Mosque_Katip_Sinan_Qelebi

Katip Sinan Qelebi Mosque

Katip Sinan Qelebi Mosque

Mosque in Prizren, Kosovo

The Mosque Katip Sinan Qelebi (Albanian: Xhamia e Çatip Sinanit), also known as "Katip Çelebi" (Turkish: Sinan Katip Camii),[1] is located on the Adem Jashari Street in Prizren, Kosovo. Katip means "secretary" in Turkish. It may be named after Katip Çelebi[2] but it also may be named like the Plaošnik mosque in Ohrid,[3] which was named after Sinaneddin Yusuf Çelebi, short form Sinan Çelebi, from the Ohrizâde family.[4]

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It was supposedly built in 1591.[5][6] It was repaired in 1893–94 based on an inscription.[7]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Kosova' da Turk Kulturu". Scribd.com.
  2. [2]
    Piterberg, Gabriel (2003). An Ottoman tragedy: history and historiography at play. University of California Press. p. 46.
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    ohridmap.com Archived 2010-07-12 at the Wayback Machine
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    Kiel, Machiel (1 January 2005). "Un héritage non désiré : le patrimoine architectural islamique ottoman dans l'Europe du Sud-Est, 1370–1912". Études Balkaniques. Cahiers Pierre Belon (12): 15–82. doi:10.3917/balka.012.0002 – via etudesbalkaniques.revues.org.
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    Warrander, Gail; Knaus, Verena (2007). Kosovo. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 200.
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    Revista DITURIA ISLAME : Pasqyrë përmbledhëse për xhamitë e KBI të Prizrenit. Nr.199, Fq.51-52 - KBI e Kosovës - Prishtinë, shtypi Koha - Prishtinë; PDF në internet Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
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    kosovahaber.net Archived 2010-11-24 at the Wayback Machine


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