Osman Pasha the Bosnian
Osman-pasha the Bosnian (Turkish: Boşnak Osman Paşa; died 1 August 1685) or the Herzegovinian (Turkish: Hersekli Osman Paşa), known as Osman-paša Kazanac, was an Ottoman statesman who served as the governor of the Damascus Eyalet (1676–1678, 1683), of Anatolia Eyalet (1678–1680), of Egypt Eyalet (1680–1683), of Diyarbekir Eyalet (1683), of Bosnia Eyalet (1684), and of Eğri Eyalet (1685).[1][2] His byname suggests that he hailed from the Sanjak of Bosnia or the Sanjak of Herzegovina.
While governor of the Eğri Eyalet (English: Eger) during the Great Turkish War, he was caught outside of the walls of the Castle of Eger when the Austrians began their siege, dying on August 1, 1685.[1]
Osman-paša Kazanac (Osman-paša Hercegovac);[3] as he was also known as, married a daughter of Kara Mustafa Pasha; with whom he had a number of sons.
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References
- ^ a b Mehmet Süreyya (1996) [1890], Nuri Akbayar; Seyit A. Kahraman (eds.), Sicill-i Osmanî (in Turkish), Beşiktaş, Istanbul: Türkiye Kültür Bakanlığı and Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı, ISBN 9789753330411
- ^ Yılmaz Öztuna (1994). Büyük Osmanlı Tarihi: Osmanlı Devleti'nin siyasî, medenî, kültür, teşkilât ve san'at tarihi (in Turkish). Vol. 10. Ötüken Neşriyat A.S. pp. 412–416. ISBN 975-437-141-5.
- ^ "Čudo u Hercegovini: Munara džamije Osman-paše Kazanca tri i po stoljeća prkosi vremenu i ratovima \ Auto-put \ Zemlja koju volimo \ Oslobodjenje.ba". Archived from the original on 2017-06-07. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
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