TY - JOUR AU - Kujraković, Nusret PY - 2009/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Vakuf Husein Kapetana Gradaščevića JF - Anali Gazi Husrev-Begove biblioteke JA - AGHB VL - 16 IS - 29-30 SE - Članci DO - UR - https://anali-ghb.com/index.php/aghb/article/view/194 SP - 65-98 AB - <p><em>W</em><em>aqf </em>of Hussein Kapetan Gradaščević, founded by himself, originat- ed from the period between 1820-1831. This <em>waqf </em>possessed land property, buildings, and yearly rental fee (<em>mukate</em>). Through the history the number of <em>waqf </em>property varied. <em>W</em><em>aqf </em>of Hussein Kapetan Gradaščević had centralized administration within the <em>waqf </em>of Osman–kapetan, Murat–kapetan and Hadji Bećir-bey Gradaščević.</p><p>At the beginning, the administer (<em>muteveli</em>) of these <em>waqfs</em>, by family inherited tradition, was chosen from the eldest male members of bey’s family and later on out of that family as well. Significant part of these <em>waqf </em>was taken away from the Islamic Community between the years 1878-1974, and the only small part of that <em>waqf </em>remains today. The income from the <em>waqf </em>of Hussein Kapetan Gradaščević was devoted to the salary of <em>imamas </em>and <em>muezzins </em>in Husejnija and Svirač mosques in Gradačac and Osman-bey mosque in Modriča, then to the salary for <em>muderith </em>of <em>madrasa </em>(high school) in Gradačac and Modriča, and also for maintenance of the mentioned mosques and <em>madrasahs</em>. The <em>waqf </em>of Hussein Kapetan Gradaščević by its property helped a lot or rather to say extraordinary contributed to urban development of the town of Gradačac and surrounding areas starting in the year 1820 and up to present days.</p><p>The most important <em>waqf </em>of Hussein Kapetan Gradaščević in the town of Gradačac is Huseijnija mosque (1826) and Clock Tower (1824), which were proclaimed as ‘’national monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina’’ in year 2004.</p> ER -