Sinan Pasha Sijerčić
Sinan-paša Sijerčić | |
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| 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) |
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. He died while commanding the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Mišar against Serbian revolutionaries in mid-August 1806, being slain by Luka Lazarević. He descended from a Bosnian Serb Orthodox family, the Šijernić. He helped reconstruct the Serbian Orthodox Herzog's Church in Goražde, where his grandfather Radoslav had been buried.