Isa-Beg Ishaković

Isa-Beg Ishaković
Native name	İshakoğlu İsa Bey
Birth name	Hranić or Pavlović
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire
Years of service	15th century
Rank	sanjakbey

Isa-Beg Ishaković (Turkish: İshakoğlu İsa Bey) was an Ottoman general of Bosnian origin 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 Ottoman Empire in the region, and was one of the then Sultan's most trusted generals. He was succeeded by Gazi Husrev-beg.

There are two main theories about his identity.

Isa-Beg Ishaković was appointed as sanjakbeg of Sanjak of Skopje in spring of 1439, instead of his father, Ishak-Beg who was sent to lead military actions in Serbia.

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. In much the same way and year he also founded Novi Pazar in Serbia, rendered from Turkish: Yeni Pazar literally meaning new marketplace. In addition, he decided to build Novi Pazar eleven kilometers from medieval settlement Trgovište. At first he built a mosque, a marketplace, a public bath, a hostel, and a compound. The city was the capital of the Ottoman Sanjak of Novi Pazar that existed between the 15th and the 20th century as a constitutive part of Bosnia Eyalet. He is also responsible for establishing a number of other cities and towns in the region.

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