The Sanjak of İpek ( tr, İpek Sancağı, al, Sanxhaku i Pejës, sr, Пећки санџак) or Sanjak of Dukakin ( tr, Dukakin Sancağı, al, Sanxhaku i Dukagjinit, sr, Дукађински санџак) was a ''

sanjak Sanjaks (liwāʾ) (plural form: alwiyāʾ) * Armenian: նահանգ (''nahang''; meaning "province") * Bulgarian: окръг (''okrǔg''; meaning "county", "province", or "region") * el, Διοίκησις (''dioikēsis'', meaning "province" ...

'' (an administrative division of the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

) with its capital in İpek (Peja), now in Kosovo.

Administration

In Fedor Karaczay's 1842 travel memoir, it was reported that the Sanjak of İpek included northeastern Albania and the larger part of the Dukakin plain, and had three

kadiluk A kadiluk, in some cases equivalent to a kaza, was a local administrative subdivision of the Ottoman empire, which was the territory of a kadı, or judge. There could be several kadiluks in a sanjak. The kadı's duties extended beyond those of ...

s: Dukakin, İpek, Yakova. In 1900–1912 the Sanjak of İpek had four ''

kaza A kaza (, , , plural: , , ; ota, قضا, script=Arab, (; meaning 'borough') * bg, околия (; meaning 'district'); also Кааза * el, υποδιοίκησις () or (, which means 'borough' or 'municipality'); also () * lad, kaza , ...

s'': Peja,

Gjakova Gjakova, ) and Đakovica ( sr-Cyrl, Ђаковица, ) is the seventh largest city of Kosovo and seat of Gjakova Municipality and Gjakova District. The city has 40,827 inhabitants, while the municipality has 94,556 inhabitants. Geographicall ...

Gusinje Gusinje ( cyrl, Гусиње, ; sq, Gucia) is a small town in north-eastern Montenegro. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 1,673 and is the administrative center of Gusinje Municipality. Name Two alternative etymologies ...

and

Berane Berane ( cyrl, Беране) is one of the largest towns of northeastern Montenegro and a former administrative centre of the Ivangrad District. The town is located on the Lim river. From 1949 to 1992, it was named Ivangrad ( cyrl, Иванг� ...

History

Dukakin was firstly the name of an Ottoman ''kaza'' (in the

Sanjak of Scutari The Sanjak of Scutari or Sanjak of Shkodra ( sq, Sanxhaku i Shkodrës; sr, Скадарски санџак; tr, İskenderiye Sancağı or ''İşkodra Sancağı'') was one of the sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire. It was established after the Otto ...

), then in 1520, a sanjak with the name (''Dukakin sancak'') was established under the

Rumelia Eyalet The Eyalet of Rumeli, or Eyalet of Rumelia ( ota, ایالت روم ایلی, ), known as the Beylerbeylik of Rumeli until 1591, was a first-level province ('' beylerbeylik'' or ''eyalet'') of the Ottoman Empire encompassing most of the Balkans (" ...

. The name of the sanjak's seat, İpek, was used interchangeably for the sanjak (''İpek sancak''). The Sanjak of İpek was often under direct control of the ''sanjakbey'' of the

. In 1536 Ali-beg, then a ''sanjakbey'' of İpek, was hanged on the orders of the sultan for mistakes and incompetence in governing his ''sanjak''. The Christian population of the sanjak often rebelled against the Ottoman authorities, especially in the 1550s, because they were unable to pay the newly implemented taxes. During one of these rebellions the sanjakbey of Dukakin, Kasim-beg, was ordered to suppress the rebellion with help of the sanjaks of Scutari (İşkodra) and Durazzo (Dıraç) if needed. In 1690 the ''sanjakbey'' Mahmud Pasha Hasanbegović attacked Austrian troops in Peja during the Great Turkish War. At the end of 1737, sanjak-bey Mahmudbegović devastated Vasojevići and persecuted a lot of people in the Sanjak of İpek. Serbs from Peja informed Russia on killings of over 100 people after 1875, as well as looting of the

Patriarchate of Peć Patriarchate of Peć may refer to: * Patriarchate of Peć (monastery), Eastern Orthodox Patriarchal Monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church, near the city of Peć * Serbian Patriarchate of Peć The Serbian Patriarchate of Peć ( sr, Српс� ...

and

Visoki Dečani The Visoki Dečani Monastery ( sr, Манастир Високи Дечани, Manastir Visoki Dečani, sq, Manastiri i Deçanit) is a medieval Serbian Orthodox Christian monastery located near Deçan, Kosovo. It was founded in the first half of ...

. In 1877 the sanjak became part of the new Kosovo Vilayet seated in Skopje. In 1904, the sanjak was abolished. During the

First Balkan War The First Balkan War ( sr, Први балкански рат, ''Prvi balkanski rat''; bg, Балканска война; el, Αʹ Βαλκανικός πόλεμος; tr, Birinci Balkan Savaşı) lasted from October 1912 to May 1913 and invo ...

at the end of 1912, the sanjak was occupied by the

Kingdom of Montenegro The Kingdom of Montenegro ( sr, Краљевина Црна Горa, Kraljevina Crna Gora) was a monarchy in southeastern Europe, present-day Montenegro, during the tumultuous period of time on the Balkan Peninsula leading up to and during World ...

and Kingdom of Serbia. In 1914 a smaller part of the territory became a part of the newly established

Principality of Albania The Principality of Albania ( al, Principata e Shqipërisë or ) refers to the short-lived monarchy in Albania, headed by Wilhelm, Prince of Albania, that lasted from the Treaty of London of 1913 which ended the First Balkan War, through ...

, established on the basis of the peace contract signed during the London Conference in 1913.

List of sanjakbeys

*Ali Bey ( sr, Ali-beg; fl. 1536) *Ali-beg (–1537) * Kasim-beg (fl. 1550s) *Mahmud Pasha ( sr, Mahmud-paša Hasanbegović; fl. 1690) *

Tahir Pasha Mahmud Bey-zade Tahir Pasha Mahmud Bey-zade ( tr, Tahir Paşa Mahmud Bey-zâde, sr, Тахир-паша Махмудбеговић; 1711–18) was an Ottoman governor (''mutasarrıf''), the sanjak-bey of Dukakin (or İpek). In 1711, he and his nephew Ahmed fough ...

(fl. 1717) *Kurd Mehmed Pasha (1727) * Mahmudbegović (fl. 1737).

Administration

History

List of sanjakbeys

References

Further reading