Talk:Sanjak

Move
Googling for the terms in English gave following results:


 * Sandjak: 5320
 * Sanjak: around 16,000
 * Sandzak: 9280

Seeing into the contents of the first ten pages, I have found that following numbers are dedicated to Novopazarski sandzak:


 * Sandjak: 7/10
 * Sanjak: 0/10
 * Sandzak: 8/10

If these are taken as averages, it might be concluded that there are around 3700 pages mentioning Novopazarski sandzak as 'sandjak' few or no pages mentioning it as 'sanjak' and around 7400 mentioning it as 'sandzak'. So, I will move and split thispage accordingly. Nikola 08:35, 11 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Turkish
Is it Sançak or Sancak in Turkish? The transcription san(d)jak suggests it to be Sancak. –The Phoenix 20:22, 17 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * It is sancak and i changed it. at0 01:50, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)

How the name Sancak came about
When Sultan Mehmed Fatih came and conquered Bosnia and beheaded King Tomashevich, the Bosnian Villayet or state was divided into districts called Sancaks (pronounced Sanjak as in Jack). This particular area was a border area with one of the Serbian city states of Rashka (about 20 km from Yeni Pazar. The Serbs like to talk about how Yeni Pazar and the Sanjak were part of the Serbian City state of Rashka, but they were not.

The ruler of a Sancak was called a Sancak Bey and most of the time had bey as part of his last name although not all the time. There were other title during the Ottoman empire that were specific from place to place. They were called Spahis, Kadis (Judges), Pasha, Binbashi, Beyler Bey, Sancak Bey, and more.

I was reading some of the comments left on the discussion list regarding the population of Montenegro. There were almost 370,000 Montenegrins, 30,000, Serbs, 70,000 Albanians some Roma and some croat while the rest of the population of Montenegro was Bosnian. how they are coming up with such low figures regarding the Bosnians is beyond me. Show me the census of 1991! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.175.44.248 (talk) 18:35, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
 * The term sandjak is much older than the ottomans ! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koi_Sanjaq, that´s where it comes from, the ottomans just took the term... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.195.18.219 (talk) 11:08, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
 * You guys are hilarious but actual etymology listed. — Llywelyn II   19:07, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Saint-Jacques
Does anyone on the English Wikipedia actually run any risk of confusing sanjak with St-Jacques? That part of the banner seems entirely unnecessary. — Llywelyn II   19:09, 10 March 2024 (UTC)