Dhikr at Haji Sinan Tekke, Sarajevo Bosnia. скачать в хорошем качестве

Dhikr at Haji Sinan Tekke, Sarajevo Bosnia.

Hajji Sinan's Tekke, also known as Silahdar Mustafa-Pasha’s Tekke, is owned and operated by the Qadiri Dervish Order and was built between 1638 and 1640. Address: Sagrdzije 77, Sarajevo 71000 Bosnia and Herzegovina If you put the above address into Google maps, you'll be taken directly to the Tekke. It's a 10 minute walk from the centre (uphill) Although true mystics (ahlat-tasawwuf) were in the Balkans before the Ottoman Empire, the institutionalization of Islamic mysticism (tasawwuf) in these lands and the construction of the tekkes have become widespread after the Ottoman Empire conquered the Balkans. When Mehmet the Conquerer conquered Bosnia in 1463, Sufis played the most important role in spreading Islam here. Naqshibandi, Mawlawi, Qadiri, Bektashi and many other Sufi orders (tariqahs) in Bosnia under the Ottoman Empire formed many tekkes and they carried out irshad activities as in the other parts of the Balkans. The tekke was built by order of Murad IV through Mustafa Pasha to his father Hajji Sinan. Mustafa Pasha at that time worked as an armourer and served Sultan Murat IV. According to a story about the construction of the tekke, Murat IV asks Mustafa Pasha, very close friend to him, that whether it is a city that doesn’t have any tekke in the lands of the Ottoman Empire. Silahdar Mustafa Pasha then says in Sarajevo, his hometown, there is no tekke in use that is large enough to host guests generously and to be used for also the other activities apart from dhikr. According to another story, Mustafa Pasha submits respectfully that in his hometown Sarajevo there are many Qadiri disciples, although there is no Qadiri tekke. Additionally he offers his father as a trustworthy person, who is willing to construct the tekke. The father of Mustafa Pasha, Hajji Sinan, is a wealthy merchant living in modest way and very respectable person in Sarajevo. When he learns that he has been assigned to build a tekke, he immediately devotes himself to it. He considers buying a land in Bistrik on the left side of the Miljacka for the construction of the tekke. He then dreams of having to build the tekke in the north of Sarajevo. Tekke is located next to Ali Pasha Mosque and the house of Aliya Cerzelez. Caligraphers are Unknown The historical and architectural value of the tekke is non-negligibly high concerning its place in the context. Hajji Sinan’s Qadiri Tekke was designed by Albanian architect Kasim Aga, who also designed some buildings within the Topkapi Palace, and and built of cut stone. The building, which is one of the rare extants in Bosnia from the 17th century, was considered to be the center of the Qadiris in the Balkans. The most interesting aspect of the tekke being an architectural beauty is the Islamic caligraphy pieces on the courtyard wall and on the same wall there is also Solomon’s seal about forty five centimeters in diameter, which is in the style of frescos. In this seal, from the center to outside it is written in the Kufi style twelve times that “There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah”. The number of pieces of Islamic caligraphy on the courtyard wall are more than one hundred. Caligraphers of these masterpieces are not known and it is estimated that they are at least two centuries old. Moreover, there is a charity fountain right opposite the entrance to the courtyard. And also in the complex of tekke there is a graveyard including the graves of Hajji Sinan and his wife. The tekke building consists of several rooms; a semahane (whirling-dervish hall) used by the dervishes for prayer and dhikr, a guests room for hosting the guests, matbah-ı şerif (kitchen), and meydan-ı şerif (courtyard). There is a mihrab in the part used as semahane and the top floor of the semahane is surrounded by a wooden cage, reserved for ladies. In addition, there is a Solomon’s seal on the wall of the corridor between the kitchen, mostly used to cook coffee, and semahane. In this seal it is written twelve times that “There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah” again. In this composition, two notched round, eighty-five meters in diameter, symbolize the ring of dhikr. This Tekke is still functional today with Dhikr gatherings taking place every Thursday evening after Maghrib Salah. There is separate seating upstairs for ladies while the men sit downstairs.