Jugoslovenski Rotar

Da Je Evropa kasnije žalila za ovim kraljevstvom i uyidjela od kakve je važnosti, vidi se po tome, Sto mletacki duzd javlja papi Piju Il, da je Mehmed II. osvojio Bosnu pa kaže: „Pred našim očima gori najbogatije kraljevstvo ovoga svijeta.“ To isto Javlja ugarski kralj Matija Korvin, u nadi da će ga papa novčano pomoći da udje u Bosnu, pa kaže, da je Krajina „luka hriŠćanstva“. Njezinu vrijednost i Turci su jednako cijenili: Kad je za vrijeme Karlovačkog mira (1699) Austrija nudila tri bogata sreza u Vlaškoj za tri gola kraiska grada (Bihać, Krupa, Ostrožac), Turci nijesu dali, jer rekoše, da su ta tri grada „kapija Srambula“.

Kroz puna tri vijeka (16—18), i onda kad su carevi zivjeli u miru, na Krajini se ratovalo — samostalno izmedju krsta i polumjeseca — te se palilo ı robilo. Šta ne bi čete stavile pod nož, odvele bi u ropstyo osobito žene i djevojke. Onda bi se pismeno pogadjali o otkupu — sye u kavalirskom i prijateljskom tonu. Na Zenski obraz nijesu nasrćali, jer su se bojali osvete. Ako bi ženske prisvojili, s njima bi se i vjenčali. Izmedju hrišćana ı muslimana sklapalo se i pobratimstvo. Ova bi se ceremonija svršila

against the aggressive Hungarians, and when the Turks came from the other side, it was easy for them to get the head of King Steрћеп Тотазеутс (1463).

That Europe regretted the fall of this Kingdom and recognized, how important it was, it is evident from a message, sent by the doge of Venice to Pope Pius II., informing him that Mehmed II. had conquered Bosnia, in which he says: „Before our eyes is burning the richest Kingdom of this world.“ The same is repeated by the Hungarian King Mathias Corvinus, hoping to get from the Pope financial support, in order to invade Bosnia, and saying that the Bosnian ,Krayina“ is ,the harbour of Christianity“. Its value was just as highly estimated by the Turks themselyes. When during the peace negociations at Karloyci (1699) Austria was offering three rich Wallachian districts for three poor towns in these parts (viz. Bihaé, Krupa, Ostrozac), the Turks were not willing to accept the offer, saying that these three towns were the ,,entrance gate to Constantinople*. For three full centuries (16—18), and even in times when the Emperors were living in Peace, a warfare was being continually kept up in these parts quite independently between the Cross and the Half-Moon, bringing with it burning and destruction. Those that were not massacrated by the troops were driven away from their homes as slaves, especially women and girls. Written negociations would be carried on afterwards for a ransom in a quite friendly and gentlemanlike manner. They did not insult women, for fear of revenge. If they captured women, they also