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    Changing immigrant profile and settlement patterns in the Nigbolu Sandjak
    (Ahmet Yesevi Üniversitesi Mütevelli Heyet Başkanlığı, 2015) Ocaklı, Nuray
    After the Ottomans' conquest of the last Bulgarian castle, Nikopol, migration movement of Muslim Anatolians to the new administrative district of the Ottoman frontier, Nigbolu Sandjak, started in the late 14th century. In 15th and 16thcenturies, policies of the Ottoman central authority played a determinant role on the profile of Muslim immigrants and settlement network of the region. In the 15th century, Muslim immigrants were populous nomadic tribes and they were settled in depopulated old villages to create more timar lands to finance the provincial army but as a result of the westward expansion policies of the Ottomans, characteristics of the new settlements and profile of the Muslim immigrants significantly changed in the 16th century. New Muslim settlements in the uninhabited lands of the Nigbolu Sandjak consisted of small villages producing weapons and necessities of the army on campaign. Settlers of these new settlements were Anatolian nomadic tribes divided into clans and families in the 16th century. These Muslim settlement regions formed the core of the Turkish presence in the region up today.