Is Turhan Emin-Beg the Constructor of a Ustikolina Mosque?

Abstract

In this work, we are examining a respected viewpoint in historiography, and among common citizens, that Ustikolina mosque is the oldest mosque built in Bosnia and that her constructor is Turhan Emin-beg, whose name the mosque carries for more than a century. Via source analysis and people’s hearsay, as well as historiographical genesis, we conclude that the origins of this informa­tion is very questionable, and could be put under serious doubt. Key element which inspired this work is discovery of a document in Ottoman archive in the Archive of Presidency of Republic of Turkey, where there is a mention of a Ustikolina mosque under the name of Ahmed-beg.