Gazi Husrev Bey

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In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Hüsrev, the title is Beg, and there is no family name.
Gazi Husrev-beg
Native name
Ḫusrev
Born1484
Serres, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Greece)
Died1541
Mokro, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Montenegro)
Buried
Sarajevo, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
Years of service–1541
RankSanjak-bey of Bosnia and Smederevo
Battles/wars
Gazi Husrev-beg's mosque in Sarajevo

Sultanzade Gazi Husrev-beg (

Gazi Husrev-beg Library
, also known as Kuršumlija.

Biography

Origin

Gazi Husrev-beg was born in

Serres, Greece.[1] His father, Ferhad-beg, was a Bosnian nobleman from Hum (modern-day Herzegovina), who worked as a high court official.[2] His mother, Selçuk Sultan, was the daughter of the Sultan Bayezid II
, making Gazi Husrev-beg Beyazid II's grandson.

Career

Habsburg delegation, Joseph Freiherr von Lamberg and Nikola Jurišić, in front of Gazi Husrev-beg. By Benedikt Kuripečič, 1530.

In less than three years, he conquered the fortresses of Knin, Skradin and Ostrovica. He was appointed sanjak-bey of the Sanjak of Bosnia on 15 September 1521, becoming one of Sultan Suleiman I's most trusted men.

A relentless campaign of conquest followed soon; the fortified towns of Greben, Sokol, Jezero,

Vrana, Modruč, and Požega
fell at his hands.

He founded, among the many buildings he ordered to construct in the city, the vakuf of Sarajevo, which was active until the 20th century.[3]

Gazi Husrev-beg played a crucial role to overcome the Christian army at the Battle of Mohács. His 10,000 Akıncıs and his irregular cavalry, composed of Turks, Bosnians and Crimean Tatars, served as reserve soldiers in that battle. According to the Ottoman military strategy, the Akıncıs circled the European knights while the Turkish infantry made a counterfeit retreat after the first assault.

Death

turbe (mausoleum
)

Gazi Husrev-beg's forces struggled against a power vacuum in

archaic Serbo-Croatian word for intestines), although the name Drobnjaci is recorded earlier in history. However, its real connection to Gazi Husrev-beg's place of rest is unclear. His corpse was returned to Sarajevo, where it remains in a tomb
in the courtyard of his mosque.

Endowment

Gazi Husrev-beg's endowment or Gazi Husrev-begov

Kuršumlija madrasa
to be established and built, and also library to be equipped with books and other publications books purchased. The third from 1537 endowed additional property to support the mosque and other facilities.

The endowment today consists of a number of buildings and institutions built and supported by the Gazi Husrev-begov Vakuf: the

mekteb, Gazi Husrev-begov Hanikah as a Dervish's monastery with a boarding school, and large number of shops around the Baščaršija
.

The Museum of Gazi Husrev Beg is established in fall 2012 by the Gazi Husrev Beg Waqf (endowment).[4][5]

Most of these building are declared

Commission to preserve national monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina
.

See also

References

  1. ISBN 9789958626135
    .
  2. ISBN 9789958626135
    .
  3. ISBN 0-333-66215-6
    .
  4. ^ "Historija". Gazi Husrev-begov vakuf (in Bosnian). Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Vakif". medresasa.edu.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 11 January 2022.

Sources

  • Yugoslav Encyclopedia, article Husrev Beg, vol. IV, Hazim Sabanovič, Zagreb 1960
  • GAMER, I, 1 (2012) s. 99-111, The other Ottoman Serhat in Europe: Ottoman territorial expansion in Bosnia and Croatia in first half of 16th century, Dino Mujadžević
Preceded by Sanjak-bey of Bosnia
15 September 1521 — 1525 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Sanjak-bey of Bosnia
1526–1534 		Succeeded by
Ulama-paša
Preceded by
Ulama-paša
 Sanjak-bey of Bosnia
1536–1541
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