An Account of the Jajce Conquest in an Ottoman Mecmua From the Second Half of the 17th Century

Abstract

After the fall of the Bosnian Kingdom under Ottoman rule in 1463, the territory of today’s Bosnia and Herzegovina continued to be a place of frequent clashes where Ottoman, Hungarian and Venetian influences intertwined. A prominent scene for these events was the town of Jajce, which the Ottomans tried to occupy on several occasions after 1463. The focus of this paper is an account of the Jajce conquest preserved in a mecmua from the second half of the 17th century. This paper contains information about the mecmua not considered in previous academic research, about its author and content, in addition to a spe­cific focus on the Jajce conquest. Moreover, appendices to this paper feature both a transcription and a translation of the manuscript related to the siege and later conquest of this royal city. This manuscript also gives valuable insights for toponymical studies of the Bosnia and Herzegovina region.