Sanjak of Novi Pazar

The Sanjak of Novi Pazar (Serbian, Bosnian: Новопазарски санџак, Novopazarski sandžak; Turkish: Yeni Pazar sancağı; Albanian: Sanxhaku i Pazarit të Ri; English also Sanjak of Novibazar) was an Ottoman sanjak (second-level administrative unit) that existed until the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913 in the territory of present day Serbia and Montenegro.

History

It was part of the Ottoman province of Bosnia and later Kosovo Province and included most of the present day Sandžak region (named after Sanjak of Novi Pazar), as well as northern parts of Kosovo (area around Kosovska Mitrovica).

The administrative seat of the Sanjak of Novi Pazar was in the city of Novi Pazar. From the Congress of Berlin in 1878 until 1908, the Sanjak was garrisoned by Austro-Hungarian troops, who left in the latter year following the Habsburg annexation of neighboring Bosnia and Herzegovina, as a sop to the Turks.

Following the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913, the territory of the Sanjak was divided between Serbia and Montenegro.

For its following history, see Sandžak.

Population

Sanjak of Novi Pazar was mainly populated by South Slavs, part of whom were of Muslim and another part of Orthodox Christian faith.

Cities

Some important cities in the sanjak were:

• Novi Pazar
• Sjenica
• Prijepolje
• Nova Varoš
• Priboj
• Kosovska Mitrovica
• Pljevlja
• Bijelo Polje
• Berane
• Rožaje

See also

• Sandžak

External links

• Sandžak history
• Map