The Gazi Husrev-Beg Mosque, often referred to as the Beg's Mosque, is a mosque in the city of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A "mosque" in English refers to all types of buildings dedicated for Islamic worship although there is a distinction in Arabic between the smaller privately owned mosque and the larger TemplateInfobox City for more fields--> Sarajevo is the Capital city and largest urban center of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan It is considered the most important Islamic structures in the country and one of the world's finest examples of Ottoman Architecture. The culture of the Ottoman Empire evolved over several centuries as the ruling administration of the Turks absorbed adapted and modified the cultures of conquered It is located in the Baščaršija neighborhood in the Stari Grad municipality. Stari Grad (meaning "old city" is a municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The mosque was built in 1531 by Gazi Husrev-beg, the provincial governor of Bosnia and a man widely considered Sarajevo's greatest patron, financing much of Sarajevo's old city at this time. Gazi Husrev-beg ( Ottoman - 'غازى خسرو بیگ' Ghāzī Khuṣrow Beg; Modern Turkish: Gazi TemplateInfobox City for more fields--> Sarajevo is the Capital city and largest urban center of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with Stari Grad (meaning "old city" is a municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Beg's Mosque was built by the famous Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan, who would later go on to build the Selimiye Mosque in Edirne for the Sultan Selim I. Koca Mi‘mār Sinān Āġā ( Ottoman Turkish: خوجه معمار سنان آغا ( April 15, 1489 - April 09, Edirne (anc Hadrianopolis; Greek Adrianople; Slavic/Bulgarian Одрин, see also its other names) is a city in Thrace, the westernmost Selim I ( Ottoman: سليم الأول, Turkish: ISelim; also known as "the Grim" or "the Brave" Yavuz in Out of all the Ottoman balkan provinces, Bosnia's population was the quickest to convert to Islam. For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. Due to this, during the height of the Ottoman Empire, many of the most famous examples of Ottoman architecture in the Balkans were built in Bosnia, including Mosques, bridges, libraries, bathhouses, etc. The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish etc. The Gazi Husrev-Beg mosque is a vital part of this period of prosperity and cultural growth.
During the Siege of Sarajevo, Serbian forces purposely targeted many centers of the city's culture, such as museums, libraries, and mosques. The Siege of Sarajevo was conducted by the Serb forces of self-proclaimed Republika Srpska and Yugoslav People's Army (later transformed to the As the largest and most well known, the Beg's mosque was an obvious target. Heavily damaged in the war, it was renovated in 1996 with foreign help. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Some have accused the renovators (whose money came in large part from Saudi Arabia) of Wahhabizing the mosque. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi Wahhabism ( Arabic: Al-Wahhābīyya الوهابية or Wahabism is a conservative reformist call of Sunni Islam attributed to Prior to reconstruction, the interior was far more intricate, as seen on the right, but today its appearance is noticeably different. The walls for example are simply white, much of the detail, artistry, and color taken out. Complete restauration and re-painting of mosque began in 2000. It has been done mainly by Hazim Numanagić, a Bosnian calligrapher. The Mosque to this day remains one of the most popular centers of worship in the city.
Gazi Husrev-beg also built the same mosque called Hüsreviye Mosque in Alep, Syria, between 1531 and 1534. Gazi Husrev-beg ( Ottoman - 'غازى خسرو بیگ' Ghāzī Khuṣrow Beg; Modern Turkish: Gazi
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