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The mosque was originally a structure made from mud brick and clay. In the years 1940, 1950, and finally, 1968, the mosque was completely rebuilt with brick, while maintaining the same layout and certain details of the original building. [2] A minaret was added to the mosque in 1880 under the orders of Sultan Abdul Hamid II. [2]
The Süleymaniye Mosque (Turkish: Süleymaniye Camii, pronounced [sylejˈmaːnije]) is an Ottoman imperial mosque located on the Third Hill of Istanbul, Turkey. The mosque was commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520–1566) and designed by the imperial architect Mimar Sinan. An inscription specifies the foundation date as 1550 and the ...
The list below contains some of the most important mosques in modern-day Turkey that were commissioned by the members of Ottoman imperial family.Some of these major mosques are also known as a selatin mosque, imperial mosque, [1] or sultanic mosque, meaning a mosque commissioned in the name of the sultan and, in theory, commemorating a military triumph.
Great Mosque of Sulaymaniyah: Sulaymaniyah: 1784 Su First mosque in Sulaymaniyah. Entombs the remains of local cleric Haji Kaka Ahmad and his grandson Mahmud Barzanji. It contains a cafeteria where meals for the needy are served. Said Sultan Ali Mosque: Baghdād: 1590 Su Great Mosque of Samarra: Sāmarrā' 851: Su Al-Sarai Mosque: Baghdād: 1293 Su
The Sulaymaniyya Takiyya (Arabic: التَّكِيَّة السُّلَيْمَانِيَّة, romanized: at-Takiyya as-Sulaymāniyya; Turkish: Şam Süleymaniye Külliyesi [1]) is a takiyya (Ottoman-era Arabic name for a mosque complex which served as a Sufi convent) in Damascus, Syria, located on the right bank of the Barada River. [2]
Sulaymaniyah or Slemani (Kurdish: سلێمانی, romanized: Silêmanî; [3] [4] Arabic: السليمانية, romanized: as-Sulaymāniyyah [5]), is a city in the east of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and is the capital of the Sulaymaniyah Governorate. It is surrounded by the Azmar (Ezmer), Goizha (Goyje) and Qaiwan (Qeywan) Mountains in the ...
This mosque was the first mosque in the town of Rhodes, built right after Ottomans besieged it and captured it in 1522. [3] [4] Local tradition holds that the mosque was built on the site of a previous church. [3] The mosque's construction is thus dated to around 1522–1523. [5] It is named after Sultan Suleiman, who led the Ottoman invasion. [2]
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