Ishak Bey or Ishak-Beg or Ishak-Beg Hranić was an Ottoman governor and soldier, the sanjakbey of Üsküb from 1415 to 1439.

Biography

According to some sources he was a member of the Bosnian Hranušić family, released

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and adopted son of

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. It is very possible that in the spirit of the customs of the time, his brother

Sandalj Hranić Sandalj Hranić Kosača ( cyrl, Сандаљ Хранић Косача; 1370 – 15 March 1435) was the most powerful Bosnian nobleman whose primary possessions consisted of land areas between Adriatic coast, the Neretva and the Drina river ...

sent him to the sultan's court as a political and diplomatic move as a sign of loyalty to the emperor. His biological father was Hrana Vuković, his full name is Ishak Bey Hranić and according to whom Ishak's most famous son Isa Bey, along with his father's and grandfather's patronymic, will be - Isa Bey Ishaković Hranušić. Ishak Bey is the founder of the Ottoman branch of the aristocratic Bosnian Kosača - Isabegović family. Ishak was appointed ruler by

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at the time of the conquest of Foča, Čajniče,

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and Nevesinje in today's Bosnia and Herzegovina. In

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Ishak Bey organized a successful private campaign in Bosnia to support brother's struggle against his enemies. He executed Sandalj's opponent Petar Pavlovic and then Ishak Bey divided conquered territory with Sandalj. In attempt to relieve Ottoman pressure during the Siege of Thessalonica Venice inspired

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to rebel against Ottomans in 1428. After Ottomans captured Thessalonica in April 1430 their forces led by Ishak bey captured most of Gjon's land. He positioned Ottoman garrison in two Gjon's castles and destroyed rest of them. In December 1434 during an Albanian revolt he marched in south-central Albania but was defeated by

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. Contemporary sources from the senate of Ragusa mention that many Ottoman soldiers were captured, while Ishak Bey escaped with a small group. In

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, when he was returning from his trip to Mecca, he was ordered by the sultan to join forces of Şihabeddin Pasha and besiege Novo Brdo, important fortified mining town of Serbian Despotate. On 6 August

the Ottoman forces under Ishak-Beg defeated forces of Serbian Despotate in a battle fought near Novo Brdo. In November 1443 he commanded one of Ottoman armies during the Battle of Niš which ended with Ottoman defeat.

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appointed

Himmetizade Nesuh Bey Himmeti Zade Nesuh-beg, or simply Nesuh Bey ( bs, Nesuh-beg) is the name given by historian Muvekit for the founder of one of the first mosques in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, built in Vrhbosna (part of modern Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ...

to be the new ruler of

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in period between 1439 and 1454 when Isa-Beg Ishaković, Ishak Bey's son and ruler of

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took over control over Bosansko Krajište also for period 1454—1463. His grandson Gazi Mehmed Bey Isabegović aka Čelebi was sanjak-bey of

Bosnian Sanjak Sanjak of Bosnia ( tr, Bosna Sancağı, sh, Bosanski sandžak / Босански санџак) was one of the sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire established in 1463 when the lands conquered from the Bosnian Kingdom were transformed into a sanjak and ...

in period 1484–1485 and sanjak-bey of Sanjak of Herzegovina in period 1507-1510 and 1513-1515. He built the Ishak Bey Mosque in Skopje, where his tomb is also located.

Family tree

After

Franz Babinger Franz Babinger (15 January 1891 – 23 June 1967) was a well-known German orientalist and historian of the Ottoman Empire, best known for his biography of the great Ottoman emperor Mehmed II, known as "the Conqueror", originally published as ''Meh ...

in the '' Encyclopedia of Islam'': After Amir Isajbegović in the "Kuća onih što sade dud - rekonstrukcija"Amir Isajbegović
Kuća onih što sade dud - rekonstrukcija
Zagreb 2022. pp. 66 ISBN 978-953-49425-0-5 IshakBeyFamilyTree

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