The Muslims’ emigration from Serbia was not as big as the ones from the other mentioned areas, but still, it was not of less importance 2.ĢMy paper is based on the published Serbian and Turkish inventories, Serbian archive documents and on some travels from that period. The inner provinces of the Ottoman Empire were their final destination. The Muslim population was withdrawing from Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina and from the regions attached to Serbia by the Berlin treaty. It is estimated that, about two million people, half Christians, half Muslims, left their homes at that time 1. 2 Ibid. Čubrilović (Vasa), « Politički uzroci seoba na Balkanu od 1860-1880 » (Les causes politiqu (.)ġDuring the Great Eastern crisis 1875/1878, a large migration process was going on in the Balkans.1 Ekmečić (Milorad), Srpski narod i istočno pitanje, Istorija srpskog naroda V-1 (Le peuple serbe et (.).Yet, it was, at a certain time, a natural evolution in the state-building process of Serbia, which has begun in the 19th century. The muslim emigration has a deep impact on Serbia and on the Serbians. Emigrants have been replaced by Serbs from the nearest regions of the Ottoman empire and from regions that have suffered of the 1876’s war. These numbers derived from a detailed analysis of each region and city of the « new Serbian countries ». But the author estimates that 71 000 muslims have emigrated from the kingdom of Serbia, including 49 000 Albanians.

Since now, everyone believed that 30 000 Albanians have flued from Serbia. The author has carefully examined the number of emigrants. Albanians have been, intentionally, placed in Kosovo, near the new Serbo-Turkish frontier, whereas Turkish settled in cities in the Ottoman empire. Migratory flux (whose description is depending on relying sources) follow military advances of Serbian troops. In this work, the main causes of emigration are underlined, and they indicate a deep intolerance between christians and muslims in the Balkans. The biggest muslim exodus took place during military operations, only a small part of muslims has emigrated soon after. Muslim country population was, in majority, Albanian, whereas city population was Turkish. Muslims represented a third of the population of these areas in 1877. This work deals with the muslim emigration from the « new countries » of Serbia during, and after, the serbo-turkish war of 1877-1878.

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