When did Sarajevo become Ottoman?

Chronology

1. 1448
   Became Ottoman

   The Hodidjed district and the Saray plain, where the city grew, came fully under Ottoman rule.

   Sultan: Murad II
2. 1463
   Note

   With the full conquest of Bosnia the area became part of the sanjak of Bosnia; the city grew in the Ottoman period.

   Sultan: Mehmed II
3. 1878
   Left Ottoman rule

   After the Congress of Berlin, Austro-Hungarian forces entered the city on 19 August 1878 despite fierce resistance.

   Sultan: Abdulhamid II
4. 1908
   Note

   Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina, ending the remaining Ottoman legal rights.

   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 “Bosnia”. 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, “SARAYBOSNA” (Turkish); text written for the atlas.