List of Ottoman governors of Bosnia

Bosnia became part of the Ottoman Empire after 1454. The Ottoman government appointed sanjak-beys as governors of Bosnia. The following is a list of Ottoman governors of the Bosnian sanjak, eyalet, and vilayet within Ottoman Empire.

Early period

Name	Reign	Notes
Bosnia as part of the Sanjak of Üsküp
Ishak Bey (İshak Beğ) [1]	1463/64 [1]	According to Turkish sources, Ishak Bey was the first governor in Bosnia. [1]
Sanjak of Bosnia
Minnetoğlu Mehmed Bey [2] or Nasuh Bey (Mehmed-beg Minetović; Nesuh-beg)	1463–1464 (Minnetoğlu) [2] or 1464/65 (Nasuh Bey) [1]	First Ottoman governor of Bosnia titled sanjak-bey. According to Turkish historians (1998), "Nasuh Bey" was the successor to Ishak Bey in 1664/65, [1] but Yugoslav Bosnian historian E. Smailbegović (1986) claims that it was "Mehmed-beg Minetović". [2]
Isa Bey Ishaković (İshakoğlu İsa Beğ) [1]	1465/66– [1]
Ilyas Bey (İlyas Beğ) [1]	1470/71 [1]
Sinan Bey (Sinan Beğ) [1]	1471/72–73 [1]
Davud Bey (Davud Beğ) [1]	1473/74 [1]
İskender Bey (İskender Beğ) [1]	1475/76–80 [1]
Yahya Bey (Yahya Beğ) [1]	1480–83 [1]
Yakub Bey (Yakub Beğ) [1]	1483–85 [1]
İskender Bey (2nd term) [1]	1485–86 [1]
Sinan Bey (2nd term) [1]	1486 [1]
Yunus Bey (Yunus Beğ) [1]	1486–89 [1]
Mustafa Bey (?)	1489–92 [1]
Firuz Bey	1504–?
Gazi Bali-beg Jahjapašić	?–15 September 1521
Gazi Husrev Bey (1st term) (Gazi Hüsrev Bey, Gazi Husrev-beg)	15 September 1521 – 1525
Gazi Hasan Bey (Gazi Hasan Bey, Gazi Hasan-beg)	1525–1526
Gazi Husrev Bey (2nd term)	1526–1534	(2nd term)
Ulama-paša	1534–1536
Gazi Husrev Bey (3rd term)	1536–1541	(3rd term)
Sofu Hadım Ali Pasha	1552 – April 1559
Sokollu Mustafa Pasha [3] (Sokollu Mustafa Paşa, Mustafa-paša Sokolović)	1563/64 – 1566
Sokollu Mehmed Pasha (Sokollu Mehmet Bey, Mehmed-beg Sokolović)	1566 – 1568	Member of Sokolović family.
Ferhad Bey Desisalić (Ferhad Bey, Ferhad-beg Desisalić)	1568 – 25 June 1568
Mehmed Bey Sokolović (2nd term)	25 June 1568 – 1574	(2nd term)
Ferhad Pasha Sokolović (Ferhad Bey Sokollu, Ferhad-beg Sokolović)	1574–1580	Member of Sokolović family.
Hüseyin Pasha Boljanić (Bodur Hüseyin Paşa, Husein-paša Boljanić)	After 1569

