Bakr-babina Mosque, Mosque in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bakr-babina Mosque is a mosque in Stari Grad with Ottoman architecture located at a historically significant site in Sarajevo. The building features typical Ottoman elements including arched windows and a simple dome, with a slender minaret rising above the roof.

The original building was established in 1544 by Hajji Alija Bakr-Baba and included an attached school and later a medresa, making it an important learning center. The complex was destroyed and rebuilt several times, notably after a raid in 1697, but Austro-Hungarian occupation eventually led to its demolition around 1895.

The name comes from Hajji Alija Bakr-Baba, a wealthy merchant who founded the original complex in the 16th century. The area was a center for learning and community life, where students and teachers gathered regularly.

The mosque stands on the left bank of the Miljacka, beside the Atmejdan archaeological park, and was reopened on 27 June 2011. The harem holds the open turbe of hafiz Halid ef. Hadžimulić, built in 2013, with Mesnevija verses carved in relief on its stone planter. The cemetery was exhumed in 1939, so the nišans seen today are not in their original graves.

The mosque was rebuilt and reopened on 27 June 2011, largely through the efforts of hafiz Halid ef. Hadžimulić, who initiated the reconstruction. He was buried in a 4x4-metre open turbe in the courtyard in 2013, built of white marble and hreša stone, with Mesnevi verses carved in relief on its concrete planter base.