Skender Pasha Mihajlovic was a sanjakbey of the Bosnian Sanjak

Bosnian Sanjak

Bosnian Sanjak was one of the sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire established in 1463 when Bosansko Krajište was transformed to sanjak and Isa-Beg Isaković was appointed its first sanjakbey.List of sanjakbeys of Bosnian Sanjak is the following:...

 in period 1478—1480, 1485—1491 and 1499—1504.

According to some sources, he was member of Mihaloglu family (descendant of Köse Mihal

Köse Mihal

Köse Mihal accompanied Osman al-Ghazi in his ascent to power as an Emir and founder of the Ottoman Empire...

) and brother of Ali Bey Mihaloglu

Ali Bey Mihaloğlu

Ali Bey Mihaloğlu or Gazı Alauddin Ali Bey Mihaloğlu, was an Ottoman military commander in 15th century and the first sanjakbey of the Sanjak of Smederevo. He was one of the descendants of Köse Mihal, a Byzantine governor of Chirmenkia and battle companion of Osman Gazi...

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In 1499 he captured part of the Venetian territoriesin Dalmatia

Dalmatia

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. In 1501 he besieged Jajce

Jajce

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, but without success and was defeated by János (Ivaniš) Corvin, assisted by Zrinski, Frankopan, Karlović and Cubor. Around 1500 he built a tekke

Zawiyya

The word zawiyya can refer to a sufi brotherhood or the shrine of a saint. Zawiyyas used to be very common in especially North Africa and Iran.-References:...

 of the Naqshbandi

Naqshbandi

Naqshbandi is one of the major Sufi spiritual orders of Sufi Islam. It is considered to be a "Potent" order.The Naqshbandi order is over 1,300 years old, and is active today...

 order in Sarajevo

Sarajevo

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, capital of Bosnia.