The Serbian Uprising of 1737âÂÂ1739 was an uprising of Serbs against the Ottoman rule, that broke out in central regions of Ottoman Serbia during the Habsburg-Ottoman War (1737-1739). Following some initial Habsburg defeats during the early stages of the war, the emperor Charles VI issued various proclamations to the Christians in the Balkans, calling them to rise against the Ottomans. The emperor called on the Serbs, who were ready to revolt, on 15 June 1737, and stressed that they would fight in an alliance with Christian powers, the Habsburg Monarchy and the Russian Empire, against a common enemy. The Serbs responded by organizing themselves under Serbian Patriarch Arsenije IV. The uprising had a wide geographical extent, from Belgrade to eastern Bosnia, Montenegro and the à  ar Mountain. The failed war prompted Serbs, mostly from Herzegovina, Raà ¡ka, Metohija and Montenegro, to flee under the leadership of Arsenije IV from the Ottoman-held territories into the Habsburg monarchy, thus initiating the Second Great Migration of the Serbs.
During the initial stages of the war, Serbian Patriarch Arsenije IV negotiated with the Austrian government through the bishop of Temeschwar, Nikola DimitrijeviÃÂ. Arsenije promised that the people would revolt and help the Austrian army with food.
The tribes in Brda, under the leadership of Radonja PetroviÃÂ, would ready 500 armed men of KuÃÂi, vojvoda Vuksan Vojvodiàof VasojeviÃÂi 200, vojvoda Toà ¡ko of Piperi 200, etc.
The Serbian Patriarch and Radonja called on Metropolitan Sava PetroviÃÂ to join the war against the Ottomans, but he was under the influence of the Republic of Venice, and stayed inactive during the war.
The Serbian Militia operated mostly in central Serbia.
The Toplica region and Nià ¡ were liberated.
Radonja requested from the Austrian feltmarschal that in case the rebels won, they would continue in his service. When talks were underway, an uprising broke out in Montenegro. Radonja's rebels and Serbian troops, and an auxiliary force of Stanià ¡a MarkoviÃÂ-Mlatià ¡uma, attacked the local Muslims. According to the Serbian plan, they were to take over Novi Pazar, Roà ¾aje, Bijelo Polje and PeÃÂ. A Serbian detachment attacked Bihor, and penetrated to Godijevo, where they set up a headquarters in the house of Mustafa SijariÃÂ. Radonja heard that the Ottomans would in their future actions first attack à ½upljani, which had already crossed to the Venetian side. At the same time, Radonja informed Cattaro intendant Jerolim BuÃÂa that Dervià ¡-paà ¡a ÃÂengiàwas ordered to turn with his army from the Sanjak of Herzegovina towards Knin, which they were to attack; and that vezir-Mustafa-paà ¡a with the armies of other sanjaks and 4,000 Tatars, as was planned, turn in the direction of Zadar. That information was likely exaggerated.
The failed war prompted Serbs, mostly from Herzegovina, Sandà ¾ak, Metohija and Montenegro, to flee under the leadership of Arsenije IV from the Ottoman territories into the Habsburg monarchy (as was done in 1689âÂÂ92). The Austrian government had encouraged the Serbs to settle Habsburg territories.