BRĂILA MOSQUES OF THE OTTOMAN PEROID

After the military expedition against Petru Raresh (1527-1538) in the Taurus, Brăila was annexed to the Ottoman Empire in 1539 and, according to contemporary sources, a fortress was built there. From that moment on, the city and its surroundings underwent a process of Islamisation. According to the...

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Main Author: Gabriel Florin Ghinea
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Published: Ankara Haci Bayram Veli University 2024-12-01
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description After the military expedition against Petru Raresh (1527-1538) in the Taurus, Brăila was annexed to the Ottoman Empire in 1539 and, according to contemporary sources, a fortress was built there. From that moment on, the city and its surroundings underwent a process of Islamisation. According to the 1570 census, there were 116 Muslim households in the city and four mosques. With the Islamisation of the city, the number of Muslim places of worship increased over time. At the beginning of the 19th century, there were 38 different mosques in Brăila, although some of them were destroyed. The year 1829 was an important year in the history of the city. In this year, the city came under Russian and Vlach rule, and thus the face of the city changed. In this period when a new city was being created, the identity of the city changed and the mosques and masjids from the old periods lost their functions as there was no more Muslim population in the region. Some of these buildings were demolished and some were used for other purposes, even for a short time. Only one of these mosques was rescued, restored and converted into the Church of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel in the centre of the city. Due to the scarcity of information on Muslim places of worship in Brăila in the Ottoman period, there is no study on this subject yet. The information published in the studies on Brăila supported by the data collected from Romanian and Ottoman archival documents, has been brought together in this article and presented to the attention of the scholarly world.
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spelling doaj-art-1e22b7a6836e4254a951bd2fb5251f852024-12-27T11:49:33ZdeuAnkara Haci Bayram Veli UniversityTürk Kültürü ve Hacı Bektaş Velî Araştırma Dergisi1306-82532024-12-01112658410.60163/tkhcbva.14851791643BRĂILA MOSQUES OF THE OTTOMAN PEROIDGabriel Florin Ghinea0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7592-0210HACETTEPE ÜNİVERSİTESİAfter the military expedition against Petru Raresh (1527-1538) in the Taurus, Brăila was annexed to the Ottoman Empire in 1539 and, according to contemporary sources, a fortress was built there. From that moment on, the city and its surroundings underwent a process of Islamisation. According to the 1570 census, there were 116 Muslim households in the city and four mosques. With the Islamisation of the city, the number of Muslim places of worship increased over time. At the beginning of the 19th century, there were 38 different mosques in Brăila, although some of them were destroyed. The year 1829 was an important year in the history of the city. In this year, the city came under Russian and Vlach rule, and thus the face of the city changed. In this period when a new city was being created, the identity of the city changed and the mosques and masjids from the old periods lost their functions as there was no more Muslim population in the region. Some of these buildings were demolished and some were used for other purposes, even for a short time. Only one of these mosques was rescued, restored and converted into the Church of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel in the centre of the city. Due to the scarcity of information on Muslim places of worship in Brăila in the Ottoman period, there is no study on this subject yet. The information published in the studies on Brăila supported by the data collected from Romanian and Ottoman archival documents, has been brought together in this article and presented to the attention of the scholarly world.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/3935249mosquemasjidholy archangels michael and gabriel churchbrăilaottoman citycamimescidbaș melekler mihail ve cebrail kilisesii̇brailosmanlı şehri
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BRĂILA MOSQUES OF THE OTTOMAN PEROID
Türk Kültürü ve Hacı Bektaş Velî Araştırma Dergisi
mosque
masjid
holy archangels michael and gabriel church
brăila
ottoman city
cami
mescid
baș melekler mihail ve cebrail kilisesi
i̇brail
osmanlı şehri
title BRĂILA MOSQUES OF THE OTTOMAN PEROID
title_full BRĂILA MOSQUES OF THE OTTOMAN PEROID
title_fullStr BRĂILA MOSQUES OF THE OTTOMAN PEROID
title_full_unstemmed BRĂILA MOSQUES OF THE OTTOMAN PEROID
title_short BRĂILA MOSQUES OF THE OTTOMAN PEROID
title_sort braila mosques of the ottoman peroid
topic mosque
masjid
holy archangels michael and gabriel church
brăila
ottoman city
cami
mescid
baș melekler mihail ve cebrail kilisesi
i̇brail
osmanlı şehri
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