Попис зеамета и тимара области Брвеник из 1477. године
Register of Zeamets and Timars in the Brvenik Region from 1477

Summary/Abstract: In the first decades of the Ottoman rule the Brvenik vilayet was a part of the Skopje-Bosnian Frontier, one of the largest Ottoman military and administrative units on European side of the Empire at the time. Named upon the only fortified place, fortress Brvenik on the Ibar river, it encompassed right bank of the river, from Ušće in the north to Leposavić in the south, including considerable part of Kopaonik mountain; on the left bank it covered territory in between Brvenica and Studenica rivers. After the fall of Bosnia in 1463, the Skopje-Bosnian Frontier was disbanded and the region of Brvenik was attached to the Pasha sancak. The same region was incorporated into the newly established Prizren sancak, probably in 1481. During the reign of Sultan Selim I (1512-1520), as a result of his aggressive policy towards Hungary, some sancaks close to the border were reorganized. During the same period, the sancak of Zvornik that carried the greatest burden of fighting was enlarged by attaching the Brvenik region as additional district. The oldest Ottoman survey of the Brvenik vilayet, presented in our article, was compiled in 1477, at the latest. It presents a summary of demographic and fiscal data for 178 villages, five mezras, three monasteries and one church. According to this census on the territory of Brvenik, in 172 inhabited villages (six villages were registered as uninhabited) and on two mezras colonized by vlahs, little less than 4000 taxpayers had been living. Small-sized villages prevailed in this area: the most numerous (123 out of 178) were settlements with 10 to 20 and 20 to 40 taxpayers, respectively. Only in five villages more than 70 taxpayers had been living. The suburb of Brvenik fortress was the single market place in this area and was considered to be an administrative center of the whole region.

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