When did Pristina become Ottoman?

Chronology

1. 1389
   Note

   After the Battle of Kosovo, Bayezid I left the area to his vassal Stefan Lazarević.

   Sultan: Bayezid I
2. 1439
   Became Ottoman

   From 1439 to 1444 the city was under direct Ottoman rule, governed by Gazi İsa Bey.

   Sultan: Murad II
3. 1444
   Left Ottoman rule

   After the peace of Edirne-Szeged the area was returned to the Serbian despotate.

   Sultan: Murad II
4. 1455
   Became Ottoman

   Mehmed the Conqueror annexed the city for good and built two mosques there.

   Sultan: Mehmed II
5. 1912
   Left Ottoman rule

   In the Balkan War the Serbian army took the city in October 1912.

   Sultan: Mehmed V

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 “Kosovo”. 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, “PRİŞTİNE” (Turkish); text written for the atlas.