The mosque was also called "Aladja" which means colorful , as till 1689, the facade walls and the tambour of the building were decorated with incrustations from ceramic tiles. The founder of the mosque was the well known Sultan's deputy in Skopje, Ishag Bay who was the greatest donor of the Ottoman public buildings from the profane and sacral character in Skopje. This building is the best represent of the developed type of the Boer architectural style of one-dome mosques with sideways enlargements. Over the central nave, there is a dome and sideways there are per one smaller dome. The interior is full with rich decoration in relief and pandantiphs. The massive wooden doors are decorated with geometrical and oriental figures done in shallow carving. Around the Ishag Bay's mosque in XV century it was organized a huge architectural complex with high architectural values which was consisted of inns, public charity kitchen (imaret), Muslim secondary religious school (medresa) and turbeh. The Muslim secondary religious school, one of the most known in Rumelia, was a significant cultural center where great tinkers from those times as Isac Chelebija lived and taught. There they studied the oriental languages, the Islamic law, philosophy and mathematics.Within the framework of the complex, Ishag Bay founded the first library (kütüphane) in Skopje bequeathed to the mosque in 1445.
Ali Pasha's Mosque was constructed in Sarajevo during 1560-61 as a vakuf (legacy or perpetual endowment) of Hadim Ali-pasha, the former Ottoman governor of the Budapest administrative district (budimski begler-beg) and the Bosnia Pashaluk. The mosque was built according to the classical Istanbul architectural style. The dome covers the prayer area and three small domes cover the cloister. Because of its noble proportions it stands at the top of the scale of all sub-dome mosques that have been constructed in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the framework of the complex there is a domed burial site (turbe) with two sarcophagus of Avdo Sumbul (d.1915) and Behdžet Mutevelić (d.1915), Gajret activists who died in the dungeons of Arad. The Ali Pasha Mosque was heavily damaged by Serbian forces during the conflict of the early 1990s, especially the dome. The most recent renovation of the mosque occurred in 2004 and in January 2005, the Commission to Preserve National Monuments issued a decision to add the Ali Pasha Mosque to the list of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Banya Bashi Mosque (Bulgarian: Баня баши джамия, Banya bashi dzhamiya; Turkish: Banya Başı Camii) is a mosque in Sofia, Bulgaria, built by the famous architect and civil engineer Mimar Sinan [edit]History Its construction was completed in 1576, during the years the Ottomans had control of the town. The mosque derives its name from the phrase Banya Bashi, which means many baths. The most outstanding feature of the Mosque is that it was actually built over natural thermal spas. One can even see the steam rising from vents in the ground near the Mosque walls. The Mosque is famous for its large dome, diameter 15 meter, and the minaret rising upward to the sky. Currently the Banya Bashi Mosque is the only functioning mosque in Sofia, a remnant of the Ottoman rule of Bulgaria that lasted nearly five centuries, and is used by the city's Muslim community of 8,614 out of 1,370,842.
The Basharat Mosque (span.: Mezquita Basharat; the name means “good news”) was inaugurated on September 10, 1982 in Pedro Abad, in the Spanish comarca of Alto Guadalquivir, province of Córdoba by Mirza Tahir Ahmad (late), fourth Caliph of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (currently fifth Caliph Mirza Masroor Ahmad heads the Community). The mosque is the centre of Ahmadiyya-Movement in Spain. The foundation stone was laid by the 3rd Khalifat-ul Masih, Mirza Nasir Ahmad on October 9, 1980. It is the first purpose-built mosque since the end of Muslim rule at the end of the 15th century.[1] The annual gathering of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Spain (Jalsa Salana) is celebrated in Pedro Abad.
