This paper presents the composition of
the city councils in the Vilayet of
Bosnia between 1866 and 1875, from
the provincial administration reform
until the Herzegovinian uprising. An
additional reason for choosing the year
1866 as the initial year is the fact that
the yearbooks for the Vilayet of Bosnia
started to be published in that year.
The central questions of the paper are
the religious and social affiliation of
the city councils members, as well as
the rate of implementation of the
principle of electoral equality. Additi-
onally, this paper aims to answer
whether, and at what rate, the
composition of the city councils in the
Vilayet of Bosnia was in line with the
1871 law regulations.
Keywords
Vilayet of Bosnia, city councils, cities,
Tanzimat, equality