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Gazi Husrev-beg

1480 - 1541

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Gazi Husrev Bey (Ottoman Turkish: غازى خسرو بك, Gāzī Ḫusrev Beğ; Modern Turkish: Gazi Hüsrev Bey; Serbo-Croatian: Gazi Husrev-beg; 1484–1541) 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 successful conquests and campaigns to further Ottoman expansion into Croatia and Hungary. However, his most important legacy was major contribution to the improvement of the structural development of Sarajevo and its urban area. He ordered and financed construction of many important buildings there, and with his will bequeathed all his wealth into endowment for the construction and long-term support of religious and educational facilities and institutions, such as the Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque, and the Gazi Husrev-begova Medresa complex with a Gazi Husrev-beg Library, also known as Kuršumlija. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gazi Husrev-beg is the 3,120th most popular politician (up from 3,624th in 2019), the 203rd most popular biography from Greece (up from 234th in 2019) and the 79th most popular Greek Politician.

Gazi Husrev-Beg is most famous for his architectural work in Bosnia. He is the one who designed the Old Bridge of Mostar and the Gazi Husrev-Beg Mosque.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gazi Husrev-beg ranks 3,120 out of 19,576Before him are Gongyang of Goryeo, Guy Verhofstadt, Charles VII of Sweden, Æthelfrith, João Bernardo Vieira, and Vologases I of Parthia. After him are Amenemhat II, Empress Xiaoyichun, Piye, Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Ahhotep I, and Gordon Brown.

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Among people born in 1480, Gazi Husrev-beg ranks 9Before him are Matthias Grünewald, Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy, Albrecht Altdorfer, Lorenzo Lotto, Johann Georg Faust, and Joachim Patinir. After him are Götz von Berlichingen, Pier Gerlofs Donia, Saint Cajetan, Philibert II, Duke of Savoy, Dosso Dossi, and Palma Vecchio. Among people deceased in 1541, Gazi Husrev-beg ranks 6Before him are Paracelsus, Francisco Pizarro, Margaret Tudor, Pedro de Alvarado, and Johann Georg Faust. After him are Henry IV, Duke of Saxony, Jean Clouet, Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, Francysk Skaryna, Bernard van Orley, and Andreas Karlstadt.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Gazi Husrev-beg ranks 203 out of 1,024Before him are Thespis (-600), Agathias (536), Theophano (941), Pleistarchus (-500), Brasidas (-500), and Callisthenes (-360). After him are Phoebe (50), Nicholas Kabasilas (1322), Nearchus (-356), Theopompus (-400), Nicias (-500), and Crates of Thebes (-365).

Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Gazi Husrev-beg ranks 79Before him are Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907), Thaïs (-400), Herodes Atticus (101), Theophano (941), Pleistarchus (-500), and Brasidas (-500). After him are Nicias (-500), Telamon (null), Idomeneus of Crete (null), Kyriakos Mitsotakis (1968), Andreas Papandreou (1919), and Antiochus IX Cyzicenus (-135).