Hamza Zenevisi

Hamza Zenevisi (fl. 1456-60), was an Ottoman official who served as the sanjakbey of the Sanjak of Mezistre.

Life

Born a Christian, of the Zenevisi family from Zagoria region, in modern southern Albania, between Përmet and Argyrokastro (Gjirokastër).[1] He was sent as a hostage to the Ottoman court after his family submitted to the sultan.

In 1459, Hamza defeated the forces of the Despots of the Morea besieging Patras in 1459.[2] In 1460, following the Ottoman conquest of the Morea, Hamza became the sanjak-bey of the Sanjak of Mezistre.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Elsie, Robert (24 December 2012). A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History. I.B.Tauris. p. 501. ISBN 978-1-78076-431-3.
  2. ↑ Pitcher, Donald Edgar (1972). An Historical Geography of the Ottoman Empire: From Earliest Times to the End of the Sixteenth Century. Brill Archive. p. 86. GGKEY:4CFA3RCNXRP.
  3. ↑ Osmanlı tarihi. Türk Tarih Kurumu. 1983. p. 62. İskender'in yeğeni olan bu Hamza Kastriyota ile yine Arnavut senyörlerinden Gin Zenibisi'nin oğlu olup Osmanlı devleti hizmetinde bulunara 1460'da Mora'da Mizistra sancakbeyliği etmiş olan Hamza Zenebisi'yi birbirine karıştır mamalıdır.