List of Ottoman governors of Bosnia

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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.

NameReignNotes
Bosnia as part of the Sanjak of Üsküp
Isa-Beg Isaković
(İshakoğlu İsa Bey)
1454–1463First Ottoman governor of Skopje, as sanjak-bey; as the Sanjak of Skopje (a krajište, "frontier") also included Bosnia, he was the de facto Ottoman governor of the Bosnian sanjak.
Sanjak of Bosnia
Minnetoğlu Mehmed Bey
(Mehmed-beg Minetović)
1463–1464First Ottoman governor of Bosnia titled sanjak-bey. [1]
Skender Pasha
(Mihaloğlu İskender Paşa)
1478–1480, 1485–1491 and 1499–1504. [2]
Firuz Bey 1504–?
Gazi Bali-beg Jahjapašić  ?–15 September 1521
Gazi Husrev-beg (1st term)15 September 1521 – 1525
Gazi Hasan-beg 1525–1526
Gazi Husrev-beg (2nd term)1526–1534
Ulama-paša 1534–1536
Gazi Husrev-beg (3rd term)1536–1541
Sofu Hadım Ali Pasha 1552 – April 1559
Mustafa-beg Sokolović (also known as Sokollu Mustafa Pasha) [3] 1563 or 1564 – 1566
Mehmed-beg Sokolović1566 – 1568
Ferhad-beg Desisalić1568 – 25 June 1568
Mehmed-beg Sokolović25 June 1568 – 1574
Ferhad-beg Sokolović (Turkish: Ferhad Bey Sokollu)1574–1580
Hüseyin Pasha Boljanić After 1569
Bosnia Eyalet
Ferhad Pasha Sokolović 1580–1587
Kara Ali Pasha 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]
Derviš-paša Bajezidagić 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
Sulejman Pasha 1633
Deli Ibrahim Pasha (restored)1633–1634
Sulejman Pasha (restored)1634–1635
Salih Pasha Mostarac 1635–1637
Bosanac Silahdar Vučo Mehmed Pasha 1637–1639
Bosanac Şahin Hasan Pasha 1639–1640
Kursunci Mehmed Pasha 1640–1641
Deli Husein Pasha 1641–1643
Ahmed Pasha 1643–1644
Bosanac Varvar Ali Pasha 1644–1645
Omer Pasha 1645
Gabela Ibrahim Pasha 1645–1647
Tekeli Mustafa Pasha 1647–1648
Derviş Mehmed Pasha 1648–1649
Sarhoşoğlu Hasan Pasha 1649–1650
Defterdarzade Mehmed Pasha 1650–1651
Bosanac Fazli Pasha 1651–1652
Abaza Siyavuş Pasha I 1652–1653
Bosanac 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 Pasha1703–1704
Sirke Osman Pasha 1705
Mehmed Pasha1705–1707
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 Paşa1729–1730
Sikre Osman Pasha 1731
Muhsinoğlu Abdullah Pasha (restored)1732–1735
Hecimoğlu Ali Pasha 1736–1739
Muhsinoğlu Abdullah Pasha (restored)1740
Gazi Ajvaz Mehmed Pasha 1741
Jegen Mehmed Pasha 1742–1744
Hecimoğlu Ali Pasha (restored)1745
Bostanci Suleyman Pasha 1745–1746
Hecimoğlu 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  [ tr ] (restored)1778
Sejid Mustafa Pasha 1779
Bošnjak defterdar Abdulah 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-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
Hilmi Ibrahim Pasha 1808–1812
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
Pashalik of Bosnia
Husein Gradaščević, Bosnia
de facto autonomous (Bosnian uprising)
1831–1832
Bosnia Vilayet
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
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)

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