Originally Posted by
Pribislav
Most of Muslims from Central Bosnian are descendants of Herzegovinian vlachs (social caste). Ottomans settled them to Central Bosnia from Herzegovina and gave them land and privilegies for conversion on Islam.
In late 17th century some Muslim refugees (Muhacirs) from Vojvodina, Slavonia and Hungary settled to Central Bosnia. Among these settlers there was islamized Hungarians, Slovaks, Rusyns and even Germans, and that is reason by Central Bosnian Muslims ploting more northern than Herzegovinian and Bosanska Krajina ones.