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This mosque would represent the pre-eminence of the Ottoman Empire. [7] The mosque was built on the site of the old Ottoman palace which was still in use at the time and had to be demolished. [8] The Arabic inscription above the entrance to prayer hall gives a foundation date of 1550 and an inauguration date of 1557. In reality, the planning of ...
Ballyhaunis Mosque, Ballyhaunis, County Mayo was built in 1987, making it the first purpose-built Mosque in Ireland. It is a small mosque, which accommodates about one hundred and fifty worshipers. It was built by a Muslim businessman called Sher Rafique who used to own a Halal meat factory there. [20] Sligo Mosque; Abbeyquarter North, Sligo
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]
Süleymaniye Mosque and Külliye in Istanbul. A külliye (Ottoman Turkish: كلیه) is a complex of buildings associated with Turkish architecture centered on a mosque and managed within a single institution, often based on a waqf (charitable foundation) and composed of a madrasa, a Dar al-Shifa (clinic), kitchens, bakery, hammam, other buildings for various charitable services for the ...
The Islamic Cultural Centre of Ireland (ICCI; Irish: Ionad Cultúrtha Ioslamach na hÉireann) is an Islamic complex, including a mosque, in Clonskeagh, Dublin, Ireland. It is funded by the al-Maktoum Foundation of Dubai and has a Sunni orientation.
The Ahlul Bayt Islamic Centre is the main Shia Islamic centre in Ireland and is situated at Milltown Bridge, Dublin. It is commonly known as ‘Hussainia’ and was previously the only Shia Muslim Islamic centre and mosque in Ireland. It draws Shia members from throughout the country, particularly at festival times and during Muharram. There ...
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]
Until the construction of the medreses of the Suleymaniye complex , the Sahn-ı Seman medrese was the most prestigious school in the Ottoman Empire. [1] It was a very large Islamic theological complex, grander in scale and organisation than earlier Ottoman medreses, constructed in the newly conquered (1453) former Byzantine capital city of ...