Sanjak of Bosnia

Sanjak of Bosnia Bosanski sandžak
Sanjak of the Ottoman Empire
←   ← 1463–1878 →
History
•	Siege of Jajce	1463
•	Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina	1878
Today part of		Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro

Sanjak of Bosnia (Turkish: Bosna Sancağı, Bosnian: Bosanski Sandžak) was one of the sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire established in 1463 when the lands conquered from the Bosnian Kingdom were transformed into a sanjak and Isa-Beg Isaković was appointed its first sanjakbey.^[1] In the period between 1463 and 1580 it was part of the Rumelia Eyalet. After the Bosnia Eyalet was established in 1580 the Bosnian Sanjak became its central province.^[2] Between 1864 and the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia in 1878 it was part of the Bosnia Vilayet that succeeded the Eyalet of Bosnia following administrative reforms in 1864 known as the "Vilayet Law". Although Bosnia Vilayet was officially still part of the Ottoman Empire until 1908 the Bosnian Sanjak ceased to exist in 1878.

Administration

List of sanjakbeys of Bosnian Sanjak is the following:

1. Isa-beg Isaković, beginning of 1463 — spring of 1463
2. Mehmed-beg Minetović, (Turkish: Mehmed Bey Minnetoğlu) spring of 1463 — 7 February 1464
3. Isa-beg Isaković, 7 February 1464 — 1470
4. Ajaz-beg, 1470—1474
5. Sinan-beg, 1474
6. Arnaut Davud-beg, 1474-1475
7. Bali-beg Malkočević (Turkish: Bali Bey Malkoçoğlu), 1475—1477
8. Skender-beg Mihajlović, 1477—1479
9. Arnaut Davud-beg, 1479—1480
10. Skender-beg Mihajlović, 1480—1482
11. Jahja-beg, 1482—1483
12. Ajaz-beg, 1483—1484
13. Mehmed-beg Ishaković, 1484—1485
14. Sinan-beg, 1485—1490
15. Hadum Jakub-paša, 1490—1493
16. Jahja-paša, 1493—1495
17. Feriz-beg, 1495—1496^[3]
18. Skender-paša Mihajlović, 1498—1505
19. Feriz-beg, 1505—1512
20. Hadum Sinan-beg Borovinić, 1512—1513
21. Junuz-beg, 1513 — 14 April 1515
22. Mustafa-paša Jurišević (Mustafa-paša Skenderpašić), 14 October 1515 — 17 April 1516
23. Gazi Hasan-beg, 17 April 1516 — 1517
24. Gazi Mehmed-beg Mihajlović (Turkish: Gazi Mehmed Bey Mihalzade), 1517—1519
25. Gazi Bali-beg Jahjapašić, 1519 — 15 September 1521
26. Gazi Husrev-beg, 15 September 1521 — 1525
27. Gazi Hasan-beg, 1525—1526
28. Gazi Husrev-beg, 1526—1534
29. Ulama-paša, 1534—1536
30. Gazi Husrev-beg, 1536 — 18 June 1541
31. Ulama-paša, 18 June 1541 — 1547
32. Sofi Ali-beg, 1547—1549
33. Muhamed-han Zulkadrić (Turkish: Muhamed Han Zulkadrioğlu), 1549—1550
34. Hadim Ali-beg 1550—1551
35. Sofi Mehmed-paša, 1551—1553
36. Hadim Gazi Ali-paša, 1553
37. Dugali Malkoč-beg, 1553—1554
38. Kara Osman-han, 1554—1555
39. Kara Mustafa-beg Sokolović, 1555—1557
40. Hamza-beg Biharović, 1557—1561
41. Hasan-beg Sokolović, 1561—1562
42. Sinan-beg Boljanić, 1562—1564
43. Mustafa-beg Sokolović, 1564—1566
44. Mehmed-beg Sokolović, 1566—1568
45. Ferhad-beg Desisalić, 1568—25 June 1568
46. Mehmed-beg Sokolović, 25 June 1568 — 1574
47. Ferhad-beg Sokolović (Turkish: Ferhad Bey Sokollu), 1574—1580

References

1. Enciclopedia Croatica (in Croatian) (III ed.). Zagrem: Naklada Hrvatskog Izdavalačkog Bibliografskog Zavoda. 1942. p. 157. Retrieved March 15, 2011. Krajišnik Isabeg imenovan je 1463 sandžakbegom novoustrojenog sandžaka Bosna
2. Omer Ibrahimagić (1998). Constitutional development of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Vijeće Kongresa bošnjačkih intelektualaca. p. 78. Retrieved 23 January 2013. The former Bosnian sanjak became the central sanjak of this ayalet.
3. Sarajevu 2007, p. 224.

Sources

• Sarajevu, Gazi Husrevbegova biblioteka u (2007). Anali Gazi Husrev-begove biblioteke. Gazi Husrev-begova biblioteka.