Changing immigrant profile and settlement patterns in the Nigbolu Sandjak
Journal: DergiPark (Istanbul University)
Year: 2015

After the Ottomans' conquest of the last Bulgarian castle, Nikopol, migration movement of Muslim Anatolians to the new administrative district of the Ottoman frontier, Nigbolu Sandjak, started in the late 14th century. In 15th and 16thcenturies, policies of the Ottoman central authority played a determinant role on the profile of Muslim immigrants and settlement network of the region. In the 15th century, Muslim immigrants were populous nomadic tribes and they were settled in depopulated old vil