O BOSANSKIM SEGBANIMA ZA VRIJEME BEČKOG RATA (1683-1699)
ABOUT THE BOSNIAN SEGBANS DURING THE VIENNA WAR (1683-1699)

Summary/Abstract: This article is about mercenary detachments - segbans, as a very important segment of the Ottoman army in the 17th century. These detachments were filled with people from a special social class, the so-called lavenders. The focus is on the Segban detachments from the Bosnian ejalet and their role during the Vienna War (1683-1699). Everything indicates that listing and mobilizing lavender was a common practice in Bosnia during the entire mentioned war. It was conducted at certain intervals by order of the High Porte (miri levendi), but also by the Bosnian Vali (kapulu levendi). Bosnian levendi were local people, and they were armed with firearms, i.e. Bosnian short rifles (muskets). In all significant battles of the Ottoman and Habsburg armies on the Hungarian front, Segban detachments from Bosnia also participated regularly. It is considered that they are very responsible for the defense of Belgrade and Timisoara, strategic cities that remained under the sultan goverment at the end of the Vienna War. During the Vienna War, the Bosnian Levendi were part of the Segban Levendi Unit. With great self sacrifice they defended their homeland, their villages and cities. This was especially evident in the most critical phase of the war during the reign of Topal Husein Pasha (1687-1691), when the Habsburg troops from the TransSavia region reached the very interior of Bosnia. Historically sources also point to the constant war engagement of one of the leaders of Bosnian lavender - the buljubasa of Segban, Sarajlija Fazlullah-age (Fazliage), who died in the battle on the Tisza river (near Senta) in 1697.

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