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Sanjak of Novi Pazar in 1878
The Sanjak of Novi Pazar (Serbian: Новопазарски санџак, Novopazarski sandžak; Albanian Sanxhaku i Pazarit të Ri; Turkish: Yeni Pazar sancağı; English also Sanjak of Novibazar) was an Ottoman sanjak (second-level administrative unit) that existed until the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913 in the territory of present day Serbia and Montenegro. It was part of the Ottoman province of Bosnia and later Kosovo Province and included most of the present day Sandžak region (named after Sanjak of Novi Pazar), as well as northern parts of Kosovo (area around Kosovska Mitrovica). The administrative seat of the Sanjak of Novi Pazar was in the city of Novi Pazar. From the Congress of Berlin in 1878 until 1908, the Sanjak was garrisoned by Austro-Hungarian troops, who left in the latter year following the Habsburg annexation of neighboring Bosnia and Herzegovina, as a sop to the Turks. Following the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913, the territory of the Sanjak was divided between Serbia and Montenegro.
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