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15-768: According to Sima Milutinović Sarajlija , Staniša Marković was born in a village below the Ostrog monastery , in Bjelopavlići (present day Montenegro ). His family hailed from Novi Pazar . With the failure of the Austro-Serbian campaign during the Great Turkish War (1683–99), a large migration of Serbs ensued into Habsburg territories in 1690. He joined the Habsburg side during the Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18 , which saw

30-907: A year later, he went back to Serbia to be a clerk in the employ of Prince Miloš but on arriving in Zemun , however, he turned about and went to Trieste , Kotor , and then Cetinje . He arrived in Cetinje on 25 September 1827, and the Bishop of Montenegro took him in as a secretary. He also went among the tribes to dispense justice and settle disputes and took upon himself the education of Bishop's nephew Rade ( Petar II Petrović-Njegoš ). In 1829 Bjelice tribe struggled against Ozrinići and Kuće , two neighboring tribes, and his former pupil Petar II Petrović-Njegoš sent Sarajlija and Mojsije to negotiate peace among them. Sarajlija remained in Cetinje for more than three years, until

45-530: A year or two in a Turkish dungeon. After evading the Turks, he went to Chişinău (then part of Imperial Russia ), where he remained, long enough to write The Serbian Maid . It is said that he sent reports to confidants of Miloš Obrenović I, Prince of Serbia concerning Karađorđe 's followers in exile. In 1825 he went to Germany where he enrolled in the University of Leipzig , though he did not tarry there. Instead,

60-673: Is a ktetor portrait of him. A new war broke out , and the Serbian Militia and Mlatišuma were mobilized. The Military Governor notified the people of the organization of the Militia in Serbia to set up outposts along the Habsburg–Ottoman border. The population quickly responded, and, beside the regular army under the two ober-kapetans and fifteen (unter-)kapetans , 13 companies of " hajduks " were collected, who were to be used for protection of

75-680: The Central Command in Belgrade the outbreak of an alleged vampire epidemic in Kragujevac that is dated to April 1725, making it the first official report of vampirism in the Military Frontier. In other parts of Habsburg ruled Kingdom of Serbia similar cases followed, in which at least one Mlatišuma was involved, after which the Serbian word vampir entered German and later other world languages. He

90-736: The Ottomans. When talks were underway between Radonja Petrović and the Austrian feltmarschal , an uprising broke out in Montenegro. Radonja's rebels and Serbian troops, and an auxiliary force of Mlatišuma, attacked the local Muslims. According to the Serbian plan, they were to take over Novi Pazar , Rožaje , Bijelo Polje and Peć . He founded the Monastery of Drača in Kragujevac , completed on 5 October 1734. There

105-416: The border and other services. The army was divided into 18 companies, in four groups. The most notable obercapitains were Vuk Isaković from Crna Bara , Mlatišuma and Kosta Dimitrijević from Paraćin . In Kragujevac, there were two companies of 500 soldiers each. His forces attacked Užice . Mlatišuma's forces liberated Kruševac on 20 July 1737 and carried much cattle. Colonel Lentulus ordered that part of

120-930: The cattle be returned to the population, the second part was sent to Sekendorf, the third held by the colonel to the need of his army. On 7 January 1739 he led attacks in Morava and Rudnik. He had settled 1,000 Christians in Habsburg territory after the war, during what is known as the " Second Great Migration ". He was imprisoned in 1740, and is believed to have died the same year. He is enumerated in Serbian epic poetry , collected by Vuk Karadžić (1787–1864). Sima Milutinović Sarajlija (1791–1847) wrote about him. The Šumanović brotherhood in Crna Bara claim kindred. Sima Milutinovi%C4%87 Sarajlija Simeon "Sima" Milutinović "Sarajlija" ( Serbian Cyrillic : Симеон "Сима" Милутиновић "Сарајлија" , pronounced [sǎːʋa milutǐːnɔʋit͡ɕ sarǎjlija] ; 3 October 1791 – 30 December 1847)

135-527: The most important and dangerous in the Serbian Military Frontier (Militärgrenze) due to its proximity to the Ottoman border, was put under Mlatišuma's command together with one of the hajduk companies in charge of direct border protection. In addition, he was also the second highest authority of the whole Serbian militia below the supreme commander Major Vuk Isaković. He was responsible for reporting to

150-566: The second occupation of central Serbia ( Sanjak of Smederevo ) after the Habsburg-occupied Serbia (1686–91) . The Serbs established a Hajduk army that supported the Austrians. Upon the peace treaty and establishment of the Kingdom of Serbia (1718–39) , Mlatišuma received the rank of Obercapitain (First Captain) of Kragujevac in payment for his services. The Kragujevac district, one of

165-532: The spring of 1831. He came to Montenegro for another three times. In 1836, he escorted Prince Miloš to Constantinople and went on to travel to Prague , Vienna and Budapest . He remained a while in Budapest and married Marija Popović-Punktatorka (1810–1875), who was also a poet. He died suddenly in Belgrade at the end of 1847. He was buried in the graveyard at St. Mark's Church . Great Migrations of

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180-523: Was a poet , hajduk , translator , historian and adventurer . Literary critic Jovan Skerlić dubbed him the first Serbian romantist . Sima Milutinović was born in Sarajevo , Ottoman Empire in 1791, hence his nickname Sarajlija ( The Sarajevan ). His father Milutin was from the village of Rožanstvo near Užice , which he left running away from the plague and eventually settled in Sarajevo, where he

195-580: Was a scribe in Karađorđe 's Governing Council ( Praviteljstvujušći Sovjet ). Sarajlija joined a guerilla group commanded by hajduk Zeka Buljubaša . It was in the heat of battles with Ottoman Turks that his first poems germinated. They were mostly lovesongs, inspired by his first great love - Fatima. After the collapse of the First Serbian Uprising he was a hajduk and teacher in Vidin . He also spent

210-556: Was married. When Sarajlija was a child, the family fled the town seeking because of a plague. They sought refuge at several locations in Bosnia and Slavonski Brod before ending up in Zemun , where Sima commenced primary education which he never completed. He attended a school in Szeged and was later expelled from gymnasium in Sremski Karlovci . During the First Serbian Uprising he

225-548: Was sent to the Highlands ( Brda ) , to incite rebellion in eight tribes: Vasojevići (led by vojvoda Vuksan Bojović), Bratonožići , Drekalovići (led by Radonja Petrović ), Piperi , Rovce , Bjelopavlići , Pješivci , and Lutovci . Petrović was according to sources the leader of these tribes, who could ready 2,000 men in one day. Mlatišuma arrived in Kuči in 1729. He met with Radonja Petrović with whom he sought to mobilize Brda against

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