Bajo Pivljanin

Bajo Pivljanin was a Serb hajduk commander mostly active in the Ottoman territories of Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia. Born in Piva, at the time part of the Ottoman Empire, he was an oxen trader who allegedly left his village after experiencing Ottoman injustice. Mentioned in 1654 as a brigand during the VenetianOttoman war, he entered the service of the Republic of Venice in 1656. The hajduks were used to protect Venetian Dalmatia. He remained a lowrank hajduk for the following decade, participating in some notable operations such as the raid on Trebinje. Between 1665 and 1668 he quickly rose through the ranks to the level of harambaa . After the war, which ended unfavourably for the Venetians, the hajduks were moved out of the their haven in the Bay of Kotor under Ottoman pressure. Between 1671 and 1684 Pivljanin along with other hajduks and their families were refugees in Dalmatia. Upon renewed conflict, he was returned to the Bay of Kotor and placed in charge of defending the f

Bajo Pivljanin was born around 1630 in Piva , at that time part of the Ottoman Sanjak of Herzegovina. According to tradition he was born in the village of Rudinice , while there are two traditions as to which family he belonged. Pivljanin was an agriculturalist. He traded oxen, which was very common in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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