Gazi Mehmet Pasha's Mosque

Gazi Mehmet Pasha's Mosque also known as the Bajrakli Mosque is a mosque in the city of Prizren. It is one of the oldest Islamic religious sites in Kosovo. Building started in 1561 and finished in 1573.[1] Its building is part of a complex which included the mosque, a library, a maktab and madrasa, public baths, housing and other buildings in a radius of about 150m. The present-day League of Prizren museum was one of its buildings. The complex stands on the other side of the Lumbardhi river opposite to the Prizren Fortress. The mosque has a square base and numerous windows, while the main mihrab and the mimber are made of marble.

Gazi Mehmet Pasha's Mosque
Religion
AffiliationIslam
DistrictPrizren District
StatusPreserved
Location
LocationPrizren, Kosovo[a]
Architecture
TypeOttoman architecture
MaterialsStone

It was built by the waqf of Dukaginzade Gazi Mehmet Pasha, great-grandson of Dukaginzade Ahmed Pasha.[1] His future mausoleum was built in the courtyard of the mosque, but it was never used as he died ca. 1594-96 in Hungary.


Bibliography
  • Katic, Tatjana (2019). "Osmanizovanje srednjovekovnog grada: Urbani i demografski razvoj Prizrena od polovine XV do kraja XVI veka". Istorijski časopis. 20.

See also

References
  1. Katic 2019, p. 125

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