- 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|SloveniaSlovenia
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) incitizen term, but inethnic 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 of1831 (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 wasCatholicism , often related to Bosnians through Bosnian Franciscans, and later in 19th century through institution of Archdiocese of Vrhbosna (since1881 ).Significant religious community through history of Ethnic BosniansFact|date=June 2008 and Bosnia was
Orthodox Church founded in Bosnia1219 , through Metropolitan of Dabar-Bosnia. Till1880 , Orthodox Church in Bosnia was under control ofPatriarch of Constantinople . Later on, from1880 till today, it is part ofSerb Orthodox Church , as result of Austria-Hungary political ambitions, to separate every religious community in Bosnia, from control of institutions inIstanbul .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). Till1882 , Muslim community in Bosnia was under control ofOttoman Empire , later on they formed its ownGrand Mufti .Through history also important role had
Sufism , with main Sufi orders:Naqshbandi ,Qadri ,Mevlevi ,Rifa%27i andHalwatiyya .First
Sephardi_Jews arrived in Bosnia in end of15th_century . As tens of thousands of Jews fled the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions,Sultan Bayezid II of theOttoman Empire welcomed Jews who were able to reach his territories. Jews fleeingSpain andPortugal were welcomed in – and found their way to –Bosnia and Herzegovina , Macedonia,Thrace and other areas ofEurope under Ottoman control. Jews began to arrive inBosnia and Herzegovina in numbers in the16th century , with Jews arriving from theOttoman Empire , and settling mainly inSarajevo .The first
Ashkenazi Jews arrived fromHungary in1686 , when the Ottoman Turks were expelled fromHungary .Large proportion of Ethnic Bosnians are not related to these religious communities, there are significant number of
Atheists ,Agnostics andDeists .See also
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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 ImamovićEthnic groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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