Prizren during the Ottoman Empire

Prizren during the Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire in Prizren was placed in 1455 (some historians emphasize the year 1459). The placement of Ottoman ray indicated a fundamental change in economical, social and political development. Other structures that dominated before were eliminated. In the city new Ottoman system was established.
In 1488 Prizren was named as center of Sandzak. It became vilayet center in 1813 and when this center was transferred to Skopje (in 1843), Prizren was reannounced as the center of Sandzak. With the new administrative reorganization of the Ottoman Empire, in 1868 Prizren was set as the center of vilayet. In 1874, the center of vilayet is transferred to Pristina, while Prizren rebecomes the center of Sandzak. Prizren kept this function until Balkan War I, when it is dominated by Serbian military forces on October 31, 1912.
In the 19th century, Prizren was the second most important center of the Albanian lands, with approximately 1500 shops. According to the Turkish yearly announcement in 1874, Prizren had 44000 residents.During the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century, Prizren presents the aristocratic family of Rrotullaj. They do not just struggle against their enemies, but they pretended to be independent from the central administration. They totally administered Prizren for about 100 years, and they gave Prizren the character of a city administered by Pasha’s.
In the pan-Albanian congress held in Prizren, on June 10, 1878, the Albanian League of Prizren was founded in head with Iljaz Pasha Dibra. The central administration and the temporary government (headed by Ymer Prizreni) was placed in Prizren. Prizren became the capital of pan-Albania of that time.