Muslim soldiers of an Austro-Hungarian infantry-regiment from Bosnia-Herzegovina worshipping in a mosque
Vienna, Austria
Austrian Military Museum / Institute of Military History
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After the occupation and eventual annexation of the two former Ottoman provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the percentage of Muslims in the Austro-Hungarian Empire reached about 1.2 per cent of the total population by 1910. The quota of Muslim soldiers in the k.u.k. army reached 0.8 per cent.
"Muslim soldiers of an Austro-Hungarian infantry-regiment from Bosnia-Herzegovina worshipping in a mosque" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;at;60;en
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