Ferhat Pasha Mosque (Banja Luka)
| Ferhat Pasha Mosque | |
|---|---|
Ferhat-pašina džamija | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Sunni Islam |
| Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Mosque |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Location of the mosque in Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Coordinates | 44°46′03″N 17°11′14″E / 44.76750°N 17.18722°E |
| Architecture | |
| Architect | Pupil of Mimar Sinan |
| Type | Mosque |
| Style | Ottoman |
| Completed |
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| Destroyed | 7 May 1993 (during the Bosnian War) |
| Specifications | |
| Dome | 1 |
| Minaret | 1 |
| Minaret height | 41 m (135 ft) |
| Official name | Ferhad Pasha mosque (Ferhadija) in Banja Luka, Ferhad Pasha turbe, Safi-kaduna turbe, turbe of Ferhad Pasha's bajraktars, fountain, mosque graveyard and surrounding walls and portico (site and remains of architectural ensemble) |
| Type | Category I cultural monument |
| Criteria | II. Value A, B, C i.ii.v.vi., D i.ii.iii.iv.v., E ii.iii.iv.v., F i.ii.iii., G i.ii.iii.iv., H ii. |
| Designated | 7 May 2003 |
| Reference no. | 1326 |
| Decision no. | 08.2-6-533/03-8 |
| Listed | List of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Ferhat Pasha Mosque (Bosnian: Ferhat-pašina džamija; Turkish: Ferhad Paşa Camii), also known as the Ferhadija Mosque, is a mosque in the city of Banja Luka and one of the greatest achievements of Bosnia and Herzegovina's 16th century Ottoman Islamic architecture. The mosque was demolished in 1993 at the order of the authorities of Republika Srpska as a part of an ethnic cleansing campaign, and was rebuilt and opened on 7 May 2016.
Commissioned by the Bosnian Sanjak-bey Ferhad Pasha Sokolović, the mosque was built in 1579 with money that, as tradition has it, were paid by the Auersperg family for the severed head of the Habsburg general Herbard VIII von Auersperg and the ransom for the general's son after a battle at the Croatian border in 1575, where Ferhad Pasha was triumphant.
The mosque, with its classical Ottoman architecture, was most probably designed by a pupil of Mimar Sinan. There is no written data about the builders who erected the mosque, but from analysing its architecture it appears that the foreman of the works was from Sinan's school since the mosque shows obvious similarities with Sinan's Muradiye Mosque in Manisa, which dates from 1586.