Bosnian Sanjak

Bosnian Sanjak (Turkish: Bosna Sancağı, Serbian: Босански Санџак) was one of the sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire established in 1463 when Bosansko Krajište was transformed to sanjak and Isa-Beg Isaković was appointed its first sanjakbey.[1]

List of sanjakbeys of Bosnian Sanjak is the following[2]:

  1. Isa-Beg Isaković, beginning of 1463 — spring of 1463
  2. Mehmedbeg Minetović, (Turkish: Mehmed Bey Minetoglu) spring of 1463 — February 7, 1464
  3. Isa-Beg Isaković, February 7, 1464—1470
  4. Ajazbeg, 1470—1475
  5. Balibeg Malkočević, 1475—1476
  6. Skenderbeg Mihajlović, 1478—1480
  7. Dautbeg, 1480
  8. Jahjabeg, 1482—1484
  9. Hadžibeg, 1484
  10. Ajazbeg, 1484—1485
  11. Skenderpaša Mihajlović, 1485—1491
  12. Jakubpaša, 1492—1494
  13. Jahjapaša, 1494
  14. Sinanpaša Borovinić, 1496—1499
  15. Skenderpaša Mihajlović, 1499—1504
  16. Ferizbeg, 1505—1512
  17. Junuzaga, 1512—1513
  18. Sinanpaša Borovinić, 1513—1514
  19. Junuzaga, 1514—1515
  20. Mustafapaša Jurišević, 1515
  21. Mehmedpaša Mihajlović
  22. Gazi Balibeg
  23. Gazi Husrev-beg, 1521

With the creation of the Bosnia Eyalet in 1580 it became part of the former.

References

  1. ^ (in Croatian) Enciclopedia Croatica (III ed.) Zagrem: Naklada Hrvatskog Izdavalačkog Bibliografskog Zavoda 1942 p. 157 http://www.scribd.com/doc/24124044/Hrvatska-enciklopedija-Sv-III-Boja-Bra%C5%BE%C4%91enje. Retrieved March 15, 2011 "Krajišnik Isabeg imenovan je 1463 sandžakbegom novoustrojenog sandžaka Bosna" 
  2. ^ (in Croatian) Enciclopedia Croatica (III ed.) Zagrem: Naklada Hrvatskog Izdavalačkog Bibliografskog Zavoda 1942 p. 157 http://www.scribd.com/doc/24124044/Hrvatska-enciklopedija-Sv-III-Boja-Bra%C5%BE%C4%91enje. Retrieved March 15, 2011