Talk:Murad Agha Mosque

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Murad Agha Mosque in Tajura, Libya

... that Murad Agha, a former slave turned ruler of Ottoman Tripolitania, commissioned the construction of an eponymous mosque which doubled as a fortress (pictured)?

Source: "Secondo le notizie più attendibili era Murâd Aghâ oriundo di Ragusa. Rapito giovanissimo da corsari e condotto in schiavitù a Costantinopoli vi diveniva mussulmano. ... Murâd Aghâ veniva nominato governatore della Tripolitania ..." (Bartoccini, Renato (1924). "La moschea di Murad Agha in Tagiura (Tripolitania)". Architettura e Arti decorative (in Italian). 3 (8): 337–346. Archived from the original on 12 February 2025.); "However, he is best remembered for the construction of the great mosque of Tajura, the design of which indicates that it was also intended to serve as a fortress against incursions by the Order of St John." (Mallia, David (2011). "The survival of the Knights' Church in Tripoli" (PDF). Proceedings of History Week: 29–45. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2019.)

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