Bosnia became part of the Ottoman Empire after 1454. The Ottoman government appointed sanjak-beys as governors of Bosnia. The following is a list of Ottoman governors of the Bosnian sanjak, eyalet, and vilayet within Ottoman Empire.
| Name | Reign | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Bosnia as part of the Sanjak of Üsküp | ||
| Ishak Bey (İshak Beğ) [1] | 1463/64 [1] | According to Turkish sources, Ishak Bey was the first governor in Bosnia. [1] |
| Sanjak of Bosnia | ||
| Minnetoğlu Mehmed Bey [2] or Nasuh Bey (Mehmed-beg Minetović; Nesuh-beg) | 1463–1464 (Minnetoğlu) [2] or 1464/65 (Nasuh Bey) [1] | First Ottoman governor of Bosnia titled sanjak-bey. According to Turkish historians (1998), "Nasuh Bey" was the successor to Ishak Bey in 1664/65, [1] but Yugoslav Bosnian historian E. Smailbegović (1986) claims that it was "Mehmed-beg Minetović". [2] |
| Isa Bey Ishaković (İshakoğlu İsa Beğ) [1] | 1465/66– [1] | |
| Ilyas Bey (İlyas Beğ) [1] | 1470/71 [1] | |
| Sinan Bey (Sinan Beğ) [1] | 1471/72–73 [1] | |
| Davud Bey (Davud Beğ) [1] | 1473/74 [1] | |
| İskender Bey (İskender Beğ) [1] | 1475/76–80 [1] | |
| Yahya Bey (Yahya Beğ) [1] | 1480–83 [1] | |
| Yakub Bey (Yakub Beğ) [1] | 1483–85 [1] | |
| İskender Bey (2nd term) [1] | 1485–86 [1] | |
| Sinan Bey (2nd term) [1] | 1486 [1] | |
| Yunus Bey (Yunus Beğ) [1] | 1486–89 [1] | |
| Mustafa Bey (?) | 1489–92 [1] | |
| Firuz Bey | 1504–? | |
| Yahyapaşazade Bali Bey (Bali-beg Jahjapašić) | 1521–15 September 1521 | |
| Gazi Husrev Bey (1st term) (Gazi Hüsrev Bey, Gazi Husrev-beg) | 15 September 1521 – 1525 | |
| Gazi Hasan Bey (Gazi Hasan Bey, Gazi Hasan-beg) | 1525–1526 | |
| Gazi Husrev Bey (2nd term) | 1526–1534 | (2nd term) |
| Ulama-paša | 1534–1536 | |
| Gazi Husrev Bey (3rd term) | 1536–1541 | (3rd term) |
| Sofu Hadım Ali Pasha | 1552 – April 1559 | |
| Sokollu Mustafa Pasha [3] (Sokollu Mustafa Paşa, Mustafa-paša Sokolović) | 1563/64 – 1566 | |
| Sokollu Mehmed Pasha (Sokollu Mehmet Bey, Mehmed-beg Sokolović) | 1566 – 1568 | Member of Sokolović family. |
| Ferhad Bey Desisalić (Ferhad Bey, Ferhad-beg Desisalić) | 1568 – 25 June 1568 | |
| Mehmed Bey Sokolović (2nd term) | 25 June 1568 – 1574 | (2nd term) |
| Ferhad Pasha Sokolović (Ferhad Bey Sokollu, Ferhad-beg Sokolović) | 1574–1580 | Member of Sokolović family. |
| Hüseyin Pasha Boljanić (Bodur Hüseyin Paşa, Husein-paša Boljanić) | After 1569 | |
| Name | Reign | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Bosnia Eyalet | ||
| Ferhad Pasha Sokolović (Sokollu Ferhat Paşa) | 1580–1587 | |
| Nasuhzade Kara Ali Pasha (Nasuhzade Ali Paşa) | 1587–1588 | |
| Şahsuvar Pasha | 1588 | |