Bosnia Eyalet

Name	Reign	Notes
Bosnia Eyalet
Ferhad Pasha Sokolović (Sokollu Ferhat Paşa)	1580–1587
Kara Ali Pasha (Nasuhzade Ali Paşa)	1587–1588
Şahsuvar Pasha	1588
Ferhad Pasha Sokolović (restored)	1588/89–1590 [4]
Halil Pasha	1590 [4]
Sofi Mehmed Pasha	1590/91–1592/93 [4]
Hasan Pasha (Herceg gazi Hasan-paša)	1592/93 [4]
Hasan Pasha Predojević	1593–1594
Hüseyin Pasha Boljanić	1594–1595
Ismail Pasha	1595–1596
Apardi Pasha	1596
Hüdaverdi Pasha	1596–1597
Idris Pasha	1597
Hasan-paša Tir	1597–1598
Ahmed-paša Dugalić	1598–1599 [5]
Dervish Pasha	1599–1600
Sofi Sinan Pasha	1600–1601
Tatar Mehmed Pasha	1601
Celali Hasan Pasha	1601–1602
Hasan Pasha (restored)	1602–1603
Husrev Pasha	1603–1606
Gurşci Mehmed Pasha	1606–1607
Sofi Sinan Pasha (restored)	1607–1608
Kurşuncizade Mustafa Pasha	1608–1609
Ibrahim Pasha	1609–1610
Kurşuncizade Mustafa Pasha (restored)	1610–1612
Karakaş Mehmed Pasha	1612–1613
Iskender Pasha	1613–1614
Abdulbaki Pasha	1614
Iskender Pasha (restored)	1614–1620
Kurşuncizade Mustafa Pasha (restored)	1620
Ibrahim Pasha (restored)	1621
Baltadži Mehmed Pasha	1621–1622
Bajram Pasha	1622–1623
Deli Ibrahim Pasha	1623–1625
Bajram Pasha (restored)	1625
Gazi Mustafa Pasha	1625–1626
Arnaut Ali Pasha	1626–1627
Bosnak Ebu Bekir Pasha	1627–1628
Abaza Mehmed Pasha	1628–1631
Hersekli Murat Pasha	1631
Hasan Pasha	1631–1632
Arnaut Mustafa Pasha	1632
Hasan Pasha (restored)	1632–1633
Suleiman Pasha (Süleyman Paşa) [6]	1633–34 [6]
Deli Ibrahim Pasha (2nd time) [6]	1634–1635 [6]
Mostarli Salih Pasha (Mostarlı Sâlih Paşa) [6]	1635–1637 [6]
Mehmed Pasha (Mehmed Paşa) [6]	1637–1639 [6]
Bosnali Şahin Hasan Pasha (Bosnalı Şahin Paşa) [6]	1639–1640 [6]
Kurşuncu Mehmed Pasha (Kurşuncu Mehmed Paşa) [6]	1640–1641 [6]
Deli Hüseyin Pasha (Deli Hüseyin Paşa) [6]	1641–1643 [6]
Ahmed Pasha (Ahmed Paşa) [6]	1643–1644 [6]
Bosnali Varvar Ali Pasha (Bosnalı Varvar Ali Paşa) [6]	1644–1645 [6]
Ömer Pasha (Ömer Paşa) [6]	1645 [6]
Gabelali Ibrahim Pasha (Gabelalı Ibrahim Paşa) [6]	1645–1647 [6]
Tekeli Mustafa Pasha (Tekeli Mustafa Paşa) [6]	1647–1648 [6]
Derviş Mehmed Pasha	1648–1649
Sarhoşoğlu Hasan Pasha	1649–1650
Defterdarzade Mehmed Pasha	1650–1651
Bosnali Fazli Pasha	1651–1652
Abaza Siyavuş Pasha I	1652–1653
Bosnali Fazli Pasha (restored)	1653–1655
Sadriali Suleiman Pasha	1655
Topal Hasan Pasha	1655–1656
Sejid Ahmed Pasha	1655–1656
Melek Ahmed Pasha	1658–1659
Servazad gazi Ali Pasha	1659–1663
Bosanac Ismail Pasha	1663–1664
Arnaud Mustafa Pasha	1664–1665
Bosanac Muharem Pasha	1665
Sohrab Mehmed Pasha	1665–1667 (?)
Köse Ali Pasha	1666–1667
Teşnak Ibrahim Pasha	1667–1670
Teftišdži Mehmed Pasha	1670–1672
Canpolad Husein Pasha	1672
Koca Arnaud Ibrahim Pasha	1672–1674
Mehmed Pasha	1674–1676
Hacı Ebu Bekir Pasha	1676–1677
Cebeci Ahmed Pasha (aka Defterdar Ahmed Pasha)	1677–1678
Koca Arnaud Ibrahim Pasha (restored)	1678
Koca Halil Pasha	1678–1679
Cebeci Ahmed Pasha (aka Defterdar Ahmed Pasha)	1679–1680
Abdurrahman Abdi Pasha the Albanian	1680–1682
Hizir Pasha	1682–1684
Ahmed Pasha Osmanpašić	1684–1685
Hersekli Osman Pasha	1685
Kunduk Ahmed Pasha	1685–1686
Siyavuş Pasha	1686
Mehmed Pasha Atlagić	1686–1687
Gazi Topal Husein Pasha	1687–1690
Büyük Cafer Pasha	1690–1691
Boşnak gazi Mehmed Pasha	1691–1697
Boşnak Sari Ahmed Pasha	1697–1698
