Bosnian uprising (1831–1832)
| Great Bosnian uprising | |||||||||
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| Part of the anti-reformist movement in the Ottoman Empire | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Ottoman Empire | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Mahmud II Reşid Mehmed Pasha Ali Pasha Rizvanbegović Smail Agha Čengić Hasan Resulbegović Ibrahim Dervish Pasha Kara Hasan Pasha Dževad Dunkar Pasha |
Husein Gradaščević # Mujaga Zlatarević Hasan Beširević Ali Fidahić Mustaj Tuzlić Almin Huremović | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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20,000–25,000 (July 1831) 50,000–60,000 (March-June 1832) |
20,000–25,000 (July 1831) 25,000 (June 1832) | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| around 20,000 killed | around 10,000 killed | ||||||||
| Total:Over 30,000 killed | |||||||||
The Bosnian uprising was a revolt of Bosnian Ayans against the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II. The casus belli were reforms implemented by the Sultan to abolish the ayan system.
Despite winning several notable victories, the rebels were eventually defeated in a battle near Sarajevo in 1832. Internal discord contributed to the failure of the rebellion, because Gradaščević was not supported by much of the Herzegovinian ayans.
As a result, Ali Pasha Rizvanbegović was named Pasha of the Herzegovina Eyalet which was seceded in 1833. The Sultan implemented the new pasha's representative system, abolishing the old ayan system. The new pasha's representatives were mostly old ayans, but in 1850 Omer Pasha completely eliminated the old Ayan families.