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Gazi Husrev-beg Türbe (Begova Mosque courtyard)

Who rests here

Saints · died 948 AH · Sarajevo

Gazi Husrev-beg (1480-1541) was an Ottoman sanjak-bey of Bosnia across three terms and the great endower who transformed Sarajevo into an Ottoman-Islamic city. He is remembered for the waqf complex of the Gazi Husrev-beg (Begova) Mosque he built in 1531, together with a madrasa, khanqah, bezistan and public kitchen; he…

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How to get there

Located in: Sarajevo

Coordinates: 43.85917, 18.42903

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  • TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (DİA)

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