Minnetoğlu Mehmed Bey
Ottoman governor of Bosnia by c. 1464
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Minnetoğlu Mehmed Bey (Serbo-Croatian: Mehmed-beg Minetović; fl. 1463–64) was an Ottoman Bosnian general and the first governor of the Sanjak of Bosnia, serving Sultan Mehmed II. He was of Turkish origin.[1]
Minnetoğlu Mehmed Bey | |
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| Allegiance | Ottoman Empire |
Service years | 15th century |
Rank | sanjak-bey (provincial governor) |
Minnetoğlu participated in the Bosnian campaign led by Sultan Mehmed in 1463–64[2] (1460–61 according to chronicler Tursun Beg).[3] According to some Bosnian sources he was at that time the governor of the Sanjak of Smederevo,[2] or "lord of the Serbian land",[4] however, other sources treat general Ali Bey Mihaloğlu as the sanjak-bey of Smederevo, appointed in 1462–63.[5] When the sultan left the siege of Jajce to march against retreating Hungarians, Minnetoğlu was placed in charge of the siege.[3] After the second[2] siege in 1463[4] or 1464,[2] the sultan appointed Minnetoğlu as the first sanjak-bey (provincial governor) of the Sanjak of Bosnia, at first seated at Jajce (later Sarajevo).[6] Minnetoğlu sent 500 cavalry to the Ottoman camp at Zvornik, fighting the besieging Hungarians.[7] Isa-Beg Ishaković succeeded him as Bosnian governor.[when?]
Sultan Mehmed settled Turks from Amasya into Rumelia under the leadership of Minnetoğlu.[8]
Endowments
- A mosque near where the Latin Bridge in Sarajevo was later built.[9]
- Konuş Hisarı,[10] a bedestan and imaret at Tatar-Pazarcığı from where the town of Pazardzhik in Bulgaria evolved.[11]