Британци и Хаџи-Лојина револуција: конзул Едвард Фримен о побуни и окупацији Сарајева 1878. године
The British and the Hadji Loyo`s Revolution: Consul Freeman on the Rebellion and Occupation of Sarajevo in 1878

Summary/Abstract: The rebellion and the armed resistance of the Sarajevo’s inhabitants to the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina of 1878, are still considered to be a controversial topic. Some historians assert that it was the result of the Bosnian patriotism and solidarity of the citizens of Sarajevo of all faiths. The others claim that it was primarily Islamic, conservative movement inspired and organized by the Ottoman Porte, which was trying to avoid or postpone the foreign occupation. Moreover, there are interpretations that place Bosnian and contemporary Albanian rebellion of 1878 into the context of at that time emerging modern Pan-Islamism, and the attempts of Sultan Abdul Hamid II to use it as a tool for the defence of his Empire from its assertive Christian enemies. All existing reports of the British Acting Consul in Sarajevo, Edward B. Freeman, to the Foreign Office, written at the time of rebellion and occupation (July–August 1878) are presented here. Placed within the context of the British and Ottoman policy in the years of the Eastern crisis (1875-1878), and seen from the broad, global perspective, they give the new evidence on behalf of the interpretation of the Sarajevo’s rebellion of 1878 as an unsuccessful Islamic revolution, inspired by the Porte.

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