Isa-Beg Ishaković
Ottoman general of Bosnian origin and the first governor of the Ottoman province of Bosnia
1410 CE to 1467 CE
Isa-Beg Ishaković is an Ottoman general of Bosnian origin and the first governor of the Ottoman province of Bosnia.
He rules during the 1450s and 1460s.
He makes much of the initial conquests for the Ottoman Empire in the region, and is one of the then Sultan's most trusted generals.
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Constant dynastic quarrels and the increased influence of a few magnates have diminished the authority of the Bosnian throne under Tvrtko's successors; Hungarian and Turk intervention has also reduced the size and undermined the independence of the Bosnian state.
Stephen Tomashevic succeeds Stephen Tomas Ostojic in 1461.
The settlement of Vrh-Bosna had existed in the Sarajevo valley as a Slavic citadel from 1263 until it was conquered in 1429 by the Ottoman Empire's warriors.
Under Isa-Beg Isaković, the first Ottoman governor of the Bosnia Province, the settlement is established in 1461 as a city, named Bosna-Saraj, around the citade.
The name Sarajevo is derived from Turkish saray ovası, meaning the field around saray.
The Ottoman Turks conquer most of the rest of Bosnia proper in 1463, although Hungary takes over parts of Herzegovina and some northern areas of Bosnia.