Turkish Documents on the Slovene Slaves in Sarajevo in the 16th Century

Abstract

The authors describe five documents in Turkish language (in transliteration and in Serbocroation translation, vvith facsimile) dealing vvith slaves from Slovenia in two protocols of the cadi of Sarajevo, dating from the middle of the 16th century, which are kept in Husrevbeg's Library in Sarajevo. The authors also give the analysis of the contents of the documents, calling attention to the names of the slaves as well as to the way of their liberation, and dates two documents without date. The documents are important for studies of the Slovene-Turkish relations and the problem of slavery in Yugoslav countries.