Sinan-paša Sijerčić (died 1806) was an Ottoman Pasha (general) from the Bosnia Eyalet, who governed the area of Goražde and its surroundings, and also Pljevlja as mütesellim.[1] He died while commanding the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Mišar against Serbian revolutionaries in mid-August 1806,[2] being slain by Luka Lazarević.[3] He descended from a Bosnian Serb family, the Šijernić.[4][5] He helped reconstruct the Serbian Orthodox Herzog's Church in Goražde, where his grandfather Radoslav had been buried.
Sinan-paša Sijerčić | |
|---|---|
| Born | second half of the 18th century Bosnia Eyalet, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 15 August 1806 Mišar, Sanjak of Smederevo, Ottoman Empire (modern Serbia) |
| Cause of death | Killed by Luka Lazarević in battle |
| Allegiance |  Ottoman Empire |
| Rank | Pasha, mütesellim |
| Battles / wars | Battle of Mišar † |
| Relations | Radoslav (Grandfather) |
References
edit- ^ Godišnjak Društva istoričara Bosne i Hercegovine: Annuaire de la Société historique de Bosnie et Herzégovine. Društvo istoričara Bosne i Hercegovine. 1973. p. 63.
- ^ Vasa Čubrilović (1939). Prvi Srpski ustanak i Bosanski Srbi. Geca Kon. p. 39.
- ^ Vuk Stefanović Karadžić; Milne Holton; Vasa D. Mihailovich (1997). Songs of the Serbian people: from the collections of Vuk Karadžić. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 303. ISBN 978-0-8229-3952-8.
- ^ Bosanska vila. Nikola T. Kašiković. 1898. p. 301.
- ^ Milenko M. Vukićević (1906). Znameniti Srbi muslomani. Davidović. p. 104.
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