On the Importance of Ahmed Cevdet Pasha ’s Work for the Study of the History of the Balkan Countries Cover Image

О значају дјела Ахмед Џевдет паше за изучавање историје балканских земаља са посебним освртом на Црну Гору
On the Importance of Ahmed Cevdet Pasha ’s Work for the Study of the History of the Balkan Countries

Author(s): Šerbo Rastoder
Subject(s): History, The Ottoman Empire
Published by: Историјски институт Црне Горe
Keywords: Cevdet Pasha; Montenegro; Albania; Ottoman sources

Summary/Abstract: Regarding this work, the author is occupied with analysis of activity of Ahmet Cevdet Pasha, as historical source, very important for studies of the Balkans history. From comprehensive lists of works of Ahmet Cevdet Pasha, we abstracted the work „Teskere 18-19“, in which the author is occupied with the description of population of Skadar‘s Sandzak, which territory was extended to the representative part of present-day Montenegro and Albania. The work was probably made in the period of residence of Ahmet Cevdet Pasha in Skadar in 1861, and in such manner it should be served to the military strategists for measuring military capacity in the case of new war. This work was translated and published in German, and it was a basis for author to present this paper.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 187-225
  • Page Count: 38
  • Language: Bosnian