Vlasi u basanskom sandžaku i islamizacija
Vlachs in Bosnian Sanjak and the Process of Islamization

Summary/Abstract: Apart from the statistics concerning Vlachs in Bosnian Sanjak during the period from the conquest of Bosnia to the beginning of the 17'h century, and the data dealing with the extent of islamization among them, this paper also presents swvey of their diffusion in Bosnian Sanjak during the mentioned period. The survey is given on the basis of Ottoman cadastral registers. The question of Vlachs has been treated insufficiently and more often marginally by the scientific literature about the period of Ottoman rule, and by the historiographic literature in general. For that reason the present paper treats some of the main problems concerning Vlachs, such as the questions: of their legal status, of abolition and re-introduction of their status by Ottoman government in Bosnian Sanjak, as well as the important question dealing with their name used by Ottoman sources and modem historiography, which is" closely connected with their final integration with the rest of the population, and which, on the other side, is closely connected with their departure from their homeland in Dinaric area.

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