Širenje islama u požeškom i pakračkom sandžaku
Expansion of Islam in the Sanjak of Požega and Pakrac

Summary/Abstract: In the region of Slavonija, between the rivers Drava, Danube and Sava, two sanjaks were established in the middle of the 16th century. First, the Sanjak of Požega was established in 1537. and then in 1557 the Sanjak of Pakrac which was also called the Sanjak of Čazma and the Sanjak of Cernica, depending on the central town of the Sanjak. Although both sanjaks had the status of serha (border region), certain circumstances influenced on their different treatment and different development. Sanjak of Požega was, in a way, protected by the. Sanjak of Pakrac, it was more developed and because of that more attractive both for the native immigrants and of Ottomans. The authorities here induced the expansion of Islam by constructing the sacral objects, settling on derwishes, making the djemats(the members of the moques) free of taxes, "for they preyed for the ruler's good luck and for the prosperity of the Empire".

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