RITAM GRADA RHYTHM OF THE TOWN
BAJRAKLI DŽAMIJA BAYRAKLI MOSQUE
N ekada je ovde bilo 17 derviških tekija u koji- ma su se proučavala dela velikih sufijskih mi- slilaca. Bilo je i mnogo džamija, ali su nesta- le u vihoru burne istorije Beograda. Ostala je Bajrakli džamija na Dorćolu. Podignuta 1575, kao Čo- hadži džamija, nazvana po zadužbinaru, trgovcu čohom (čojom) Hadži Aliji. Husein-beg, pomoćnik glavnog tur- skog zapovednika Ali-paše, obnovio je bogomolju 1741, pa se neko vreme zvala Husein-begova ili Husein-ćeha- jina džamija. Krajem 18. veka nazvana je Bajrakli džami- ja po barjaku koji se na njoj isticao. Posle obnove u 19. veku, koju su preduzeli srpski knezovi, postaje glavna gradska džamija. U njoj je na prvom mestu ljubav pre- ma Alahu, iz koje proističu sve druge vrline – čestitost, istinoljublje, marljivost, sažaljivost...
T he city used to have 17 Dervish Tekke shrines where the works of great Sufi thinkers were studied. There were al- so a lot of mosques, but they disappeared in the stormy and turbulent history of Belgrade. All that remained is the Bayrakli Mosque in the Dorćol neighbourhood. It was built in 1575 as the Čohadži Mosque, named after its benefactor, mer- chant čohom (čojom) Haži-Ali. Husein-beg, assistant to the chief Turkish commander Ali Pasha, renewed this place of worship in 1741, and for a time it was called Husein-beg’s or Hussein-će- haja’s Mosque. In the late 18 th century it was renamed Bayrakli Mosque, after the banner (bajrak) that hung there. Following its restoration in the 19 th century, which was carried out by Serbi- an princes, it became the main city mosque. In first place here is love towards Allah, from which stems all other virtues - hones- ty, veracity, diligence, mercy etc.
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