Notes on the Vučjakovića mosque and the Koski Mehmed pasha’s mosque from the 17th century - an appendix to the biography of Ahmed, a son of Mustafa Cover Image

Bilješka o Vučjakovića i Koskinoj džamiji iz 17. stoljeća – Prilog biografiji Ahmeda, sina Mustafina, Mujezinovića –
Notes on the Vučjakovića mosque and the Koski Mehmed pasha’s mosque from the 17th century - an appendix to the biography of Ahmed, a son of Mustafa

Author(s): Alija Dilberović
Subject(s): History
Published by: Naučnoistraživački institut »Ibn Sina«
Keywords: Mostar; Ahmed Mujezinović; Vučjaković mosque; Koski-pasha mosque; Khalveti tariqat

Summary/Abstract: Ahmed, the son of Mustafa Mujezinović (Muezin-zade) is considered to be one of more important scholars to have come the town of Mostar. His life and work were a subject of research of most authors who have studied Bosnian-Herzegovinian cultural heritage of the Ottoman period. What is known about Mujezinović is that he lived and worked in the 17th century, that he wrote many papers and that he belonged to Khalveti tariqat which he became a member of in Užice, which was one of the most important Khalveti centers of the European part of the Ottoman Empire. However, this does not even closely end his biography. Based on an interesting note found in a Mostar manuscript, this paper gives new information that tell something new about Mujezinović, but also his father, and that can contribute to completing of the biography of this Mostar writer.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 65-66
  • Page Range: 213-223
  • Page Count: 11