Sylejman Pasha Mosque
Also known as: Sylejman Pasha Mosque
Destroyed mosque in Albania
Key facts
- Built
- 1614
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Overview
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The Sylejman Pasha Mosque was an Ottoman-period mosque in Tirana, the capital of Albania. It is also known in Albanian as Xhamia e Vjetër, the Old Mosque, and as the Mosque of Tirana. Sources describe it as the founding mosque of the city. It takes its name from the Ottoman commander Süleyman Pasha, who endowed it. The record gives 1614 as the year of construction and classifies the building within Ottoman architecture.
History
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The mosque was endowed by the Ottoman commander Süleyman Pasha together with a bakery and a hamam. The record dates its construction to 1614. From the first half of the 17th century the town of Tirana developed around the mosque.
From Wikipedia
The Sulejman Pasha Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Sulejman Pashës), also known as the Old Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Vjetër), was the first mosque in the city of Tirana, in Tirana County, Albania. Completed in 1614, the mosque was partially destroyed in November 1944, during World War II, and razed the following year during the Communist rule of Enver Hoxha.
The former mosque, together with a hammam and a bakery, were founded by Pasha Sulejman Bargjini, with the mosque named in his honour. In the mid-20th century, the mosque and surrounding streets were razed to make space for the Communist-era Statue of the Unknown Soldier, completed in 1949.
While the St. Procopius and the Sacred Heart churches get restored, there are no plans for the reconstruction of Tirana's founding mosque.
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Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7
Wikipedia (de): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alte_Moschee_von_Tirana
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulejman_Pasha_Mosque
Wikipedia (ru): https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%A1%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B8
Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%BCleyman_Pa%C5%9Fa_Camii
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7