Aya Stefanos, Treaty of - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Adanir, Fikret
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Brill
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The Treaty of Aya Stefanos (San Stefano, a suburb of Istanbul; today's district of Yeşilköy) of 29 Sefer (Ṣafar) 1295/3 March 1878 ended the Russo-Ottoman War of 1294-5/1877-8. The conflict should be viewed in the context of the Eastern Crisis of 1875-8, which began with an insurrection in Herzegovina in Cemaziülahır (Jumādā II) 1292/July 1875. The insurgency soon spread to Bosnia and also excited nationalist feelings in Serbia and Montenegro. In early 1876, the "April Uprising" broke out in Bulgaria, and a