Building Name: | Ali Pasha Mosque Alipašina džamija |
Location: | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Geo: | 43.8579°N 18.4126°W |
Religious Affiliation: | Sunni Islam |
Architecture Type: | Mosque |
Architecture Style: | Ottoman architecture |
Year Completed: | 1561 |
Funded By: | Sofu Hadım Ali Pasha |
Dome Quantity: | 1 |
Minaret Quantity: | 1 |
Designation1: | KONS |
Designation1 Offname: | Ali-pasha mosque with the harem, the architectural ensemble |
Designation1 Type: | Category I cultural monument |
Designation1 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. |
Designation1 Date: | 25 January 2005 |
Designation1 Free1name: | Decision no. |
Designation1 Free1value: | 06.2-2-128/04-6 |
Designation1 Free2name: | Listed |
Designation1 Free2value: | List of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Ali Pasha Mosque (Turkish: Ali Paşa Camii;) is a mosque in 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.
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 (Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928);: 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 heavily damaged by Serbian forces during the Bosnian War of the early 1990s, especially the dome.[1] The most recent renovation of the mosque occurred in 2004 and in January 2005, the Commission to Preserve National Monuments issued a decision to add the Ali Pasha Mosque to the list of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2]