Ferhad Pasha Sokolović

For other uses of "Ferhad Pasha", see Ferhat Pasha.
In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Ferhad, the title is Pasha, and the family name is Sokolović.
Ferhad Pasha Sokolović
Ferhad Pasha Sokolović
Native name
Ferhad-paša Sokolović
Born1530 (1530)
Sanjak of Bosnia, Ottoman Empire
Died1590 (aged 59–60)
Buda, Budin Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
Cause of deathMurdered (stabbing)
Buried
Ferhat Pasha Mosque Banja Luka
AllegianceOttoman Empire (Bosnia Eyalet)
CommandsSiege of Gvozdansko and Ottoman expansion into Croatia
BattlesSiege of Gvozdansko
RelationsRelative of Sokollu Mehmed Pasha

Ferhad Pasha Sokolović (Turkish: Sokollu Ferhat Paşa, Serbian Cyrillic: Ферхат-паша Соколовић, romanized: Ferhat-paša Sokolović) (died 1590) was an Ottoman general and statesman from Bosnia. He was the last sanjak-bey of Bosnia and first beylerbey of Bosnia.

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