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–?
Yahyapaşazade Bali Bey
(Bali-beg Jahjapašić)
1521–15 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
Nasuhzade 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
(Derviš-paša Bajezidagić)
1599–1600
Sofi Sinan Pasha 1600–1601
Tatar Mehmed Pasha 1601
Celali Deli Hasan
(Hasan Dželalija)
1601–1602
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
Baltacı 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
Bosnali Ismail Pasha 1663–1664
Arnaud Mustafa Pasha 1664–1665
Bosnali Muharem Pasha 1665
Sohrab Mehmed Pasha 1666[7]
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
Defterdar Cebeci Ahmed Pasha 1677–1678
Koca Arnaud Ibrahim Pasha (restored) 1678
Koca Halil Pasha 1678–1679
Defterdar Cebeci 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
Abaza 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
Mustafa Pasha of Banja Luka 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
Moralı 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
Muhsinoğlu Abdullah Pasha (first term) 1721–1726
Boşnak Ahmed Pasha Rustampašić 1727–1728
Kabakulak İbrahim Paşa 1729–1730
Sikre Osman Pasha 1731
Muhsinoğlu Abdullah Pasha (second term) 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 1765–1766
Silahdar Mehmed Pasha 1766–1769
Muhsinzade Mehmed Pasha 1770–1771
Topaloğlu Osman Pasha 1772
Dagistani Ali Pasha 1773
Alvazade Ali Pasha 1774
Silahdar Mehmed Pasha (restored) 1775
Dagistani Ali Pasha (restored) 1776–1777
Silahdar Mehmed Pasha (restored) 1778
Seyyid Mustafa Pasha 1779
Boşnak Defterdar Abdulla Pasha 1780–1784
Haseki Seyyid Mehmed Pasha
(Ajdosli Kara Haseki Sejji Mehmed-paša)
10–14 May 1785[8]
Katib Ismail Pasha
(Ismail-paša)
14 May–17 July 1785[9]
Morali Ahmed Pasha
(Morali Ahmed-paša)
7 September 1785–2 March 1786[10]
Selim Sirri Pasha
(Selim Sirri-paša)
10 April 1786–late December 1787[11]
Agribozlu Ebubekir Pasha
(Agribozlu Ebu Bekir-paša)
30 December 1787–end of April 1789[12]
Arslan Mehmed Pasha
(Arslan Mehmed-paša)
25 May–15 October 1789[13]
Miralem Mehmed Pasha
(Miralem Mehmed-paša)
25 November–18 December 1789[14]
Kayserili Hacı Salih Pasha
(Hadži Salih-paša)
25 February 1790–beginning of January 1791[15]
Koca Yusuf Pasha
(Jusuf-paša)
4 February–9 March 1791[16]
Kayserili Hacı Salih Pasha (2nd term) 9 March 1791–25 August 1792[17]
Husamuddin Pasha
(Husamuddin-paša)
7 December 1792–21 June 1797[18]
Perişan Mustafa Pasha
(Perišan Mustafa-paša)
21 June 1796–March/early April 1798[19]
Vanli Mehmed Pasha
(Vanli Mehmed-paša)
August 1799–September 1801[20]
Bekir Pasha
(Ebubekir-paša, Bećir-paša)
September 1801–6 January 1805[21]
Mustafa Pasha Ismailpašić
(Mustafa-paša Ismailpašić)
6 January 1805–25 March 1806[22]
Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha 9 April 1806–29 January 1808[23]
Ibrahim Hilmi Pasha 29 January 1809–13 March 1813[24]
Darendeli Ali Pasha
(Darendeli Silahdar Ali-paša)
13 March 1813–30 March 1815[25]
Hurshid Pasha
(Huršid Ahmed-paša)
30 March–28 October 1815[26]
Suleyman Pasha Skopljak
(Sulejman-paša Skopljak)
28 October 1815–24 January 1818[27]
Dervish Mustafa Pasha Makraneci
(Derviš Mustafa-paša Makranedžija)
9 February 1818–27 August 1819[28]
Mehmed Rushdi Pasha
(Mehmed Rušdi-paša)
27 August–8 December 1819[29]
Klisi Ali Celaleddin Pasha
(Klisi Ali Dželaluddin-paša)
8 December 1819–29 November 1822[30]
Şerif Sirri Selim Pasha
(Šerif Sirri Selim-paša)
29 November 1822–12 May 1826[31]
Belenli Haci Mustafa Pasha
(Belenli Hadži Mustafa-paša)
14 May–December 1826[32]
Abdurrahman Pasha
(Abdurahman-paša)
22 December 1826–18 August 1828[33]
Morali Namik Pasha
(Morali Namik-paša)
18 August 1828–27 June 1831[34]
Vidinli Ibrahim Pasha
(Vidinli Ibrahim-paša)
1–20 August 1831[35]
Husein Gradaščević October 1831–5 June 1832[36]
Mahmud Hamdi Pasha
(Mahmud Hamdi-paša)
5 June 1832–24 June 1833[37]
Davud Pasha
(Davud-paša)
24 June 1833–13 August 1835[38]
Mehmed Sali Vecihi Pasha
(Mehmed Sali Vedžihi-paša)
13 August 1835–28 October 1840[39]
Mehmed Husrev Pasha Samakovli
(Mehmed Husrev-paša Samakovlija)
28 October 1840–6 November 1843[40]
Muhendis Mehmed Kamil Pasha
(Muhendis Mehmed Kamil-paša)
6 November 1843–11 November 1844[41]
Osman Nuri Pasha
(Osman Nuri-paša)
11 November 1844–1 November 1845[42]
Hadji Halil Kamili Pasha
(Hadži Halil Kamili-paša)
1 November 1845–4 July 1847[43]
Çengelzade Mehmed Tahir Pasha
(Čengel-zade Mehmed Tahir-paša)
4 July 1847–20 May 1850[44]
Çerkez Hafiz Mehmed Pasha
(Čerkez Hafiz Mehmed-paša)
1 June–November 1850[45]
Hayreddin Pasha
(Hajruddin-paša)
November 1850–March 1852[46]
Giritli Mustafa Pasha
(Giritli Mustafa-paša-zade Velijuddin-paša)
8 March–June 1852[47]
Hurshid Mehmed Pasha
(Huršid Mehmed-paša)
14 September 1852–21 July 1856[48]
Raşid Mehmed Pasha
(Rešid Mehmed-paša)
26 October 1856–June 1858[49]
Kani Mehmed Pasha
(Kani Mehmed-paša)
1858–1858
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)

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