This book includes eighteen articles by the Bosnian scholar Dr. Adem Handzić (1916-1998) dealing with the socio-economic developments of the early Ottoman period in Bosnia. The articles are mainly on the introduction of Islam to Bosnia, migrations and their effect on the demographic structure of the country, urban settlements, the social and economic role of the vakif institution, and the early Ottoman administrative organization in the Balkans. Each article has a summary in English. The Foreword is by the famous Bosnian historian and author Em. Prof. Mustafa Imamović (1941-2017).
