Bosnia

(bos'ne-ah,) or BOENA, the most W. prov. or pasha lic of European Turkey, comprehending Dosnia Proper, Herzegovina, and Turkish Crontin, lying between 42° 30′ and 45° 15' N. Lat., and 15° 40′ and 21° 2' E. Lon.; bounded N. and N.W. by Austrian Croatia and Slavonia, E. Servia, and S. and W. All an i a and Austrian Dalmatia. Its surface is very mountainous, being occupied by the Julian and Dinaric Alps, with their outliers; it has, however, many fertile valleys, and is well watered by the river Save and its many tributaries. The habits of the people are pastoral. Chief towns. Bosna-Seraï (the cap.); Travonik (residence of the Pasha); Gradiska; and Mostar. Inhab. The Eosniaks are of Slavonic race, and only resemble the Turks in being Mohammedans.-B. in the Middle Ages belonged to the Eastern empire, and afterwards became a separate kingdom, dependent upon Hungary. Conquered by the Turks, 1480. rop. 1,100,000. B. was in 1578 occupied by Austria, under the Berlin Treaty. [s. 107]