Yakup Bey (Albanian: Jakup Beu; fl.
Jakup was born into the Albanian noble Muzaka family.
During the revolt staged by his father, Teodor III Muzaka,[1] he was replaced by Hadım Şehabeddin (sanjak-bey until 1439),[2] then served again in 1441–42,[3] when in 1441 Përmet was annexed to the sanjak of Albania, Yakup Bey is mentioned as its sanjakbey.
[4] He remained on the position of the sanjakbey of the Sanjak of Albania until September 1442[5] when he was killed in action along with 16 other sanjak-beys under the command of Hadım Şehabeddin (since 1439 the beylerbey of the Rumelia Eyalet[2]) at the battle near the Ialomița River against Christian forces under Janos Hunyadi.
[6] Through Murat of Këlcyrë, who was the great-grandfather of Ali Pasha of Ioannina and grandfather of Veli Bey of Tepelena, Ali Pasha was a descendant of Jakup Muzaka.