Albanians in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Albanians of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Albanian: Shqiptarët në Bosnje dhe Hersegovine; are people of full or partial Albanian ancestry and heritage in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Albanians of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Total population
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,659 (2806 including those who self-declared Kosovar, Shqiptar etc) (2013)[1]
Religion
Related ethnic groups
Albanians in Croatia

They are an national minority recognized by the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2]

Albanians came to Bosnia in various historical periods. During Ottoman times many Albanians came to work or rule as pashas, and in modern time they came as seasonal workers, war refugees or sportspeople. Many people descended from earlier waves of Albanian migration bear surnames of linguistically Albanian origin, but do not speak the language and are not considered to be Albanians therefore the number of 2800 seems a bit lower than expected.

History

Ottoman rule

Albanians first settled in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the time of Ottoman rule, with the main causes being economic, political and social. Most of them came from northern Albania. In Bosnia and Herzegovina they lived as shepherds, farmers, craftsmen, border guards, and soon assimilated with the locals. Many young Albanians married Bosnian women and thus joined the peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The men did not return to their homeland and built a new life in Bosnia. This is also confirmed by the record of the Mount Koritnik's name of the Tragedy. The people of the Kukes region followed the Gurbits up to Koritnik and separated from their grieving relatives there, then continued on to Prizren.[3]

Habsburg rule

With the arrival of the Austro-Hungarians the number of Albanians decreased, due to further exile in Europe, whose doors became more open. Thus, in the 1910 census, only 273 Albanian-speaking Bosnian and Herzegovina residents were registered.[4]

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

But during the time of the first and especially the second Yugoslavia, again a large number of Albanians, due to the difficult living conditions in the countries in which they lived (Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia), settled in Bosnia and Herzegovina, mainly in the cities: Sarajevo, Tuzla, Zenica, Banja Luka, Doboj, Brcko, Bijelina, Mostar and Trebinje. By 1930 the number of Albanians in Bosnia and Herzegovina had almost quadrupled, and according to the 1991 census, there were about 5,000 Albanians in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[5] The then Albanian exiles in Bosnia and Herzegovina were mainly engaged in bakery, confectionery, jewelry and other crafts.[6]

Socialist Yugoslavia and War in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Most Albanians traditionally lived in Sarajevo. In 1970–1981, in Sarajevo, there was a primary school in Albanian, the "Bane Šurbat" school in Grbavica. During the Siege of Sarajevo, a high number of Albanians fled from Sarajevo, largely because of Ratko Mladić's threats, with messages often aired on television that no Albanian would leave Sarajevo alive. [7]

Demographics

In the 1910 census there were recorded 273 Albanian speaking people Arbanasi people in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[8]

In the 2013 Bosnian census, there were 2,656 Albanians living in Bosnia, with another 150 people who declared themselves as Shqiptar, Kosovars, Illyrian-Albanian, Bosnian-Albanian etc. to a total of 2806 people or 0.08% of total population. The largest religious groups among the Albanians were Muslims.

Notable people
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References
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  2. "Census of population, households and dwellings in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2013: Final results" (PDF). Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina. June 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
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  8. "Bošnjak: zvanični kalendar za prostu godinu 1914". Sarajevo. 1913. pp. 45–46.
  9. Ćirić, Sonja (24 June 2010), Blistavo i strašno (in Serbian), Vreme
  10. Tinka Kurti: Shkela cdo bestytni per puthjen e pare te filmit shqiptar
  11. "Edmond Azemi - Basketball - Scoresway - Results, fixtures, tables and statistics". Scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
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  13. "Voca mbron vendimin që e solli te Kosova" (in Albanian). Koha Ditore. 16 April 2018. Idriz Voca është djali i një shqiptari nga Kosova dhe i një boshnjakeje
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