Sanjak of Viçitrina in the context of "Sanjak of Prizren"

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⭐ Core Definition: Sanjak of Viçitrina

The Sanjak of Vulçitrin (Turkish: Vulçitrin sancağı, Serbian: Вучитрнски санџак/Vučitrnski sandžak), also known as the Pristina Pashaluk (Serbian: Приштински пашалук/Prištinski pašaluk), was a sanjak (second-level administrative division) of the Ottoman Empire in Rumelia (the Balkans), in present-day Kosovo. It was named after its administrative center of Vulçitrin, now known as "Vushtrri" in Albanian and "Vučitrn" in Serbian.

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👉 Sanjak of Viçitrina in the context of Sanjak of Prizren

The Sanjak of Prizren (Turkish: Prizren Sancağı, Albanian: Sanxhaku i Prizrenit, Serbian: Призренски санџак / Prizrenski sandžak) was one of the sanjaks in the Ottoman Empire with Prizren as its administrative centre. It was founded immediately after Ottoman Empire captured Prizren from the Serbian Despotate in 1455. 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 and Sanjak of Smederevo. At the beginning of the First Balkan War in 1912, the territory of Sanjak of Prizren was occupied by the army of the Kingdom of Serbia. Based on Treaty of London signed on 30 May 1913, the territory of Sanjak of Prizren became part of Serbia.

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