Gazi Husrev-beg

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Gazi Husrev-beg's mosque in Sarajevo

, Gāzī Ḫusrev Beğ; Modern Turkish: Gazi Hüsrev Bey; ‫ غازى خسو بك‬:Ottoman Turkish( Gazi Husrev-beg
was a Bosniak Ottoman sanjak-bey )governor( of the Sanjak of Bosnia in 1521—1525, )1480–1541
1526—1534, and 1536—1541. He was known for his major contribution to the improvement of the
structural development of Sarajevo urban area and his construction of many important buildings there,
such as the Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque or the medresa Kuršumlija, as well as for his successful conquests
.and for the launching of further Ottoman expansion into Croatia

Contents

• 1 Life

• 1.1 Origin

• 1.2 Career

• 1.3 Death

• 2 References

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• 3 Sources

Life[edit]

Origin[edit]
He was born in Serres, Greece, to a Bosnian Muslim father Ferhad )a convert from
the Trebinje region(,[1] and a Turkish mother Selçuka, who was the daughter of the Sultan Bayezid II,
making Gazi Husrev-Beg Beyazid II's grandson.
Career[edit]

Gazi Husrev-beg served during the Battle of Mohács.

In less than three years, he conquered the fortresses of Knin, Skradin and Ostrovica. He was
appointed sanjak-bey of the Sanjak of Bosniaon 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, Vinac,
Vrbaški Grad, Livač, Kamatin, Bočac, Udbina, 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.[1]

Habsburg delegation, Joseph Freiherr von Lamberg and Nikola Jurišić, in front of Gazi Husrev-beg. He is credited as a
quite effective military strategist, as well as the greatest donor and builder of Sarajevo. By, Benedikt Kuripečič, 1530.

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 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, Bosniaks 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[edit]

Türbe of Gazi Husrev-beg in Sarajevo

Gazi Husrev-beg's forces struggled against a power vacuum in Montenegro after the death
of Ottomanally, islamicised Serbian lord Siniša Skanderbeg Crnojević in 1528. In 1541 he set out to
fight the uprising of Serbian nobility. After many battles, he was killed while fighting Christians in
Mokro, a village in the clan of Drobnjaci. Legend states that he was a big man, so his warriors were
unable to carry his corps, but instead took out his intestines and buried them on a small hill
called Hodžina glavica )Imam's Peak(. The legend has it that this event gave Drobnjaci their name
)Drob is an archaic Serbian 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 türbe in the courtyard of his mosque.

References[edit]

1. ^ Jump up to:a b Malcolm, Noel )1996(. Bosnia: a Short History. London: Papermac. pp. 67–68. ISBN 0-
333-66215-6.
Sources[edit]

 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