{"id":3664,"date":"2025-09-09T12:53:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T12:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultbikeroute.com\/landmarks\/husein-pasina-dzamija\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T12:14:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T12:14:19","slug":"husein-pasina-dzamija","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cultbikeroute.com\/en\/cultural-heritage-sites\/husein-pasina-dzamija\/","title":{"rendered":"HUSEIN-PASA MOSQUE"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cultural site: HUSEIN-PASA MOSQUE<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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History<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Construction of the mosque began in 1570. It was built as part of the endowment of Husein Pasa. Husein-pasa Bojanic was a Bosnian, Herzegovinian and Egyptian sand\u017eak-beg as well as the vizier of Baghdad. Husein Pasa's waqf was originally composed of: a mosque, a harem with a cemetery, a fountain, a clock tower, a mekteb,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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a caravanserai with an imaret - a free kitchen and a bezistan.1 It is reliably known that the mosque in Pljevlja was built by Husein-pasa Bojanic in the second half of the 16th century.2 The builder of Husein Pasa's mosque and its designer is most likely the builder Hajrudin, who also built a bridge in Mostar. The mosque has a square base of 13x13m, above the entrance door there is a porch 4 meters wide, supported by four marble pillars, and it is covered with three large domes. The interior of the mosque has a square base above which is a dome, 10.85 m in diameter, 15.25 m high, richly decorated with arabesques. The interior of the mosque is illuminated by 25 windows, arranged in three levels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Cultural site details<\/h3>\n

As a building, Husein Pasa's mosque is modest in size. In the former Yugoslavia, it was one of the medium-sized mosques. It lies on a square field and is almost square in shape. According to the project of the existing condition, it is 17.20 m long and 13.10 m wide, with walls 1.10 m thick, while its interior measures 10.70 x 10.80 x 10.30 m. All openings are framed by finely worked stone window sills. The entire length of the north-west wall is covered by a high and massive porch, which rests on four marble pillars of circular cross-section, mutually reinforced by fracture arches. The architectural solution of the porch is divided into three parts for the passage, of which the central part is lower than the two side. Above all three parts are domes. The minaret of Hussein Pasha's mosque is the largest in the Balkans, 42 meters high. In the interior of the mosque, four richly decorated half-domes in the corners stand out, as well as a hexagonal mihrab, decorated with geometric motifs and framed by a rectangular wall. On the floor of the mosque there is an original carpet from 1573. The carpet is sewn with leather, weighing 400 kg, measuring 10x10 meters, made in Egypt, made to measure for this mosque. The mosque also houses a manuscript of the Qur'an, made in 1571 at the request of Husein Pasa Bojanic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The manuscript has 233 sheets measuring 39x28.5cm, is covered with a leather cover and contains 352 miniatures made in gold, and is one of the most beautiful works of Islamic calligraphy of the 16th century. Husein Pasa's mosque is one of the most valuable monuments of oriental culture in the Balkans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The current appearance of the mosque was given a year after the damage caused by lightning, ie in 1912, when it was rebuilt into a slender 42m structure. It was built of finely hewn stone, arranged in regular horizontal rows, while marl was used for the domes and minaret instead of stone.5 The minaret of Hussein Pasha's mosque is the largest in the Balkans, 42 meters high. In the interior of the mosque, four richly decorated half-domes in the corners stand out, as well as a hexagonal mihrab, decorated with geometric motifs and framed by a rectangular wall. On the floor of the mosque there is an original carpet from 1573. The carpet is sewn with leather, weighing 400 kg, measuring 10x10 meters, made in Egypt, made to measure for this mosque. The mosque also houses a manuscript of the Qur'an, made in 1571 at the request of Hussein Pasha Boljanjic.6 The project of reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Hussein Pasha mosque began in 2003, when geotechnical research and analysis of the location and terrain around the building was performed, after which a project of the existing condition was made. At the end of 2007, the rehabilitation works on Hussein Pasha's mosque were completed, and in 2008 the construction of a stone fence around the mosque complex and the arrangement of harems with tombstones, leveling of the terrain, construction of access paths with gates and horticultural landscaping were completed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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