Sanjak of Syrmia explained

Native Name:Sirem sancağı
Sremski sandžak
Srijemski sandžak
Conventional Long Name:Sanjak of Syrmia
Common Name:Syrmia
Subdivision:Sanjak
Nation:the Ottoman Empire
P1:Syrmia County (medieval)Syrmia County
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P2:Valkoensis County
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S1:Sanjak of Smederevo
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S2:Military Frontier
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S3:Kingdom of Slavonia
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Year Start:1541
Year End:1718
Image Map Caption:Sanjak of Syrmia in the 17th century
Capital:Uyluk (Turkish: Uyluk: today Ilok) Dimitrofça (Serbian:Dmitrovica, Sremska Mitrovica)
Today:Serbia
Croatia

Sanjak of Syrmia (Turkish: Sirem sancağı, Serbian: Sremski sandžak/Сремски санџак, Croatian: Srijemski sandžak) was an administrative territorial entity of the Ottoman Empire formed in 1541. It was located in the Syrmia region and was part of the Budin Province. Administrative center of the Sanjak of Syrmia was from 1542 Uyluk (Croatian: Ilok) and in the second half of the 17th century it was Dimitrofça (Serbian: Dmitrovica, today Sremska Mitrovica). Most of the sanjak was ceded to Austria according to Treaty of Karlovitz in 1699. Remainder of the territory of sanjak was transferred to Sanjak of Semendire and was later also ceded to Austria according to Treaty of Passarowitz in 1718.

Administrative divisions

In 1583-87, Sanjak was divided into several nahijas:

In 1667, Sanjak was divided into several kadiluks:

Population

Sanjak was mostly populated by Orthodox Serbs and Muslims of various ethnic origins. Population of villages was entirely Serb, while population of towns and cities was ethnically and religiously diverse. The largest city in sanjak was Dimitrofça (Dmitrovica), which, according to 1545-48 data was mainly populated by Serbs and according to 1566-69 data mainly by Muslims.

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