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 1463/64 According to Turkish sources, Ishak Bey was the first governor in Bosnia. Sanjak of Bosnia Minnetoğlu Mehmed Bey or Nasuh Bey 1463–1464 (Minnetoğlu) or 1464/65 (Nasuh Bey) First Ottoman governor of Bosnia titled sanjak-bey. According to Turkish historians (1998), "Nasuh Bey" was the successor to Ishak Bey in 1664/65, but Yugoslav Bosnian historian E. Smailbegović (1986) claims that it was "Mehmed-beg Minetović". Isa Bey Ishaković 1465/66– Ilyas Bey 1470/71 Sinan Bey 1471/72–73 Davud Bey 1473/74 İskender Bey 1475/76–80 Yahya Bey 1480–83 Yakub Bey 1483–85 İskender Bey (2nd term) 1485–86 Sinan Bey (2nd term) 1486 Yunus Bey 1486–89 Mustafa Bey (?) 1489–92 Firuz Bey 1504–? Yahyapaşazade Bali Bey 1521–15 September 1521 Gazi Husrev Bey (1st term) 15 September 1521 – 1525 Gazi Hasan Bey 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 1559Sokollu Mustafa PashaEfendi, Nahifi Mehmed. (2019). Cevahiru'l-Menakib: Sokollu Mustafa Paşa'nın Hayatı. T. C. Türkiye Yazma Eserler Kurumu Başkanlığı. 1563/64 – 1566Sokollu Mehmed Pasha1566 – 1568 Member of Sokolović family.Ferhad Bey Desisalić1568 – 25 June 1568Mehmed Bey Sokolović (2nd term)25 June 1568 – 1574 (2nd term)Ferhad Pasha Sokolović1574–1580 Member of Sokolović family. Hüseyin Pasha Boljanić After 1569
Bosnia Eyalet Name Reign Notes Bosnia Eyalet Ferhad Pasha Sokolović 1580–1587 Nasuhzade Kara Ali Pasha 1587–1588 Şahsuvar Pasha 1588 Ferhad Pasha Sokolović (restored) 1588/89–1590 Halil Pasha 1590 Sofi Mehmed Pasha 1590/91–1592/93 Hasan Pasha 1592/93 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 Dervish Pasha 1599–1600 Sofi Sinan Pasha 1600–1601 Tatar Mehmed Pasha 1601 Celali Deli Hasan 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 1633–34 Deli Ibrahim Pasha (2nd time) 1634–1635 Mostarli Salih Pasha 1635–1637 Mehmed Pasha 1637–1639 Bosnali Şahin Hasan Pasha 1639–1640 Kurşuncu Mehmed Pasha 1640–1641 Deli Hüseyin Pasha 1641–1643 Ahmed Pasha 1643–1644 Bosnali Varvar Ali Pasha 1644–1645 Ömer Pasha 1645 Gabelali Ibrahim Pasha 1645–1647 Tekeli Mustafa Pasha 1647–1648 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 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 1721–1726 Boşnak Ahmed Pasha Rustampašić 1727–1728 1729–1730 Sikre Osman Pasha 1731 Muhsinoğlu Abdullah Pasha 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 1765–1766 1766–1769 Muhsinzade Mehmed Pasha 1770–1771 Topaloğlu Osman Pasha 1772 Dagistani Ali Pasha 1773 Alvazade Ali Pasha 1774 (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 10–14 May 1785 Katib Ismail Pasha 14 May–17 July 1785 Morali Ahmed Pasha 7 September 1785–2 March 1786 Selim Sirri Pasha 10 April 1786–late December 1787 Agribozlu Ebubekir Pasha 30 December 1787–end of April 1789 Arslan Mehmed Pasha 25 May–15 October 1789 Miralem Mehmed Pasha 25 November–18 December 1789 Kayserili Hacı Salih Pasha 25 February 1790–beginning of January 1791 Koca Yusuf Pasha 4 February–9 March 1791 Kayserili Hacı Salih Pasha (2nd term) 9 March 1791–25 August 1792 Husamuddin Pasha 7 December 1792–21 June 1797 Perişan Mustafa Pasha 21 June 1796–March/early April 1798 Vanli Mehmed Pasha August 1799–September 1801 Bekir Pasha September 1801–6 January 1805 Mustafa Pasha Ismailpašić 6 January 1805–25 March 1806 Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha 9 April 1806–29 January 1808 Ibrahim Hilmi Pasha 29 January 1809–13 March 1813 Darendeli Ali Pasha 13 March 1813–30 March 1815 Hurshid Pasha 30 March–28 October 1815 Suleyman Pasha Skopljak 28 October 1815–24 January 1818 Dervish Mustafa Pasha Makraneci 9 February 1818–27 August 1819 Mehmed Rushdi Pasha 27 August–8 December 1819 Klisi Ali Celaleddin Pasha 8 December 1819–29 November 1822 Şerif Sirri Selim Pasha 29 November 1822–12 May 1826 Belenli Haci Mustafa Pasha 14 May–December 1826 Abdurrahman Pasha 22 December 1826–18 August 1828 Morali Namik Pasha 18 August 1828–27 June 1831 Vidinli Ibrahim Pasha 1–20 August 1831 Husein Gradaščević October 1831–5 June 1832 Mahmud Hamdi Pasha 5 June 1832–24 June 1833 Davud Pasha 24 June 1833–13 August 1835 Mehmed Sali Vecihi Pasha 13 August 1835–28 October 1840 Mehmed Husrev Pasha Samakovli 28 October 1840–6 November 1843 Muhendis Mehmed Kamil Pasha 6 November 1843–11 November 1844 Osman Nuri Pasha 11 November 1844–1 November 1845 Hadji Halil Kamili Pasha 1 November 1845–4 July 1847 Çengelzade Mehmed Tahir Pasha 4 July 1847–20 May 1850 Çerkez Hafiz Mehmed Pasha 1 June–November 1850 Hayreddin Pasha November 1850–March 1852 Giritli Mustafa Pasha 8 March–June 1852 Hurshid Mehmed Pasha 14 September 1852–21 July 1856 Raşid Mehmed Pasha 26 October 1856–June 1858 Kani Mehmed Pasha 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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