Sanjak of Krka

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

Sanjak of Krka
sanjak of the Ottoman Empire
1580–1688
Coat of arms
Capital	Knin
History
• Establishment of the Bosnia Eyalet	1580
• Disestablished	1688
Preceded by Succeeded by Sanjak of Klis Sanjak of Bosnia Venetian Republic Croatian Military Frontier Sanjak of Bosnia
Today part of	Croatia Bosnia

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).