Isa-Beg Isaković

Isa-Beg Ishaković ( _tr. 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.

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.

External links

* [http://www.arhivsa.ba/graz/graz_uvod_engleski.htm Text from Historical Archive of Sarajevo]
* [http://www.iis.unsa.ba/posebna/sarajevo/amina_kupusovic.htm Summary: Isa-bey Ishaković's Waqufnama (document of endowment)]