| Ferhad Pasha Sokolović (restored) | 1588/89–1590 [4] | |
| Halil Pasha | 1590 [4] | |
| Sofi Mehmed Pasha | 1590/91–1592/93 [4] | |
| Hasan Pasha (Herceg gazi Hasan-paša) | 1592/93 [4] | |
| Hasan Pasha Predojević | 1593–1594 | |
| Hüseyin Pasha Boljanić | 1594–1595 | |
| Ismail Pasha | 1595–1596 | |
| Apardi Pasha | 1596 | |
| Hüdaverdi Pasha | 1596–1597 | |
| Idris Pasha | 1597 | |
| Hasan-paša Tir | 1597–1598 | |
| Ahmed-paša Dugalić | 1598–1599 [5] | |
| Dervish Pasha (Derviš-paša Bajezidagić) | 1599–1600 | |
| Sofi Sinan Pasha | 1600–1601 | |
| Tatar Mehmed Pasha | 1601 | |
| Celali Deli Hasan (Hasan Dželalija) | 1601–1602 | |
| Husrev Pasha | 1603–1606 | |
| Gurşci Mehmed Pasha | 1606–1607 | |
| Sofi Sinan Pasha (restored) | 1607–1608 | |
| Kurşuncizade Mustafa Pasha | 1608–1609 | |
| Ibrahim Pasha | 1609–1610 | |
| Kurşuncizade Mustafa Pasha (restored) | 1610–1612 | |
| Karakaş Mehmed Pasha | 1612–1613 | |
| Iskender Pasha | 1613–1614 | |
| Abdulbaki Pasha | 1614 | |
| Iskender Pasha (restored) | 1614–1620 | |
| Kurşuncizade Mustafa Pasha (restored) | 1620 | |
| Ibrahim Pasha (restored) | 1621 | |
| Baltacı Mehmed Pasha | 1621–1622 | |
| Bajram Pasha | 1622–1623 | |
| Deli Ibrahim Pasha | 1623–1625 | |
| Bajram Pasha (restored) | 1625 | |
| Gazi Mustafa Pasha | 1625–1626 | |
| Arnaut Ali Pasha | 1626–1627 | |
| Bosnak Ebu Bekir Pasha | 1627–1628 | |
| Abaza Mehmed Pasha | 1628–1631 | |
| Hersekli Murat Pasha | 1631 | |
| Hasan Pasha | 1631–1632 | |
| Arnaut Mustafa Pasha | 1632 | |
| Hasan Pasha (restored) | 1632–1633 | |
| Suleiman Pasha (Süleyman Paşa) [6] | 1633–34 [6] | |
| Deli Ibrahim Pasha (2nd time) [6] | 1634–1635 [6] | |
| Mostarli Salih Pasha (Mostarlı Sâlih Paşa) [6] | 1635–1637 [6] | |
| Mehmed Pasha (Mehmed Paşa) [6] | 1637–1639 [6] | |
| Bosnali Şahin Hasan Pasha (Bosnalı Şahin Paşa) [6] | 1639–1640 [6] | |
| Kurşuncu Mehmed Pasha (Kurşuncu Mehmed Paşa) [6] | 1640–1641 [6] | |
| Deli Hüseyin Pasha (Deli Hüseyin Paşa) [6] | 1641–1643 [6] | |
| Ahmed Pasha (Ahmed Paşa) [6] | 1643–1644 [6] | |
| Bosnali Varvar Ali Pasha (Bosnalı Varvar Ali Paşa) [6] | 1644–1645 [6] | |
| Ömer Pasha (Ömer Paşa) [6] | 1645 [6] | |
| Gabelali Ibrahim Pasha (Gabelalı Ibrahim Paşa) [6] | 1645–1647 [6] | |
| Tekeli Mustafa Pasha (Tekeli Mustafa Paşa) [6] | 1647–1648 [6] | |
| Derviş Mehmed Pasha | 1648–1649 | |
| Sarhoşoğlu Hasan Pasha | 1649–1650 | |
| Defterdarzade Mehmed Pasha | 1650–1651 | |
| Bosnali Fazli Pasha | 1651–1652 | |
| Abaza Siyavuş Pasha I | 1652–1653 | |
| Bosnali Fazli Pasha (restored) | 1653–1655 | |
| Sadriali Suleiman Pasha | 1655 | |
| Topal Hasan Pasha | 1655–1656 | |
| Sejid Ahmed Pasha | 1655–1656 | |
| Melek Ahmed Pasha | 1658–1659 | |
