Sanjak of Bosnia

Sanjak of Bosnia
Bosna Sancağı (Turkish)
Bosanski sandžak/Босански санџак (Serbo-Croatian)
Sanjak of Bosnia Bosna Sancağı (Turkish); Bosanski sandžak/Босански санџак (Serbo-Croatian)
Sanjak of the Ottoman Empire
1463–1878
	Flag
	; Map of the Sanjak of Bosnia at its height.
Demonym	Bosnian
History
• Siege of Jajce	1463
• Eyalet of Bosnia established	1580
• Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina	1878
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Bosansko Krajište
	Kingdom of Bosnia
Bosnia Eyalet
Today part of	Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Serbia; Montenegro;

Sanjak of Bosnia (Turkish: Bosna Sancağı, Serbo-Croatian: Bosanski sandžak / Босански санџак) 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 de facto ceased to exist in 1878; when it was occupied by Austria-Hungary.

Banja Luka became the seat of the Sanjak of Bosnia some time prior to 1554, until 1580 when the Bosnia Eyalet was established. Bosnian beylerbeys were seated in Banja Luka until 1639.^[3]

Demographics

Apostolic visitor Peter Masarechi claimed in his 1624 report that the population of Bosnia was 450,000 Muslims, 150,000 Catholics, and 75,000 Orthodox.^[4]

Administration

List of sanjakbeys of Bosnian Sanjak is the following:^{[citation needed]}

Minnetoğlu Mehmed Bey, 1464
Isa-beg Isaković, 7 February 1464–1470
Ajaz-beg, 1470–1474
Sinan-beg, 1474
Arnaut Davud-beg, 1474–1475
Bali-beg Malkočević (Turkish: Bali Bey Malkoçoğlu), 1475–1477^{[citation needed]}
Ajaz-beg, 1477–1478
Skender Pasha, 1478–1479
Arnaut Davud-beg, 1479–1480
Skender Pasha, 1480–1482
Jahja-beg, 1482–1483
Ajaz-beg, 1483–1484
Mehmed-beg Ishaković, 1484–1485
Sinan-beg, 1485–1490
Hadum Jakub-paša, 1490–1493
Jahja Pasha, 1493–1495
Firuz Bey, 1495–1496^[5]
Skender-paša Mihajlović, 1498–1505
Firuz Bey, 1505–1512
Hadum Sinan-beg Borovinić, 1512–1513
Junuz-beg, 1513 – 14 April 1515
Mustafa-paša Jurišević (Mustafa-paša Skenderpašić), 14 October 1515 – 17 April 1516
Gazi Hasan-beg, 17 April 1516 – 1517
Gazi Mehmed-beg Mihajlović (Turkish: Gazi Mehmed Bey Mihalzade), 1517–1519
Gazi Bali-beg Jahjapašić, 1519 – 15 September 1521
Gazi Husrev-beg, 15 September 1521 – 1525
Gazi Hasan-beg, 1525–1526
Gazi Husrev-beg, 1526–1534
Ulama-paša, 1534–1536
Gazi Husrev-beg, 1536 – 18 June 1541
Ulama-paša, 18 June 1541 – 1547
Sofi Ali-beg, 1547–1549
Muhamed-han Zulkadrić (Turkish: Muhamed Han Zulkadrioğlu), 1549–1550
Hadim Ali-beg 1550–1551
Sofi Mehmed-paša, 1551–1553
Hadim Gazi Ali-paša, 1553
Dugali Malkoč-beg, 1553–1554
Kara Osman-han, 1554–1555
Kara Mustafa-beg Sokolović, 1555–1557
Hamza-beg Biharović, 1557–1561
Hasan-beg Sokolović, 1561–1562
Sinan-beg Boljanić, 1562–1564
Mustafa-beg Sokolović, 1564–1566 ^[6]
Mehmed-beg Sokolović, 1566–1568^[7]
Ferhad-beg Desisalić, 1568 – 25 June 1568
Mehmed-beg Sokolović, 25 June 1568 – 1574^[8]
Ferhad-beg Sokolović (Turkish: Ferhad Bey Sokollu), 1574–1580^[9]

References

^ Enciclopedia Croatica (in Croatian) (III ed.). Zagreb: Naklada Hrvatskog izdavalačkog bibliografskog zavoda. 1942. p. 157. Archived from the original on 2011-12-05. Retrieved March 15, 2011. Krajišnik Isabeg imenovan je 1463 sandžakbegom novoustrojenog sandžaka Bosna
^ Omer Ibrahimagić (1998). Constitutional development of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Vijeće Kongresa bošnjačkih intelektualaca. p. 78. ISBN 9789958470301. Retrieved 23 January 2013. The former Bosnian sanjak became the central sanjak of this ayalet.
^ Hercegovine, Društvo istoričara Bosne i (1952). Godišnjak: Annuaire (in Serbian).
^ Mitja Velikonja (2003). Religious Separation and Political Intolerance in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Texas A&M University Press. pp. 56–. ISBN 978-1-60344-724-9.
^ Sarajevu 2007, p. 224.
^ Efendi, Nahifi Mehmed. (2019). Cevahiru'l-Menakib: Sokollu Mustafa Paşa'nın Hayatı. T. C. Türkiye Yazma Eserler Kurumu Başkanlığı. ISBN 978-975-17-4249-0
^ Dakic, Uros. (2012). The Sokollu Family Clan and the Politics of Vizierial Households in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century. (MA Thesis). Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University.
^ Dakic, Uros. (2012). The Sokollu Family Clan and the Politics of Vizierial Households in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century. (MA Thesis). Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University.
^ Dakic, Uros. (2012). The Sokollu Family Clan and the Politics of Vizierial Households in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century. (MA Thesis). Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University.