Lala Mustafa Pasha – The sanjakbey of Klis and the endower of the Livno mosque? Cover Image

Lala Mustafa-paša – Kliški sandžakbeg i vakif džamije u Livnu?
Lala Mustafa Pasha – The sanjakbey of Klis and the endower of the Livno mosque?

Author(s): Fazileta Hafizović
Subject(s): Cultural history, 16th Century, The Ottoman Empire, History of Islam
Published by: Orijentalni Institut u Sarajevu
Keywords: history; Ottoman Empire; 16th century; the Sokolović family; Lala Mustafa Pasha Sokolović; the Livno mosque; the Duvno mosque;

Summary/Abstract: One of the members of the Sokolović family who reached the most senior positions in the Ottoman state and who probably never returned to his homeland once he left for Istanbul was Lala Mustafa Pasha Sokolović. Our historiography has accepted the claim that he was the administrator of the sanjak of Klis in the period 1574-1577, and that in Livno, the unofficial centre of the sanjak, he commissioned a mosque, ascribe to him almost from the time of construction. Using primary sources, this paper demonstrates that none of these claims are true.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 66
  • Page Range: 99-109
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Bosnian