| Servazad gazi Ali Pasha | 1659–1663 | |
| Bosnali Ismail Pasha | 1663–1664 | |
| Arnaud Mustafa Pasha | 1664–1665 | |
| Bosnali Muharem Pasha | 1665 | |
| Sohrab Mehmed Pasha | 1666 [7] | |
| Köse Ali Pasha | 1666–1667 | |
| Teşnak Ibrahim Pasha | 1667–1670 | |
| Teftišdži Mehmed Pasha | 1670–1672 | |
| Canpolad Husein Pasha | 1672 | |
| Koca Arnaud Ibrahim Pasha | 1672–1674 | |
| Mehmed Pasha | 1674–1676 | |
| Hacı Ebu Bekir Pasha | 1676–1677 | |
| Defterdar Cebeci Ahmed Pasha | 1677–1678 | |
| Koca Arnaud Ibrahim Pasha (restored) | 1678 | |
| Koca Halil Pasha | 1678–1679 | |
| Defterdar Cebeci Ahmed Pasha | 1679–1680 | |
| Abdurrahman Abdi Pasha the Albanian | 1680–1682 | |
| Hizir Pasha | 1682–1684 | |
| Ahmed Pasha Osmanpašić | 1684–1685 | |
| Hersekli Osman Pasha | 1685 | |
| Kunduk Ahmed Pasha | 1685–1686 | |
| Abaza Siyavuş Pasha | 1686 | |
| Mehmed Pasha Atlagić | 1686–1687 | |
| Gazi Topal Husein Pasha | 1687–1690 | |
| Büyük Cafer Pasha | 1690–1691 | |
| Boşnak Gazi Mehmed Pasha | 1691–1697 | |
| Boşnak Sari Ahmed Pasha | 1697–1698 | |
| Daltaban gazi Mustafa Pasha | 1698–1699 | |
| Köse Halil Pasha | 1699–1702 | |
| Boşnak Seyfullah Pasha | 1702 | |
| Hacı Ibrahim Pasha | 1703–1704 | |
| Sirke Osman Pasha | 1705 | |
| Mehmed Pasha | 1705–1707 | |
| Veli Mehmed Pasha | 1707 | |
| Mustafa Pasha of Banja Luka | 1708 | |
| Boşnak Seyfullah Pasha (restored) | 1709–1710 | |
| Kara Yilan Ali Pasha | 1711 | |
| Sari Ahmed Pasha | 1712–1713 | |
| Arnaud Ali Pasha | 1713 | |
| Köprülü Numan Pasha | 1714 | |
| Boşnak Sari Mustafa Pasha | 1715 | |
| Yusuf Pasha | 1716 | |
| Moralı Ibrahim Pasha | 1716 | |
| Şabad Ahmed Pasha | 1717 | |
| Kara Mustafa Pasha | 1717 | |
| Köprülü Numan Pasha (restored) | 1717 | |
| Osman Defterdar Pasha | 1718–1719 | |
| Topal Osman Pasha | 1720 | |
| Muhsinoğlu Abdullah Pasha (first term) | 1721–1726 | |
| Boşnak Ahmed Pasha Rustampašić | 1727–1728 | |
| Kabakulak İbrahim Paşa | 1729–1730 | |
| Sikre Osman Pasha | 1731 | |
| Muhsinoğlu Abdullah Pasha (second term) | 1732–1735 | |
| Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha | 1736–1739 | |
| Muhsinoğlu Abdullah Pasha (restored) | 1740 | |
| Gazi Ajvaz Mehmed Pasha | 1741 | |
| Jegen Mehmed Pasha | 1742–1744 | |
| Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha (restored) | 1745 | |
| Bostanci Suleyman Pasha | 1745–1746 | |
| Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha (restored) | 1746–1747 | |
| Muhsinoğlu Abdullah Pasha (restored) | 1748 | |
| Ebubekir Pasha | 1749 | |
| Seyyid Abdullah Pasha | 1750–1751 | |
| Köprülü Hacı Ahmed Pasha | 1751 | |
| Boşnak Hacı Mehmed Pasha Foçak | 1752–1754 | |
