History of Prizren

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After several years of attack and counterattack, the Ottomans made a major invasion of Kosovo in 1454; ĐurađBranković retreated to the north and asked for help from John Hunyadi. On 21 June 1455, Prizren surrendered to the Ottoman army.Malcolm, N (1999).Prizren was the capital of the Sanjak of Prizren, and under new administrative organization of Ottoman Empire it became capital of the Vilayet. This included the city of Tetova. That time this open mosque had built. It is the first work of Ottoman architecture in Prizren. In recent years, has undergone serious repair and renovation.. Later it became a part of the Ottoman province of Rumelia. It was a prosperous trade city, benefiting from its position on the north-south and east-west trade routes across the Empire. Prizren became one of the larger cities of the Ottomans' Kosovo Province (vilayet). Prizren was the cultural and intellectual centre of Ottoman Kosovo. It was dominated by its Muslim population, who composed over 70% of its population in 1857. The city became the