1787–1792), Şehsuvar Abdi Pasha fromİşkodra (Shkodër) was appointed sanjak-bey of the Sanjak of Kruševac.[15][16] In period between 1794 and 1830 the sanjak-bey was Sašit-pasha.[17]
In 1455, the sanjak had 170timars, out of which 27 were in the hands of Christians.[18]
Ottoman sources emphasize that a wave ofVlachs herdsmen settled in theSanjak of Smederevo and a large part of the Sanjak of Kruševac andSanjak of Vidin.[19] After the Ottomans conquered territories inPannonian Plain many families from the central Balkans move to that area which affected Vlach population of Sanjak of Kruševac and Smederevo who lost their earlier privileges. From the beginning of 16th century, the Muslim population in Kruševac,Prokuplje andLeskovac made up 68% of the total population while until the end of the century it increased to almost 85% due to islamisation of Serbs. In smaller urban settlements such as Kuršumlija, Paraćin, Medveđa and Bovan, the Christians made up the majority of the population up until 1536. This ratio changed only by the end of the century, when these groups equalised in terms of their numbers.[20]
In 1516, the Kruševac Sanjak had 320,000 inhabitants, and in 1536 due to depopulation it had 160,000-190,000 inhabitants[21]
Defter counts of villages;[22]
1516: 1,155 villages
1536; 1,169 villages
1570: 1,082 villages
1583: 1,104 villages
Settlement numbers of Nahija's (1536);[22][23]
Kisilina: 12 villages, 153 households
Dubočica: 300 villages, 7,000 households
Kruševac: 216 villages, 8,000 households
Koznik: 116 villages, 1,500-2,000 households
Boban: 43 villages, 2,200 households
Petruš: 95 villages, 1,300–3,000 households
Prokuplje: 264 villages, 13,000 households
Kuršumlija: 63 villages
Izmornik: 30 villages
Poljanica: 24 villages
Zagratla: 74 villages, 976 households
Умро је 1830. годи- не, таман када је догорело постојање ха- лаџа хисарског санџака
Крушевачки санџак који је образован још 1455 г., пре Смедерев- ског санџака, ...
Санџак Крушевац (А1аса Шзаг) Град Крушевац, некадању престоницу кнеза Лазара, Турци су~ дефинитивно посјели г. 1455, дали му име Алаџа Хисар (Шарен град) и претворили га у средиште истоименог санџака.
Кад је 1541. основан Будимски ејалет, овој области је придружено неколико санџака Румелијског ејалета, »и то Вучитрн, Крушевац, Смедерево, Зворник, Срем, Пожега и др.« Санџак Крушевац је 1558. издвојен из Будимског
„Алексинац се први пут спомиње 1516. године.у дефтеру за крушевачки санџак,
...може се открити да је њихов родоначелник Дели Хасан-паша, ко- ји је био крушевачки санџакбег до 1739. го- дине.
У току рата 1789, Крушевачки санџак је додељен Шехсувар Абди паши, сину Арслан Али Паше Дели Хасанпашићу, унуку горе поменутог Дели Хасана. Управо тај Шехсувар Абди паша је у ствари Шашит паша лесковачки.
...нарочито под крушевачким саниакбегом Шехсувар (Шашит пашом) пореклом из Скадра
У току руско-турског рата у Крушевцу се налази Шехсувар Абди паша. Године 1794. санџакбег је Сашит паша који на овом положају остаје до 1830. го- дине.
Turkish sources declare that a wave of Vlah herdsmen flowed into Smederevo sandzak and a large part of Krusevac and Vidin sandzak
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