Gazi Husrev Beg
Gazi Husrev-beg (* 1480 in Serras , Ottoman Empire (today Greece ); † 1541 in Mokro in Drobnjaci, Montenegro ) was Bey des Sanjaks of Bosnia in the Ottoman Empire.
His father was a Bosniak from Trebinje , while his mother was a daughter of Sultan Bayezid II . As a general, he conquered Knin , Skradin and Ostrovica in less than three years . After these military successes, Gazi Husrev-beg, according to the decision of the Dīwān of the Sublime Porte , the government of the Ottoman Empire, was appointed bey (beg) of the Bosnian sanjak (sanjak-bey).
He then conquered the fortified cities of Greben , Sokol , Jezero , Vinac , Vrbaski Grad , Livač , Karmatin , Bočac , Udbina , Vrana , Modruč and Požega .
In addition to his military success, Gazi Husrev-beg had an enormous influence on the development of Bosnia, especially in the city of Sarajevo . He renewed the Imperial Mosque and built the famous Gazi Husrev Beg Mosque , a library, a madrasa (Islamic school), the Sahat-kula (clock tower), the hospital and many other famous buildings.
Gazi Husrev-beg was killed during an uprising in Montenegro in 1541. His body was transferred to Sarajevo and buried in a doorway near his mosque. Above the doors to the tombs it is written: “May God's grace and blessings fall upon him every day”.
literature
- Hans-Jürgen Kornrumpf: Husrev Bey, Gazi . In: Biographical Lexicon on the History of Southeast Europe . Volume 2. Munich 1976, p. 203 f.
Individual evidence
- ^ Noel Malcolm: Bosnia: a Short History . Papermac, London 1996, ISBN 0-333-66215-6 , pp. 67-68.
- ^ The Gazi Husrev-bey Mosque, Sarajevo ,. In: balkansgeotourism.travel. September 11, 2014, accessed November 16, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gazi Husrev Beg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gazi Husrev-beg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bosnian nobleman, military strategist and governor in the Ottoman Empire |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1480 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Serras , Ottoman Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1541 |
| Place of death | Mokro in Drobnjaci , Montenegro |