The Mosque of Mahmud
Agha Kokonozi ( sq, Xhamia e Mahmut Agë Kokonozit) or New Bazaar Mosque ( sq, Xhamia e Pazarit të Ri) is a
mosque
A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...
in
Tirana
Tirana ( , ; aln, Tirona) is the capital and largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest overlooking the Adriatic Sea ...
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Central Albania
Central Albania ( sq, Shqipëria Qendrore) is one of the three NUTS-2 Regions of Albania.
It consists of two counties: Tirana County and Elbasan County.
See also
*Northern Albania (''Ghegeria'' or ''Gegeria'')
*Southern Albania
Southern Alba ...
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Albania
Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...
. It is an
Ottoman-era mosque built in 1750 and one of the few mosques that survived the communist dictatorship under the
Hoxhaist
Hoxhaism () is a variant of Anti-revisionism, anti-revisionist Marxism–Leninism that developed in the late 1970s due to a split in the anti-revisionist movement, appearing after the Sino-Albanian split, ideological dispute between the Chinese ...
regime.
In 1966, the Kokonozi Mosque was closed and transformed into a food storehouse, and later it was used as a tobacco store. The Kokonozi mosque was reopened on February 18, 1991.
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Islam in Albania
Islam in Albania mainly arrived during the Ottoman period when the majority of Albanians over time converted to Islam. Following the Albanian National Awakening (Rilindja) tenets and the deemphasizing of religion during the 20th century, t ...
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History of the Mosque
Mosques in Tirana
Mosques completed in 1750
1750 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman architecture in Albania
Ottoman mosques
Ottoman Albania
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