Molla Mehmet
Bey
Bey ( ota, بك, beğ, script=Arab, tr, bey, az, bəy, tk, beg, uz, бек, kz, би/бек, tt-Cyrl, бәк, translit=bäk, cjs, пий/пек, sq, beu/bej, sh, beg, fa, بیگ, beyg/, tg, бек, ar, بك, bak, gr, μπέης) is ...
known as Molla Bey of
Petrela (d.1806
or 1808
) was an
Ottoman-
Albanian
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**Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans
**Albanian language
**Albanian culture
**Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...
religious leader and benefactor from
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 ...
. Born with the name
Mehmet
Mehmed (modern Turkish: Mehmet) is the most common Bosnian and Turkish form of the Arabic name Muhammad ( ar, محمد) (''Muhammed'' and ''Muhammet'' are also used, though considerably less) and gains its significance from being the name of Muh ...
, he was a descendant of
Sulejman Pasha Bargjini, the Ottoman general from nearby
Mullet who transformed Tirana into a developed commercial and religious center.
Molla Bey started the construction of the
Et'hem Bey Mosque
The Hajji Et'hem Bey Mosque ( sq, Xhamia e Haxhi Et'hem Beut) is a mosque in Tirana, Albania. Closed under communist rule, the mosque reopened as a house of worship in 1991. Without permission from the authorities, 10,000 people attended and the p ...
, a
Cultural Monument of Albania
In Albania, a cultural monument ''()'' is a construction or work of cultural, historical and artistic value that is built in a visible space, made in memory of important events or prominent people. Cultural monuments are usually under state protect ...
, and also a point of reference due to its location in the
Scanderbeg square
, reign = 28 November 1443 – 17 January 1468
, predecessor = Gjon Kastrioti
, successor = Gjon Kastrioti II
, spouse = Donika Arianiti
, issue = Gjon Kastrioti II
, royal house = Kastrioti
, father ...
, the main square of Tirana. The construction year lies between 1791 and 1794. Various sources place the start year in 1791,
1793 (1208 in
Hijri),
or 1794,
and after Molla Bey's death his son
Haxhi Etëhem Bey Mollaj finished it in 1819 or 1821.
References
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1806 deaths
People from Tirana
18th-century Albanian people
19th-century Albanian people
Albanian Muslims
Albanian Sunni Muslims
Albanians from the Ottoman Empire
Muslims from the Ottoman Empire
Sanjak of Scutari