The Čengić family () was a

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Ottoman Bosnian family of Turkoman origin that produced several notable lords in the

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of the

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Origins

The family is of ethnic Turkoman background and originates from

Eğil Eğil (; ; ) is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. Its area is 449 km2, and its population is 21,434 (2022). It is populated by Kurds. The elected mayor Mustafa Akkul of the Peoples' Democratic P ...

, in present-day

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. Their paternal ancestor is İsfendiyar Bey who was a free vassal of

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's Abul-Muzaffar. In 1498, Abul-Muzaffar freed İsfendiyar Bey's Eğil from paying taxes. In 1518

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of the

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conquered the Aq Qoyunlu's territory, including Eğil and expelled all the noble families, including İsfendiyar Bey who moved to

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near

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, where he received a

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. Between 1498 and 1637 there are no records of his family. The oral tradition states that a descendant of İsfendiyar Bey, Kara Osman, arrived to

in the 16th century. They were known after his hometown of Çankırı, first as Čangrlić and then Čengić. Kara Osman received a ziamet in the Borje, Foča. The oldest written record of the family comes from

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who between 1664 and 1665 mentions a graveyard in Zagorje where ancestors of Ali Pasha Čengić were buried.

Notable members

* Ali Pasha Čengić ( 1840), military commander * Bećir Pasha Čengić ( 1737), military commander * Ded Agha Čengić (1823–1874), military commander, son of Smail-aga * Džafer Pasha Čengić ( 1777), lord *

Smail Agha Čengić Smail Agha Čengić (; 1780 – 23 September 1840) was an Ottoman Bosnian lord (with the title of '' aga'') and general in the Ottoman Army. In 1831–32, Čengić was one of the Ottoman generals who fought against Husein Gradaščević, who ...

(1780–1840), lord (''agha'' and ''mütesellim'') and military commander, son of Ibrahim * Zulfikar Pasha Čengić (died 1846), military commander

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