responsible for establishing a number of other cities and towns in the region. Ishaković built many important buildings part of the Old Bazaar in Skopje, like the Čifte Hammam, Kapan Han, Ishak Bey Mosque (dedicated to his father Ishak-Beg, also known as Isaklija or Aladža), the madrasa (Islamic school) and library (within Isak-Beg's Mosque, one of the first Islamic libraries in Europe), and many other buildings that belonged to his endowment (waqf, ). Ishaković participated in ransom slavery in 1470 when he ransomed a highly positioned Ottoman official named Mustafa by releasing the wife of Croatian nobleman Ivan Marković and paying 500 ducats to Ragusan Frančesko Micalović, the agent in this transaction. Family tree After Franz Babinger in the Encyclopedia of Islam: Annotations Name: He is referred to as Isa-Beg Ishaković in most Serbo-Croatian sources. Some sources spell his patronymic "Isaković". Based on his possible origins, he may be referred to as Isa-beg Ishaković Hranić or Isa-beg Ishaković Hranušić. References Sources Amir Isajbegović, Kuća onih što sade dud - rekonstrukcija, Zagreb 2022. ISBN 978-953-49425-0-5 External links Text from Historical Archive of Sarajevo Krajište Isa-bega Ishakovića: Zbirni katastarski popis iz 1455 godine. - List of properties of Isa-Beg Isaković in 1455 Bosnia and Herzegovina generals Ottoman generals Ottoman Bosnian nobility 15th-century people from the Ottoman Empire People from the Ottoman Empire of Bosnian descent Bosniak history 15th-century Bosnian people Kosača noble family Ottoman governors of Bosnia Pavlović noble family Bosnian Muslims from the Ottoman Empire