Sanjak of Krka

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Sanjak of Krka
sanjak of the Ottoman Empire
1580–1688

Coat of arms of Sanjak of Krka

Coat of arms

Capital Knin
History
 •  Establishment of the Bosnia Eyalet 1580
 •  Disestablished 1688
Today part of  Croatia
 Bosnia

Sanjak of Krka (Turkish: liva Krka, Serbo-Croatian: Krčki sandžak) was a frontier sanjak (serhad) of the Ottoman Empire.

History

In 1580, Ferhad Pasha Sokolović became the first governor (beylerbey or simply pasha) of the Beylerbeylik of Bosnia.[1] The Bosnia Eyalet (or Pashaluk) comprised a total of ten sanjaks: Sanjak of Bosnia (central province), Sanjak of Herzegovina, Sanjak of Vučitrn, Sanjak of Prizren, Sanjak of Klis, Sanjak of Krka, and Sanjak of Pakrac.[1]

The sanjak had territory from Lika to Krbava, and the areas between Zrmanja and Krka, and had its seat in Knin.[2] It was formed out of territories that had been part of the Sanjak of Klis and Sanjak of Bosnia.[3]

The sanjak had c. 30 nahiye.[4]

Governors

  • Arnaud Mehmed Memi-beg, first
  • stari Memi-beg (?)
  • Jusuf-alajbeg (?)
  • Halil-beg (?)
  • Rustem-beg (?)
  • Mustaj-beg/Mustafa-beg (?)
  • Halil-beg Alajbegović (?–1647)[5]
  • Muhamed Durakbegović (fl. 1675)

Annotations

Sometimes known in Serbo-Croatian historiography as "Sanjak of Krka and Lika" (Krčko-lički sandžak).

References

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