SAGRAKČI HAJI MAHMOOD’S (ULOMLJENICA) MOSQUE IN SARAJEVO

Abstract

UDK 726.2(497.6 Sarajevo)
         28-523.4-9

Sagrakči haji Mahmud’s mosque, better known as Ulomljenica or Ulomjenica, is first mentioned in the year 1528. From the time of its original construction to the present day this mosque was renovated or renewed several times depending on circumstances that brought about its destruction or deterioration over time. It is particularly significant to mention that it held special maktab classes organized for hizmećarke (servant girls). Most of the cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina had separate maktabs for girls only to increase the literacy rates not only among the male but also among the female population.  One such maktab was organized in Sagrakči hadži Mahmood’s mosque as well, where maktab class was organised where servant girls which were serving Sarajevo families at the time were taught tenants of their faith. This article aims to present Ulomljenica mosque with a special focus on its maktab for serving girls, but also its imams, khatibs and muezins who have for almost five hundred years been a part of this mosque.