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 Pasha Yiğit Bey. 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

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, 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

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and

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in today's

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. 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

Gjon Kastrioti Gjon Kastrioti (1375/80 – 4 May 1437), was a member of the Albanian nobility, from the House of Kastrioti, and the father of future Albanian leader Gjergj Kastrioti (better known as Skanderbeg). He governed the territory between the Cape of ...

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

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, he was ordered by the sultan to join forces of Şihabeddin Pasha and besiege

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, important fortified mining town of

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. 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 ''Sanjak-bey'', ''sanjaq-bey'' or ''-beg'' ( ota, سنجاق بك) () was the title given in the Ottoman Empire to a bey (a high-ranking officer, but usually not a pasha) appointed to the military and administrative command of a district (''sanjak' ...

of Bosnian Sanjak in period 1484–1485 and sanjak-bey of

Sanjak of Herzegovina The Sanjak of Herzegovina ( tr, Hersek Sancağı; sh, Hercegovački sandžak) was an Ottoman administrative unit established in 1470. The seat was in Foča until 1572 when it was moved to Taşlıca (Pljevlja). The sanjak was initially part of ...

in period 1507-1510 and 1513-1515. He built the

Ishak Bey Mosque The Old Bazaar ( mk, Стара чаршија, ''Stara čaršija''; ; tr, Eski Çarşı or Üsküp Türk Çarşısı) is a bazaar located in Skopje, North Macedonia, situated on the eastern bank of the Vardar River, stretching from the Stone Br ...

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, where his

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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 ''

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'': 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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