Gazi Husrev Bey

Gazi Husrev-beg (Ottoman Turkish: غازى خسرو بك‎, Gāzī Ḫusrev Beğ; Modern Turkish: Gazi Hüsrev Bey; 1480–1541) was an Ottoman Bosnian sanjak-bey (governor) of the Sanjak of Bosnia in 1521–1525, 1526–1534, and 1536–1541. He was known for his major contribution to the improvement of the structural development of Sarajevo urban area and his construction of many important buildings there, such as the Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque or the Kuršumlija Medresa, as well as for his successful conquests and for the launching of further Ottoman expansion into Croatia.

Gazi Husrev Bey

Gazi Husrev-beg (Ottoman Turkish: غازى خسرو بك‎, Gāzī Ḫusrev Beğ; Modern Turkish: Gazi Hüsrev Bey; 1480–1541) was an Ottoman Bosnian sanjak-bey (governor) of the Sanjak of Bosnia in 1521–1525, 1526–1534, and 1536–1541. He was known for his major contribution to the improvement of the structural development of Sarajevo urban area and his construction of many important buildings there, such as the Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque or the Kuršumlija Medresa, as well as for his successful conquests and for the launching of further Ottoman expansion into Croatia.