| Kamil Ahmed Pasha | 1755–1757 | |
| Boşnak Hacı Mehmed Pasha Foçak (restored) | 1758–1762 | |
| Maldovanzade Ali Pasha | 1763 | |
| Aga Mehmed Pasha | 1764 | |
| Köprülü Hacı Ahmed Pasha (restored) | 1765 | |
| Nişli Mehmed Pasha | 1765–1766 | |
| Silahdar Mehmed Pasha | 1766–1769 | |
| Muhsinzade Mehmed Pasha | 1770–1771 | |
| Topaloğlu Osman Pasha | 1772 | |
| Dagistani Ali Pasha | 1773 | |
| Alvazade Ali Pasha | 1774 | |
| Silahdar Mehmed Pasha (restored) | 1775 | |
| Dagistani Ali Pasha (restored) | 1776–1777 | |
| Silahdar Mehmed Pasha (restored) | 1778 | |
| Seyyid Mustafa Pasha | 1779 | |
| Boşnak Defterdar Abdulla Pasha | 1780–1784 | |
| Haseki Seyyid Mehmed Pasha (Ajdosli Kara Haseki Sejji Mehmed-paša) | 10–14 May 1785 [8] | |
| Katib Ismail Pasha (Ismail-paša) | 14 May–17 July 1785 [9] | |
| Morali Ahmed Pasha (Morali Ahmed-paša) | 7 September 1785–2 March 1786 [10] | |
| Selim Sirri Pasha (Selim Sirri-paša) | 10 April 1786–late December 1787 [11] | |
| Agribozlu Ebubekir Pasha (Agribozlu Ebu Bekir-paša) | 30 December 1787–end of April 1789 [12] | |
| Arslan Mehmed Pasha (Arslan Mehmed-paša) | 25 May–15 October 1789 [13] | |
| Miralem Mehmed Pasha (Miralem Mehmed-paša) | 25 November–18 December 1789 [14] | |
| Kayserili Hacı Salih Pasha (Hadži Salih-paša) | 25 February 1790–beginning of January 1791 [15] | |
| Koca Yusuf Pasha (Jusuf-paša) | 4 February–9 March 1791 [16] | |
| Kayserili Hacı Salih Pasha (2nd term) | 9 March 1791–25 August 1792 [17] | |
| Husamuddin Pasha (Husamuddin-paša) | 7 December 1792–21 June 1797 [18] | |
| Perişan Mustafa Pasha (Perišan Mustafa-paša) | 21 June 1796–March/early April 1798 [19] | |
| Vanli Mehmed Pasha (Vanli Mehmed-paša) | August 1799–September 1801 [20] | |
| Bekir Pasha (Ebubekir-paša, Bećir-paša) | September 1801–6 January 1805 [21] | |
| Mustafa Pasha Ismailpašić (Mustafa-paša Ismailpašić) | 6 January 1805–25 March 1806 [22] | |
| Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha | 9 April 1806–29 January 1808 [23] | |
| Ibrahim Hilmi Pasha | 29 January 1809–13 March 1813 [24] | |
| Darendeli Ali Pasha (Darendeli Silahdar Ali-paša) | 13 March 1813–30 March 1815 [25] | |
| Hurshid Pasha (Huršid Ahmed-paša) | 30 March–28 October 1815 [26] | |
| Suleyman Pasha Skopljak (Sulejman-paša Skopljak) | 28 October 1815–24 January 1818 [27] | |
| Dervish Mustafa Pasha Makraneci (Derviš Mustafa-paša Makranedžija) | 9 February 1818–27 August 1819 [28] | |
| Mehmed Rushdi Pasha (Mehmed Rušdi-paša) | 27 August–8 December 1819 [29] | |
| Klisi Ali Celaleddin Pasha (Klisi Ali Dželaluddin-paša) | 8 December 1819–29 November 1822 [30] | |
| Şerif Sirri Selim Pasha (Šerif Sirri Selim-paša) | 29 November 1822–12 May 1826 [31] | |
