Some historians place it near the Glasinac Plateau near Sarajevo, while others put it more eastward, to the Podrinje region of Bosnia.
During his governorship of the province, he was accused of bribery and even money falsification by an unknown statesman, but the charges were never investigated.
In 1531, a Safavid Empire statesman named Ulama Pasha defected to the Ottomans, however, Husrev was suspicious of his true intentions and had a conflict with him.
However, during a divan meeting, he apparently drew a dagger and threatened then-third vizier Rustem Pasha.
Husrev was apparently so disappointed and depressed with being skipped for the post a second time, that he didn't eat or drink for days (some sources even say weeks).
During his career, Husrev Pasha built several mosques, schools, fountains and other important buildings in the areas he governed, mostly Egypt, Aleppo and Damascus.