Ethnic Bosnians

Infobox Ethnic group
group = Ethnic Bosnians "Etnički Bosanci"


population = estimated 500 000Fact|date=June 2008
region1 = flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia/Herz.
pop1 = 350 000Fact|date=June 2008 (2007)
region2 = flagicon|Slovenia Slovenia
pop2 = 8 062(2002)
ref2 = [http://www.stat.si/popis2002/en/rezultati/rezultati_red.asp?ter=SLO&st=7]
languages = Bosnian
religions = Islam, Orthodox, Catholic, Judaism, Agnostics, Atheism
related = Slavs (South Slavs)

Ethnic BosniansFact|date=June 2008 are people of Bosnian origin or people who were born or live in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and identify themselves as Bosnian not (or not only) in citizen term, but in ethnic term.

History

The Southern Slavic tribes known as Slcavians settled near the river Bosna, and named themselves after the river, thus becoming Bosnian, this happened around the 7th century. From the 10thcentury on the Bosnian state began to develop, and became partially-independent with ban Borić and ban Kulin, and reached a peak in 1377 when it became a Kingdom. Its Golden age is considered the time from 1377 to 1463, after 1463 the Ottomans invaded Bosnia and forced it to give in,granting Bosnia autonomy within the Ottoman Empire. In the Ottoman Empire the Bosnian people were put under mullet system which was based on religion erasing all ethnicity. The revolution of 1831 (Great Bosnian uprising) sought to gain independence for Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Religion

In history, first religious community related to Ethnic BosniansFact|date=June 2008 was the Bosnian Church (ecclesia bosniensis), Catholic Church and Orthodox Church. Out of those the most popular was the CAtholic Church, still having no power over the Banate or King. Bosnians even at that time where very secular and pagan funeral rights mixed with Christain are very prominent on the stecci.Next religious community related to Ethnic BosniansFact|date=June 2008 from medieval times was Catholicism, often related to Bosnians through Bosnian Franciscans, and later in 19th century through institution of Archdiocese of Vrhbosna (since 1881).

Significant religious community through history of Ethnic BosniansFact|date=June 2008 and Bosnia was Orthodox Church founded in Bosnia 1219, through Metropolitan of Dabar-Bosnia. Till 1880, Orthodox Church in Bosnia was under control of Patriarch of Constantinople. Later on, from 1880 till today, it is part of Serb Orthodox Church, as result of Austria-Hungary political ambitions, to separate every religious community in Bosnia, from control of institutions in Istanbul.

Another significant religious community, with great number of Ethnic BosniansFact|date=June 2008 included in itself, is Sunni Islam. Ethnic BosniansFact|date=June 2008 are related to Islam, since time of first converts (period 15th and 16th century). Till 1882, Muslim community in Bosnia was under control of Ottoman Empire, later on they formed its own Grand Mufti.

Through history also important role had Sufism, with main Sufi orders: Naqshbandi, Qadri, Mevlevi, Rifa%27i and Halwatiyya.

First Sephardi_Jews arrived in Bosnia in end of 15th_century. As tens of thousands of Jews fled the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions, Sultan Bayezid II of the Ottoman Empire welcomed Jews who were able to reach his territories. Jews fleeing Spain and Portugal were welcomed in – and found their way to – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Thrace and other areas of Europe under Ottoman control. Jews began to arrive in Bosnia and Herzegovina in numbers in the 16th century, with Jews arriving from the Ottoman Empire, and settling mainly in Sarajevo.

The first Ashkenazi Jews arrived from Hungary in 1686, when the Ottoman Turks were expelled from Hungary.

Large proportion of Ethnic Bosnians are not related to these religious communities, there are significant number of Atheists, Agnostics and Deists.

See also

*Bosnian Church
*Bosnians

References

* Internet: [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9044419/Benjamin-Kallay|About Benjamin Kallay - man who tried to re-establish Bosnian nation in time of Austria-Hungary]
* Book: Osnove upravno-političkog razvitka i državnopravnog položaja Bosne i Hercegovine - dr. Mustafa Imamović

Ethnic groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina