The Ferhadija Mosque (; ), also known as the Ferhat Pasha Mosque, is a mosque located in the Baà ¡ÃÂarà ¡ija neighbourhood of the city of Sarajevo, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The mosque was built in the 16th century by Bosnian Sanjak-bey (governor) Ferhad-beg VukoviÃÂ, a descendant of the famous medieval Vukoviàfamily.
This mosque has one dome above the prayer area and three small domes at the cloister and is one of the greatest achievements of Bosnia and HerzegovinaâÂÂs 16th century Ottoman and Islamic architecture. The Ferhadija mosque reflects the full maturity of the classical Ottoman style-domed mosque, portico with small domes, and beautiful built-on minaret.
Research works on the painted decoration inside the mosque carried out in 1964âÂÂ1965 revealed five painted layers dating from various periods. The oldest and extremely valuable decorations of the first layer date from the 16th century (in the dome, on the cornice and pendentives, the base of the corner calottes, the mihrab and the lunettes of the lower row of windows), belonging to the group known as Rumi ornament, which were also to be seen in the Aladà ¾a Mosque in FoÃÂa. The next layers (on the calottes, central part of the mihrab, and surface of the dome) consists of purely floral decorations with the features of 18th-century style. The third and fourth layers date from 1878, and the first quarter of the 20th century.
The mosque was damaged during the Bosnian War in 1992âÂÂ1995.