
The map shows, beside the administrative
division, the ethnographical circumstances in Old Serbia, i.e. the vilayet of Kosovo of
the time. It is the result of the research that lasted to a couple of years, and that were
accomplished by Austro-Hungarian Military-political and Strategic services. The whole
study was aimed for the military needs of Austro-Hungary. It is obvious that
Austro-Hungarian experts had differentiated between the confessional and national
belonging, as with the Serbs, as well as with the Albanians and other peoples. Under the
mark “Serbs” the following was written: “Greek-Eastern” (Orthodox) – “Bosnian
Catholics” – “Bosnian Crypto – Catholics” - ”Mohammedans”. According to
those data, for example, in the region of today’s Kosovo and Metohia , the proportion
between the Serbs (Orthodox and Muslims) and Albanians was 50:50% of the population. |