Telli Hasan Pasha
| Hasan Predojević | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Hasan Predojević |
| Birth name | Nikola Predojević |
| Born |
c. 1530 either Lušci Palanka, Sanjak of Bosnia; or Bijela Rudina, Sanjak of Herzegovina, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 22 June 1593 (aged 63) Sisak, Kingdom of Croatia, Habsburg Monarchy |
| Allegiance |
 Ottoman Empire
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| Years of service | –1593 |
| Rank | Beylerbey of Bosnia Eyalet, Vizier |
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Hasan Predojević (c. 1530 – 22 June 1593), known in Ottoman Turkish as Telli Hasan Pasha (Turkish: Telli Hasan Paşa), was the fifth Ottoman beylerbey (vali) of Bosnia and a notable Ottoman Bosnian military commander, who led an invasion of the Habsburg Kingdom of Croatia during the Ottoman wars in Europe.
He was born Nikola Predojević into the Vlach Predojević clan, from Eastern Herzegovina. According to Muvekkit Hadžihuseinović he was born in Lušci Palanka, in the Bosanska Krajina region, however, according to his nickname Hersekli, he was from Herzegovina. The birthplace has been given specifically as Bijela Rudina, Bileća.
An Ottoman sultan wrote in a book that he had requested from a notable lord in Herzegovina, named Predojević, that 30 small Serb children (including Predojević's only son Jovan, and his nephew Nikola) to be sent to Ottoman service (see devshirme). The very young Nikola was then taken to Constantinople as acem-i oğlan (foreign child) and brought up in the Sultan's court, converting to Islam, adopting the name Hasan and advancing to the post of çakircibaşa (chief falconer and commander of falconers in the Sultan's court).
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