Osman Pasha the Bosnian

Osman Pasha the Bosnian (Turkish: Boşnak Osman Paşa; died 1 August 1685) or the Herzegovinian (Turkish: Hersekli Osman Paşa) was an Ottoman statesman who served as the governor (wali) of the Damascus Eyalet (1676–1678, 1683), of Anatolia Eyalet (1678–1680), of Egypt Eyalet (1680–1683), of Diyarbekir Eyalet (1683), of Bosnia Eyalet (1684), and of Eğri Eyalet (1685).[1][2] His byname suggests that he hailed from the Sanjak of Bosnia or the Sanjak of Herzegovina.

While governor of the Eğri Eyalet (English: Eger) during the Great Turkish War, he was caught outside of the walls of the Castle of Eger when the Austrians began their siege, dying on August 1, 1685.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Mehmet Süreyya (1996) [1890], Nuri Akbayar; Seyit A. Kahraman, eds., Sicill-i Osmanî (in Turkish), Beşiktaş, Istanbul: Türkiye Kültür Bakanlığı and Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı
  2. Yılmaz Öztuna (1994). Büyük Osmanlı Tarihi: Osmanlı Devleti'nin siyasî, medenî, kültür, teşkilât ve san'at tarihi (in Turkish) 10. Ötüken Neşriyat A.S. pp. 412–416. ISBN 975-437-141-5.
Political offices
Preceded by
Abdurrahman Abdi Pasha the Albanian
Ottoman Governor of Egypt
1680–1683
Succeeded by
Hamza Pasha


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