kapetan
Ottoman government
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history of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- In Bosnia and Herzegovina: Ottoman Bosnia
In 1831 a charismatic young kapetan called Husein seized power in Bosnia, imprisoning the vizier in Travnik. With an army of 25,000 men, Husein then marched into Kosovo to negotiate with the Ottoman grand vizier, demanding local autonomy for Bosnia and an end to the reform process there. But the…
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