Tvrtković, who was Jovica's closest associate[1] and had in the preceding years[2] fled to Belgrade, organized people in Serbia, and at first had the support of Serbian Prince Miloš Obrenović.
[4] After the collapse of the rebellion, Prince Miloš received and protected some of the rebel leaders and protested at the Porte over the atrocities and penalties.
[10] In December 1840 Tvrtković informed the Serbian court over the dissatisfaction of the Christians in Bosnia with the rule of Vecihi Pasha and failure to comply with the hatt-i sharif.
[11] When Prince Mihailo was forced to flee Serbia to Austrian territory in August or September 1842, Tvrtković likely before or together with him crossed into Zemun.
[15] In documents held at the Archive of the Eparchy of Upper Karlovac it is seen that he after 1834 signed as Karanović (Карановић), then Karano-Tvrtković, and finally in 1850 and 1851 as Tvrtković.