The Ottoman Empire and The Bosnian Uprising : Janissaries, Modernisation and Rebellion İn The Nineteenth Century Introduction

Abstract

During my Masters degree study on the abolition of the janissary corps and its repercussions in 1826, I placed special emphasis on the provincial responses to the abolition. At the same time I realized that, among the Ottoman provinces, Bosnia showed the strongest reaction in that its cities and districts were not pacified for a long time. Even a short perusal of archival documents showed that the period of rebellion followed a fluctuating line, with short periods of suppression, followed by recurring reactions.