Daltaban gazi Mustafa Pasha	1698–1699
Köse Halil Pasha	1699–1702
Boşnak Seyfullah Pasha	1702
Hacı Ibrahim Pasha	1703–1704
Sirke Osman Pasha	1705
Mehmed Pasha	1705–1707
Veli Mehmed Pasha	1707
Banjalučki kapetan Mustafa Pasha	1708
Boşnak Seyfullah Pasha (restored)	1709–1710
Kara Yilan Ali Pasha	1711
Sari Ahmed Pasha	1712–1713
Arnaud Ali Pasha	1713
Köprülü Numan Pasha	1714
Boşnak Sari Mustafa Pasha	1715
Yusuf Pasha	1716
Ibrahim Pasha	1716
Şabad Ahmed Pasha	1717
Kara Mustafa Pasha	1717
Köprülü Numan Pasha (restored)	1717
Osman Defterdar Pasha	1718–1719
Topal Osman Pasha	1720
Muhsin-oğlu Abdullah Pasha	1721–1726
Boşnak Ahmed Pasha Rustampašić	1727–1728
Kabakulak İbrahim Paşa	1729–1730
Sikre Osman Pasha	1731
Muhsinoğlu Abdullah Pasha (restored)	1732–1735
Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha	1736–1739
Muhsinoğlu Abdullah Pasha (restored)	1740
Gazi Ajvaz Mehmed Pasha	1741
Jegen Mehmed Pasha	1742–1744
Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha (restored)	1745
Bostanci Suleyman Pasha	1745–1746
Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha (restored)	1746–1747
Muhsinoğlu Abdullah Pasha (restored)	1748
Ebubekir Pasha	1749
Seyyid Abdullah Pasha	1750–1751
Köprülü Hacı Ahmed Pasha	1751
Boşnak Hacı Mehmed Pasha - Foçak	1752–1754
Kamil Ahmed Pasha	1755–1757
Boşnak Hacı Mehmed Pasha - Foçak (restored)	1758–1762
Maldovanzade Ali Pasha	1763
Aga Mehmed Pasha	1764
Köprülü Hacı Ahmed Pasha (restored)	1765
Nişli Mehmed Pasha  [ tr ]	1765–1766
Silahdar Mehmed Pasha  [ tr ]	1766–1769
Muhsinzade Mehmed Pasha	1770–1771
Topaloğlu Osman Pasha	1772
Dagistani Ali Pasha	1773
Alvazade Ali Pasha	1774
Silahdar Mehmed Pasha  [ tr ] (restored)	1775
Dagistani Ali Pasha (restored)	1776–1777
Silahdar Mehmed Pasha (restored)	1778
Sejid Mustafa Pasha	1779
Boşnak Defterdar Abdulla Pasha	1780–1784
Sejid Mehmed Pasha	1785
Ismail Pasha	1785
Morali Ahmed Pasha	1786
Selim Pasha	1786–1787
Mirialem Ebubekir Pasha	1787–29 April 1789
Arslan Mehmed Pasha (Arslan Mehmed-paša)	29 April 1789 – 15 October 1789
Mirialem Ebubekir Pasha (restored)	1789
Kayserili Hacı Salih Pasha	1789–1790
Koca Yusuf Pasha	1790–1791
Kayserili Hacı Salih Pasha (restored)	1791–1792
Mirialem Ebubekir Pasha (restored)	1792
??	??
Perisan Mustafa Pasha	1796–1797
Vanli Mehmed Pasha	1797–1799
Bekir Pasha	1800–1801
Vanli Mehmed Pasha (restored)	1802–1803
Janiçar Mustafa Pasha	1804–1805
Sinan Pasha Sijerčić	1799–1806
Husrev Mehmed Pasha	1806–1807
Ibrahim Hilmi Pasha	29 January 1809–13 March 1813 [7]
Silahdar Ali Pasha	1813–1814
Hurshid Pasha	1815
Suleyman Pasha Boşnak	1816–1817
Dervish Mustafa Pasha	1818–1819
Mehmed Rušdi Pasha	1820
Celaludin Pasha	1820–1821
Sherif Selim Siri Pasha	1822–1824
Belenli Haci Mustafa Pasha	1825
Abdurahim Pasha	1826–1827
Namik Pasha	1828–1831
Ibrahim Pasha	1831–1832
Mehmed Hamdi Pasha	1831–1832
Davud Pasha	1833–1836
Mehmed Vecihi Pasha	1837–1839
Mehmed Husrev Pasha	1840–1842
Muhendis Kamil Pasha	1843–1844
Osman Nuri Pasha	1844
Mehmed Tahir Pasha	1847–1850
Çerkez Hafiz Mehmed Pasha	1850
Kajredin Pasha	1850
Kiridli Veliedin Pasha	1850–1851
Mehmed Hursid Pasha	1852–1856
Mehmed Rashid Pasha	1856–1857
Mehmed Kani Pasha	1857–1858
Arnavut Mehmed Akif Pasha	1858–1859
Mehmed Kani Pasha	1859
Osman Mazhar Pasha	1859–1861
Sherif Osman Pasha	1861–1868

