AJAS PAŠIN VAKUF U VISOKOM
AYAS PASHA'S WAQF IN VISOKO

Summary/Abstract: Ayas, son of Abdulhajj, sandžakbeg of Bosnia, Herzegovina and Custendil, pasha, military leader and vakif, left a significant endowment to Visoko and Sarajevo, as evidenced by endowment from 1477. The document was written in Sarajevo in the period from 6/23 to 2/7. The original document has been lost, but two official and one copy has been preserved. Based on the data from the document it is possible to conclude that Visoko received first contours of the Ottoman type settlement before 1477. with the involvement of Ajas pasha who built a hammam, the bridge over the river Bosnia and several shops. By the end of the third decade of the 16th century the first tekke, the first mosque and islamic school were built. It is a complex of constructions that had an economic, communication and humanitarian-educational character which Ayas pasha had built in the form of his endowment and which will represent the initial core, the economic centre of the new settlement that is being formed in the area of the medieval square. A significant role in the urban development of Visoko was played by the construction of the tekke. It is also the first known object of spritiual purpose in Visoko. Ayas pasha also built a bridge over the Bosnia river. The location and other details about the bridge are unknown. The first islamic schools in Visoko are mentioned since 1477. It is assumed that the first built islamic school was Ayas's pasha. We find the memorial mosque under the name of Ayas pasha in 1704 after it was demolished by Eugene of Savoy. The new parts of the Visoko, as part of the urban development of the settlement bear the names of the founders of the endowments. In this context we also distinguish the Ayas pasha tekke's mahala which had 69 households. The main vakif of Visoko raised endowments for the benefit of all people, however, they all disappeared and were never restored. Today, only a few preserved documents and endowments remind us of this bosnian pasha.

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