The Sultanija Mosque was built in 1907 thanks to the funds of Sultan Abdul Hamid II. Sultan Abdul Hamid II ordered the construction of a mosque as a sign of gratitude and respect to the population of Plav for their loyalty to the Ottoman Empire and courage in the defense of Plav and Gusinje from the Montenegrin army in Boj na Nokšić in 1879. Sultanija Mosque is the last built Ottoman mosque in Montenegro.
The mosque is located in the very center of Plav bazaar. It was built almost ten years ago from very strong material. It was built by famous builders from Debra. The stone for the mosque was brought from a great distance. This mosque is unique in its construction in our area. This specificity is reflected in the artistic design, i.e. stone carving, as well as tying stone using a groove, which until then was the case only with wood processing. The stone and the groove were bound with lead, so that this object appeared to be cast. The slender minaret, as well as the dome of the mosque, were built from the same material and on the same principle. It is assumed that an egg mixture was mixed with the mortar, which gave the object great strength. The walls of the mosque, both external and internal, were decorated with carved verses in the Arabic language, as well as unique arabesques. In 1927, the minaret of the mosque was demolished, the mosque was taken from the Islamic community and turned into a school. Then crosses were placed on two corners of the roof. On two occasions in 1933 and 1938, the reisululemas of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia unsuccessfully requested that the crosses be removed from the mosque. It served as a school even after the Second World War. In 1959, the mosque was turned into a police station and prison. The inscriptions in Arabic were removed from the walls of the mosque, the windows and doors were changed, the interior of the mosque was partitioned so that instead of the mihrab, minbar and jurs, prison cells and offices were made.
Based on the request of the Mosque of the Islamic community in Montenegro and the discussion with the President of the Republic on this and other issues, the mosque was returned to the Islamic community in 1991. The renovation of the mosque began in 2000 and lasted five years. The renovated mosque was reopened in 2005. In the complex of the mosque there was also a rozdija (Ottoman secondary school with a general education program). Like the Sultani Mosque, this building was confiscated. It housed the Military Department. Today, it is the headquarters of the Majlis of the Plav Islamic Community.
In front of the Sultanija Mosque, there is a niche, a memorial to the martyrs killed during the violent Christianization of the population of the Plav-Gusin region, committed by the Montenegrin authorities in 1913.
