When did Mostar become Ottoman?

Chronology

1. 1466
   Became Ottoman

   According to the TDV encyclopedia Mostar must have been taken shortly before Blagaj in 1466–1468; the conquest of Herzegovina was completed in 1483.

   Sultan: Mehmed II
2. 1566
   Note

   The famous Mostar Bridge (Stari Most) was built in the Ottoman period.

   Sultan: Suleiman I
3. 1878
   Left Ottoman rule

   Bosnia and Herzegovina was placed under Austro-Hungarian administration; the city formally became part of that state in 1908.

   Sultan: Abdulhamid II

How the total is counted: years of actual Ottoman rule are added up. Temporary occupations shorter than a year (that were reversed) are not subtracted; they appear as notes in the chronology.

In the atlas

On the atlas map the city lies in the region “Herzegovina”. Map colours work at region level, so the city's own dates may differ from the region's by a few years.

Source: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, “MOSTAR” (Turkish); text written for the atlas.