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The development of crafts in Sarajevo began
immediately upon the arrival of Turks, the
Ottomans, in our region. It is well-known,
however, that Sarajevo, as an urban centre,
began to be developed at location of medieval
settlements in 15th century.Foundations of the
economic centre of „seher“ (Persian shahr, a
city
or metropolis) were laid by construction
of the
Emperor's mosque, along with the
administration
court dubbed „saraj“,
„musafirhana“ (Persian/
Arabic musafirkhana,
an inn for travelers), tekija
(Sufi 'monastery'),
and all other objects, ordered
to be built by
Isa-bey Ishakovic.Crafts began to
develop for
needs of the army and because of
construction
and maintenance of new buildings. |
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The Ottomans themselves were the ones, who had already had urban civilization and its craft guilds,
and who laid the foundations for development of crafts and the Bascarsija. Many crafts in our city
developed up to the level of perfection and remained deep-rooted here, thus we may regard it as
our own tradition.The first crafts are mentioned in the oldest known cadastral registry from
1489.This document shows us that the earliest crafts to appear were those that served the needs of
the army, such as blacksmiths, sword smiths, boot-makers, leather-workers, blanket-makers,
wool-workers, as well as butchers, bakers and boza-makers. Thirty years later, the number of
crafts had more than doubled. Nineteen new crafts are mentioned in the registry from 1528-1536,
including shoeing smiths, locksmiths, building traders, woodworkers, cooks, goat's hair workers,
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