Petrelalı Molla Bey
Ottoman-Albanian religious leader
About Petrelalı Molla Bey
Petrelalı Molla Bey was a Turkish.
Molla Mehmet Bey known as Molla Bey of Petrela (d.1806 ) was an Ottoman-Albanian religious leader and benefactor from Tirana. Born with the name Mehmet, he was a descendant of Sulejman Pasha Bargjini, the Ottoman Albanian general from nearby Mullet who transformed Tirana into a developed commercial and religious center.
Molla Bey started the construction of the Et'hem Bey Mosque, a Cultural Monument of Albania, and also a point of reference due to its location in the Scanderbeg square, the main square of Tirana. The construction year lies between 1791 and 1794. Various sources place the start year in 1791,
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Who was Petrelalı Molla Bey?
Ottoman-Albanian religious leader
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Petrelalı Molla Bey was Turkish.
Sources & further reading
· Wikipedia: Petrelalı Molla Bey
· DBpedia: Molla Bey of Petrela
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