A CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF ISLAMIZATION IN THE SERBIAN ETHNIC AREA IN THE FIRST CENTURY OF THE OTTOMAN REIGN: URBAN SETTLEMENTS AS THE CARRIER OF ISLAMIC CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION (THE CASE OF SMEDEREVO SANJAK)
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to present the main stream of the islamization process in the sanjak (region) of Smederevo in the second half of 15th and first half of 16th century. It was emphasized that the islamization was not dominant process during the second half of 15th century, when the region in question was the border region against Hungary. After conquest of Belgrade in 1521, and especially after battle of Mohacs (1526), began the process of reshaping of Serbian cities and towns into the oriental urban settlements. This paper elaborates such cases, as for example Užice, Valjevo and Belgrade.
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