Derviš paša “Dedaga” Čengić
1823 – 1874
Čaršijska (Junuz-čauš) džamija
Above the grave of Čengić is a massive and decorated stone sarcophagus on which two sights are placed. The headpiece is finished with a shallow fez and a tassel, and the footpiece is decorated with a vine with bunches of grapes. And at the top of the foot monument there is a decorated protrusion. The monument is located in a special iron fence. The following chronogram in a poem in the Turkish language with talik script is engraved on the headpiece on two sides: "He (Allah), Distinguished Person, Ashraf I Hanedan live Gacka, His Excellency, Hero, Čengić Dede Pasha, He loved the descendants of Prophet Mustafa ( Muhammad) and helped the faith. This fighter for faith in Herzegovina most sincerely advocated for the advancement of faith. In order to help in the fight, he decided to go to Prem Nikšić, where he fell ill. And not being cured, he surrendered his soul, and at the hour of his death, he recommended patience to his two sons, that honest and heroic fighter. Read the second half of t
