Skender Pasha

Skender Pasha Mihajlovic was a sanjakbey of the Bosnian Sanjak in period 1478—1480, 1485—1491 and 1499—1504.[1]

According to some sources, he was member of Mihaloglu family (descendant of Köse Mihal) and brother of Ali Bey Mihaloglu.[2]

In 1499 he captured part of the Venetian territoriesin Dalmatia. In 1501 he besieged Jajce, but without success and was defeated by János (Ivaniš) Corvin, assisted by Zrinski, Frankopan, Karlović and Cubor.[1] Around 1500 he built a tekke of the Naqshbandi order in Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b (in Croatian) Enciclopedia Croatica (III ed.). Zagrem: Naklada Hrvatskog Izdavalačkog Bibliografskog Zavoda. 1942. http://www.scribd.com/doc/24124044/Hrvatska-enciklopedija-Sv-III-Boja-Bra%C5%BE%C4%91enje. Retrieved March 15, 2011. 
  2. ^ Markus Köhbach, Gisela Procházka-Eisl, Claudia Römer, ed (1999). Acta Viennensia Ottomanica. Selbstverlag des Instituts für Orientalistik. p. 287. ISBN 9783900345051. http://books.google.com/books?id=7JRpAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Ali+Bey+Mihaloglu%22&dq=%22Ali+Bey+Mihaloglu%22&hl=en&ei=V3AETuGBBMm68gOWlJXaDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CEAQ6AEwAw. Retrieved 24 June 2011. "member of Mihaloglu family and brother of Ali Beg" 
  3. ^ Norris, H. T. (1993). Islam in the Balkans: religion and society between Europe and the Arab world. Hurst. p. 101. ISBN 9781850651673. http://books.google.com/books?id=kTcRDKnYf2cC&pg=PA101. Retrieved 25 June 2011.