NDARJA DHE ORGANIZIMI ADMINISTRATIV I KOSOVËS GJATË VITEVE 1839-1912
THE ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION AND ORGANIZATION OF KOSOVO OVER THE YEARS 1839-1912

Summary/Abstract: Kosovo in the nineteenth century, it was within the Ottoman Empire, and it passed through the same stages of social-political development, through which the Ottoman Empire was passing, in particular its European part – Rumelia. Albanians, divided into four vilayets (Kosovo, Manastir, Shkodra and Janina) aimed at political and cultural autonomy, which did not fit the Ottoman Empire, nor the Albanians' neighbors. The Ottoman government at this time undertook some reforms known as "Tanzimat", which directly affected the "Arnavutlluk" villages, including Kosovo. With this new arrangement, introduced a different territorial and political divisions from the earlier administrative divisions that the Ottoman Empire had made.

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