| Belenli Haci Mustafa Pasha (Belenli Hadži Mustafa-paša) | 14 May–December 1826 [32] | |
| Abdurrahman Pasha (Abdurahman-paša) | 22 December 1826–18 August 1828 [33] | |
| Morali Namik Pasha (Morali Namik-paša) | 18 August 1828–27 June 1831 [34] | |
| Vidinli Ibrahim Pasha (Vidinli Ibrahim-paša) | 1–20 August 1831 [35] | |
| Husein Gradaščević | October 1831–5 June 1832 [36] | |
| Mahmud Hamdi Pasha (Mahmud Hamdi-paša) | 5 June 1832–24 June 1833 [37] | |
| Davud Pasha (Davud-paša) | 24 June 1833–13 August 1835 [38] | |
| Mehmed Sali Vecihi Pasha (Mehmed Sali Vedžihi-paša) | 13 August 1835–28 October 1840 [39] | |
| Mehmed Husrev Pasha Samakovli (Mehmed Husrev-paša Samakovlija) | 28 October 1840–6 November 1843 [40] | |
| Muhendis Mehmed Kamil Pasha (Muhendis Mehmed Kamil-paša) | 6 November 1843–11 November 1844 [41] | |
| Osman Nuri Pasha (Osman Nuri-paša) | 11 November 1844–1 November 1845 [42] | |
| Hadji Halil Kamili Pasha (Hadži Halil Kamili-paša) | 1 November 1845–4 July 1847 [43] | |
| Çengelzade Mehmed Tahir Pasha (Čengel-zade Mehmed Tahir-paša) | 4 July 1847–20 May 1850 [44] | |
| Çerkez Hafiz Mehmed Pasha (Čerkez Hafiz Mehmed-paša) | 1 June–November 1850 [45] | |
| Hayreddin Pasha (Hajruddin-paša) | November 1850–March 1852 [46] | |
| Giritli Mustafa Pasha (Giritli Mustafa-paša-zade Velijuddin-paša) | 8 March–June 1852 [47] | |
| Hurshid Mehmed Pasha (Huršid Mehmed-paša) | 14 September 1852–21 July 1856 [48] | |
| Raşid Mehmed Pasha (Rešid Mehmed-paša) | 26 October 1856–June 1858 [49] | |
| Kani Mehmed Pasha (Kani Mehmed-paša) | 1858–1858 | |
| Arnavut Mehmed Akif Pasha | 1858–1859 | |
| Mehmed Kani Pasha | 1859 | |
| Osman Mazhar Pasha | 1859–1861 | |
| Sherif Osman Pasha | 1861–1868 | |
| Name | Reign | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Bosnia Vilayet | ||
| Omer Favzi Pasha | 1868 | |
| Sherif Osman Pasha | 1868–1869 | |
| Sefvet Pasha | 1869–1871 | |
| Arnavut Mehmed Akif Pasha | 1871 | |
| Mehmed Asim Pasha | 1871 | |
| Ibrahim Dervish Pasha | 1872 | |
| Mehmed Rashid Pasha | 1872 | |
| Mustafa Asim Pasha | 1872 | |
| Mustafa Pasha | 1872 | |
| Mustafa Asim Pasha | 1872 | |
| Arnavut Mehmed Akif Pasha | 1873 | |
| Ibrahim Dervish Pasha | 1873 | |
| Ahmed Hamdi Pasha | 1874 | |
| Mehmed Rauf Pasha bin Abdi Pasha | 1874 | |
| Ibrahim Pasha | 1875 | |
| ?? | 1876–1877 | |
| Ahmed Mazhar Pasha | 1878 | |
| Habsburg administration (1878–1918) | ||
različitim istorijskim ličnostima.48 U Bosni takođe nikada nije namjesnikovao neki Nesuh-beg, već je džamiju koju mu predaja pripisuje podigao prvi bosanski upravitelj sa titulom san- džak-bega, Mehmed-beg Minetović (1463 — 1464)49.