Isa-Beg Isaković
Isa-Beg Ishaković, or Isa-Beg Isaković, (Turkish: İshakoğlu İsa Bey) was an Ottoman general and the first governor of the Ottoman Province of Bosnia. He ruled during the 1450s and 1460s. He made much of the initial conquests for the Turkish Empire in the region, and was one of the then Sultan's most trusted generals. He was succeeded by Gazi Husrev-beg.
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[edit] Origin
There are two main theories about his Slavic origin.[1] According to one group of historians, Isaković was Isak Hranić, brother of Stefan Vukčić Kosača who sent him to sultan Mehmed II as hostage and guarantee of his loyalty. After being adopted by Isak-beg (which name is origin of his last name Isaković) he was converted to Islam and had significant military and political career within Ottoman Empire. Second group of historians claim that he is member of notable family Pavlović, who ruled eastern Bosnia including medieval župa Vrhbosna. He had three sons, Muhamed, Mehmed-Beg and Ali-Beg.
[edit] Life
Isa-Beg Isaković was appointed as sanjakbeg of Sanjak of Skopje in spring of 1439, instead of his father, Isak-Beg who was sent to lead military actions in Serbia.[2]
As governor of the province of Bosnia, Isa-Beg assured its future prosperity. He founded Sarajevo in 1461 in the former Bosnian province of Vrhbosna. Between then and 1463 he built the core of the city's Old Town district, including a mosque, a closed marketplace, a public bath, a hostel, and the Governor's castle (Saray), which gave the city its present name. He is also responsible for establishing a number of other cities and towns in the region, perhaps most notably Novi Pazar, now in Serbia.
Isaković built many important buildings in Old Bazaar in Skopje in Skopje, like Cifte hammam, Kapan an, Isak-Beg's Mosque (dedicated to his father Isak-Beg, also known as Isaklija or Aladža), madressa and library (within Isak-Beg's Mosque, one of the first Islamic libraries in Europe[3]) and many other buildings that belonged to his endowment (vakuf).
[edit] Family tree
Pasha Yigit-Beg[4]
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Isak Beg Turakhan Beg
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Isa-Beg Isaković | |
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Muhamed | Ali-Beg | |
Mehmed-Beg Hasan Beg Idris Beg
[edit] References
- ^ Suljović, Amel (February 2010). "Gdje je mezar osnivača Sarajeva" (in Bosnian). Preporodov Journal (Kulturno društvo Bošnjaka Hrvatske). ISSN 1334-5052. http://www.scribd.com/doc/30801947/Preporodov-Journal-br-119. Retrieved December 10, 2010. "Ta dvojenja idu u smjeru – da je riječ o bratu Stjepana Vukčića Kosače, koji ga je predao Mehmedu II kao garanciju lojalnosti. Po ovoj teoriji Isa-beg je, nakon što ga je usvojio Ishak-beg (otud prezime), konvertirao na islam, te za ondašnje prilike izgradio zavidnu vojničku i političku karijeru. Po drugima, Isak Hranić/Hranušić zarobljen je tijekom jednog upada akindžija na posjed velikaške obitelji Pavlović, inače gospodara velikog dijela Istočne Bosne, uključujući i srednjovjekovnu župu Vrhbosnu. U zarobljeništvu se dokazao kao izuzetno sposoban, što je vođu spomenutih akindžija potaknulo da mu ostavi imetak, ali i poziciju koju je obnašao."
- ^ (in Serbo-Croatian)Godišnjak (Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia: Društvo Istoričara Bosne i Hercegovine): 46. 1953. "To se najbolje vidi iz sadržine vijesti na osnovu koje znamo za njihovu prisutnost u Bosni 1438 godine, a još bolje iz činjenice da se u proljeće sljedeće godine ovdje pojavio novi skopski sandžakbeg Isa-beg, sin dotadašnjeg skopskog sandžaka Ishak bega koji je bio upućen na akcije u Srbiji"
- ^ "AT-TAFSĪR AL-KABĪR". The European Library. http://search.theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/en/libraryTreasures.html?libraryid=43. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ^ Houtsma, Martijn Theodoor (1993), First encyclopaedia of Islam: 1913-1936, VIII, Netherlands: E.J. Brill and Luzac and Co., p. 877, http://books.google.com/books?id=ro--tXw_hxMC&pg=PA876&lpg=PA876&dq=Pasha+Yigit+Beg#v=onepage&q=Pasha%20Yigit%20Beg&f=false
[edit] External links
- Text from Historical Archive of Sarajevo
- Krajište Isa-bega Ishakovića: Zbirni katastarski popis iz 1455 godine. - List of properties of Isa-Beg Isaković in 1455
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