AUSTRIJSKA OBAVJEŠTAJNA DJELATNOST NA BOSANSKOJ GRANICI 1832. GODINE
AUSTRIAN INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITY ON THE BOSNIAN BORDER IN 1832
Author(s): Đenan GalešićSubject(s): Diplomatic history, Political history, Social history, Political behavior, 19th Century, Between Berlin Congress and WW I, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Fakultet humanističkih nauka, Univerzitet »Džemal Bijedić« u Mostaru
Keywords: Intelligence; Bosnia; Austria; Ottoman Empire; Husein-bey; Captain Gradaščević; Prince Klemens von Metternich;
Summary/Abstract: After the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the principle of Austrian foreign policy towards the Ottoman Empire can be read most blatantly from Prince Metternich’s statement: the survival and maintenance of the Ottoman throne, however much it may be an anomaly in many relations to Christian culture, is a common good for Europe, especially political a necessity for Austria. Austrian policy, namely, at the time in question, kept the intelligence focus on monitoring events, conditions and opportunities in Bosnia. The instructions that Prince Metternich gave to his envoys, whom he sent to Bosnia on various missions, mainly before and during the movement for Bosnia’s autonomy, and later, were as follows: to observe the existing situation and conditions secretly and inconspicuously in the province of Bosnia. The development and intensification of intelligence work towards Bosnia is in accordance with the function of the goals of Austrian foreign policy, and Gradaščević and the movement he led in 1831 and 1832 strongly directed the Austrian intelligence focus towards this most advanced province of the Ottoman Empire in Europe.
Journal: Hercegovina
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 20
- Page Range: 59-71
- Page Count: 13
- Language: Bosnian
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