Sandžak (/ˈsændʒæk/; Serbo-Croatian: Sandžak / Санџак, pronounced [sǎndʒak]; Albanian: Sanxhaku), also known as Sanjak, is a historical[1][2][3] geo-political region in Serbia and Montenegro.[4] The name Sandžak derives from the Sanjak of Novi Pazar, a former Ottoman administrative district founded in 1865. Serbs usually refer to the region by its medieval name of Raška.