Ajas Pasha

Ajas Pasha (? - Anatolia, 1486) was a Bosnian sanjak-bey and later pasha in Ottoman service.[1]

Ajas-bey
Pasha
Ajaz-beg
Ajas Pasha
Sanjak-bey of Bosnia
In office
1470–1474
MonarchMehmed II
Preceded byIsa-beg Isaković
Succeeded bySinan-beg
In office
1477–1478
MonarchMehmed II
Preceded byBali-beg Malkočević
Succeeded bySkender Pasha
In office
1483–1484
MonarchBayezid II
Preceded byJahja-beg
Succeeded byMehmed-beg Ishaković
Sanjak-bey of Herzegovina
In office
1478–1480
In office
1481–1483
MonarchBayezid II
Personal details
Born?
Died1486
Visoko, Ottoman Empire
OccupationGovernor
Military service
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
RankPasha

Career

He was sanjak-bey of Bosnia, referred to as the Lord of the King's land, from 1470 to 1475, 1477 to 1478 and in 1483, and ruled as sanjak-bey of Herzegovina, also referred to as Herzegovina's Krajisnik or Duke of the Herzeg's land, from 1478 to 1480 and 1481 to 1483. In 1472 he raided the Croatian Littoral, Istria and Friuli regions.[1] In November 1481 he besieged Herceg Novi, capturing the city the same year December 14th after Duke Vlatko Hercegović gave up defending it and agreed to surrender.[2] For this Ajas was awarded the title of pasha.[3]

Achievements

He played a key role in the development of Visoko from a Bosnian medieval type of town[4] to a Ottoman styled urban organization. He legalized his vakf in 1477 hammam, shops, mekteb, water supply system, bridge on river Bosna, shadirvan, medrese and Nakshbandi tekija[5] which he built in Visoko. He personally commissioned the construction of all these structures and buildings.

See also

References
  1. "Ajas-paša - Hrvatska enciklopedija". www.enciklopedija.hr (in Croatian). Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  2. Ćirković, Sima M. (1964). "Chepter 7: Slom Bosanske države; Part 3: Pad Bosne". Istorija srednjovekovne bosanske države (in Serbian). Srpska književna zadruga. pp. 340, 341. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  3. "Ajas-paša - Proleksis enciklopedija". proleksis.lzmk.hr. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  4. Šabanović, „Dvije najstarije vakufname u Bosni“, 35.
  5. Vakufnama Isa-bega Ishakovića (1462.) Vakufnama Ajas-bega (1477.) Vakufnama Hadži-Mustafe Čekrekčije (1526.)


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