| Sanjak of Prizren Prizren Sancağı Sanxhaku i Prizrenit Призренски санџак | |||||||||||
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| Sanjak of theOttoman Empire | |||||||||||
| 1455–1913 | |||||||||||
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| Capital | Prizren | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1455 | ||||||||||
• Treaty of London (1913) | 30 May 1913 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Kosovo,North Macedonia | ||||||||||
TheSanjak of Prizren (Turkish:Prizren Sancağı,Albanian:Sanxhaku i Prizrenit,Serbian:Призренски санџак /Prizrenski sandžak) was one of thesanjaks in theOttoman Empire withPrizren as its administrative centre. It was founded immediately after Ottoman Empire captured Prizren fromSerbian Despotate in 1455.[1] The rest of the territory of Serbian Despotate was conquered after the fall of Smederevo in 1459, and divided into following sanjaks:Sanjak of Viçitrina,Sanjak of Kruševac andSanjak of Smederevo. At the beginning of the First Balkan War in 1912, the territory of Sanjak of Prizren was occupied by the army of theKingdom of Serbia. Based onTreaty of London signed on 30 May 1913, the territory of Sanjak of Prizren became part of Serbia.
According to the 1571 Ottoman register, the Sanjak of Prizren consisted of fivenahiyahs:[2] Prizren, Hoçë, Zhuri, Trgovište and Bihor.
In its final borders (between 1889 and 1913), the Sanjak of Prizren consisted of thekaza (districts) of Prizren, Tetovo and Gostivar.
The territory that once belonged to the Sanjak of Prizren now belongs toKosovo (Prizren region) andNorth Macedonia (Tetovo andGostivar regions).
In 1867, the Sanjak of Prizren merged with theSanjak of Dibra andSanjak of Skopje and became the Prizren Vilayet. In 1871 the Sanjak of Prizren became part of the newly established Prizren Vilayet.[3][4] The Prizren Vilayet and its sanjaks, together with the Sanjak of Prizren, became part of theKosovo Vilayet, which was established in 1877.Prizren was decided to be the seat of Kosovo vilayet.[5]
TheSanjak of Niš andSanjak of Pirot together withVranje (which waskaza of theSanjak of Prishtina were separated from Kosovo vilayet and joined to thePrincipality of Serbia afterBerlin Congress in 1878. TheSanjak of Dibra was attached to theMonastir Vilayet. After those changes Kosovo Vilayet consisted of three sanjaks: the Sanjak of Prizren,Sanjak of Skopje andSanjak of Novi Pazar.[6] Despite the decisions of Berlin Congress to award control over the Sanjak of Novi Pazar toAustria-Hungary, it remained underde facto administration of theOttoman Empire.[7]
After theYoung Turk Revolution, occurred in 1908, the Ottoman Empire organized the firstparliamentary elections in the Sanjak of Prizren.
Until the end of October 1912, during theFirst Balkan War, the Sanjak of Prizren was occupied by theKingdom of Serbia.[8] On the basis of theTreaty of London signed during theLondon Conference in 1913, its territory became part of Serbia.
The Ottoman population records for 1895 indicate 73,708 Muslims and 24,101 Christians in the Sanjak of Prizren.[9]
Neposredno posle zauzimanja (1455. godine) Prizren je postao sedište prizrenskog sandžaka
In 1868 the vilayet of Prizren was created with the sancaks of Prizren, Dibra, Skopje and Niš; it only existed till 1877
the vilayet of Prizren was founded in 1871
Thus the seat of the Kosovo vilayet naturally moved to Prizren.
The Kosovo vilayet was then divided into three sanjaks: the Prizren, Skopje and Novi Pazar.
Zaten Balkan Savaşları sonunda 31 Ekim 1912'de deşehir Sırp kontrolüne geçmiş ve Prizren'deki Osmanlı idaresi de sona ermiştir
