Ali Pasha Mosque (Sarajevo)

Ali Pasha Mosque
Alipašina džamija
Religion
Affiliation	Sunni Islam
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Mosque
Status	Active
Location
Location	Centar, Sarajevo
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Interactive map of Ali Pasha Mosque
Coordinates	43°51′28.5″N 18°24′45.5″E
Architecture
Type	Mosque
Style	Ottoman
Funded by	Sofu Hadım Ali Pasha
Completed	1561
Specifications
Dome	4
Minaret	1
KONS of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Official name	Ali-pasha mosque with the harem, the architectural ensemble
Type	Category I cultural monument
Criteria	II. Value A, B, C i.ii.iii.iv.v.vi., D iv.v., E i.ii.iii.iv.v., F ii.iii., G i.ii.iii.iv.vi.vii., H ii. I i.ii.iii.
Designated	25 January 2005
Reference no.	2523
Decision no.	06.2-2-128/04-6
Listed	List of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Ali Pasha Mosque (Bosnian: Ali-pašina džamija; Turkish: Ali Paşa Camii) is a mosque in the Centar neighbourhood of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was constructed during 1560–61 as a vakıf—the legacy or perpetual endowment—of Sofu Hadım Ali Pasha, an Ottoman statesman who served as the governor of the Bosnia Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire amongst other roles, after his death in September 1560.

Description

The mosque was built according to the classical Ottoman architectural style. A dome covers the prayer area and three smaller domes cover the cloister. Its proportions make it the largest sub-dome mosque in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The grounds of the complex contain a mausoleum (türbe) with two sarcophagi—those of Avdo Sumbul and Behdžet Mutevelić, Gajret activists who died in the dungeons of Arad.

The Ali Pasha Mosque was slightly damaged by Serbian forces during the Bosnian War of the early 1990s, especially the dome. The most recent renovation of the mosque occurred in 2004; and, in January 2005, the Commission to Preserve National Monuments added the Ali Pasha Mosque to the List of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

See also

• Islam in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• List of mosques in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• List of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina

External links

• Media related to Ali Pasha's Mosque at Wikimedia Commons