Bosnia Vilayet

Name	Reign	Notes
Bosnia Vilayet
Omer Favzi Pasha	1868
Sherif Osman Pasha	1868–1869
Sefvet Pasha	1869–1871
Arnavut Mehmed Akif Pasha	1871
Mehmed Asim Pasha	1871
Ibrahim Dervish Pasha	1872
Mehmed Rashid Pasha	1872
Mustafa Asim Pasha	1872
Mustafa Pasha	1872
Mustafa Asim Pasha	1872
Arnavut Mehmed Akif Pasha	1873
Ibrahim Dervish Pasha	1873
Ahmed Hamdi Pasha	1874
Mehmed Rauf Pasha bin Abdi Pasha	1874
Ibrahim Pasha	1875
??	1876–1877
Ahmed Mazhar Pasha	1878
Habsburg administration (1878–1918)

References

1. Küçük 2003, p. 47.
2. Esma Smailbegović (1986). Narodna predaja o Sarajevu. p. 121. različitim istorijskim ličnostima.48 U Bosni takođe nikada nije namjesnikovao neki Nesuh-beg, već je džamiju koju mu predaja pripisuje podigao prvi bosanski upravitelj sa titulom san- džak-bega, Mehmed-beg Minetović (1463 — 1464)49.
3. 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
4. IIS 2003, p. 284.
5. Safvet-beg Bašagić 1900, p. ?. sfn error: no target: CITEREFSafvet-beg_Bašagić1900 (help)
6. Öztuna 1979, p. 452.
7. S. S. H. Muvekkit, n. d., 783–784.

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