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Hana Younis

NOVI PAZAR ON THE MAP OF SARAJEVO MERCHANTS
1850 1867

With special review on correspondence of Ibrahimaga Handžija,
Novipazar’ trader, and Gavra Jelić Sarajevo s trader

In the period between 1850 and 1867 the Osman government brought se-
veral important judicial acts for trading regulations inside the Empire. How and in
which way newly proclaimed laws and specially question of customs influenced
on trading development in Bosnian province (elajet, vilajet) and with that on the
trading of Sarajevo and Novi Pazar was analyzed in this work. Did this laws were
applied and respected on the most important internal custom crossing in Bosnian
province, in Novi Pazar or not is especially question on which this work indicates.
Besides, this work considers what kind of business relation was between merc-
hants of these two towns and like vise based on what constructed. Also is putting
a question how much is important Novi Pazar for trading business related to other
trading centers inside Rumelia, for Sarajevo’s wholesalers. This article gives one
new picture about trading presented from the perspective of the traders on which
points their business private correspondence. Special attention is directed on the
analyses of six preserved trading letters between Ibrahimaga Handžija, merchant
from Novi Pazar, and Gavra Jelić, Sarajevo s trader, trough who s not numerous
correspondence trying to discover world in which they and in what way they made
their business. How much business relation comprehended private is one of the
questions on which beside all, analysis of those letters pointing at.