Čengić family

The Čengić family (Serbo-Croatian: Čengići) was an Ottoman Bosnian family (also called "bey family") that produced several notable lords in the Bosnia Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire. They were of Turkic origin,[1] according to V. Ćorović hailing from Anatolia, their ancestor being İsfendiyar Bey.[2] Folk tradition holds them as descendants of either the Sijerčić from Zagora or Ljubović beys of Nevesinje.[2] Their name is derived from çengiz (Genghis).

Notable members include:

  • Bećir-paša Čengić (fl. 1737), military commander
  • Džafer-paša Čengić (fl. 1777), lord
  • Smail-aga Čengić (1780–1840), lord (agha and mütesellim) and military commander, son of Ibrahim
  • Dedaga Čengić (1823–1874), military commander, son of Smail-aga
  • Ali-paša Čengić (fl. 1840), military commander

References
  1. Kostić, Lazo M. (1965). Nacionalni problemi Bosne i Hercegovine. 1–2. Izdanje pišcevo. p. 54.
  2. Dučić 1969, p. 16.

Sources
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.