Derviš-beg Alić Sarvanović ( sr-cyr, Дервиш-бег Алић Сарвановић), known as Derviš Alić (Дервиш Алић) or Dervish Bey ( tr, Derviş Bey) was the Ottoman governor of the
sanjak of Montenegro from 1592 to at least 1597. He was from
Peć.
In 1592, the
Sanjak of Scutari was divided into two parts. Derviš-beg received the sanjak of Montenegro (
Ulcinj,
Bar
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and all on the right side of the
Bojana river
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). He had succeeded in dividing the sanjak after bribing the Vizier. He held the title of
sanjak-bey, and wrote to the ''provveditore'' of
Cattaro (Kotor) about his acquisition of the sanjak of Montenegro, and also
Paštrovići
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and
Perast which were under Venetian rule.
In 1597 he
defeated the Serb rebels led by
Grdan at the
Gacko field.
The Montenegrin tribes did not participate in the uprising, only the
Brđani.
At the time, Sarvanović threatened the Montenegrins through the ''provveditore'' of Kotor.
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16th-century people from the Ottoman Empire
Governors of the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman generals
Ottoman period in the history of Montenegro
Military personnel from Peja