3rd Book of Proceedings - 2012 - ACTIVITIES INHABITANTS THE MEDIEVAL MOSTAR TOWN AS A DETERMINANT OF ITS SIZE AND FUNCTION

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Borislav Puljić

Snježana Musa

 

AKTIVNOSTI STANOVNIKA SREDNJOVJEKOVNOG GRADA MOSTARA KAO DETERMINANTA NJEGOVE VELIČINE I FUNKCIJE

 

DOI: 10.35666/28310438.2014.3.1186

UDC: 911.37:314(497.6Mostar)"04/14" 

Abstract: Population activity Ottoman Mostar can be observed across the three conditions Ottoman economic reality: ekonomc structures, ekonomc policies and economic system. Mostar was the center of business life in the period 1510-1570.g. when both occur in the Dubrovnik archives information about the arrival of traders, as well as boys at school from Mostar. Names of crafts there is visible dominated by street and mahalas names. It was there artifacts of gold and silver, sclavinie coarse robes and blankets of wool, dried fruit, figjam, maple syrup, etc. First stores were located on Mejdan about Sinan Pasha Mosque. They raised Cejvan Kethoda even 67, Nesuh aga Vucjakovic 26 and Zaim hajji Mehmed Bey, better known as Karadzozbeg, 58 shops, of which 42 and 16 for traders to Tabak. Priječka bazaar helped in the construction of three benefactors with almost 60 stores. Meaning shops in this city visible in the papers B. Hrabak, which, based on finds from the Dubrovnik Archivesbetween 1550th to 1570th in Mostar by three benefactors were open 153 actions. Caravan sales took place in Bosanski pashaluk habitual ways. Mostar was important to hangout on the basic direction of the Neretva, and the intersection of roads east-west. Small power hinterland Mostar did not allow greater significance of transport as Mostar between west-east. In a period of 137 years of a military-administrative functions of the city of Mostar is evident based on the domination of these titles in the Sidžil kadicourt records of Mostar, less than 43%. Religious vocations also have a high stake in the professions-8%, so that the military and state apparatus Ottoman state covers 51% of these jobs, and explains that the Government was she bureaucratic form that has dominated. City services were craftsmen with 26%, and if they are accompanied with some murphy_law masters and corporation then it is over 30% of artisans. The subject of thise paper is the Ottoman Mostar, whose economic development functions provide basic stamp derived from military and communications needs of the empire, agrarian relations related to Timar- bond system, esnaf rules craftsmen associations and new confessional circumstances of its inhabitants. The paper follows the conditioning function of calling his position on the periphery of the Ottoman Empire, and certainly the outskirts of the Bosnian pashalik. Methods of analysis and synthesis as indicators of Mostar kadi court records (protocol), data from old maps, analysis of toponyms, names of streets and waved in the Old Town.

Keywords: functions Ottoman Mostar town, population activities, Sidžil (protocol) Mostar kadi

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