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Sinan Pasha Mosque - Sinan PaÅŸa Camii
Centrum, BeÅŸiktaÅŸ District, Istanbul, TR
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Even if it was a cloudy day, I was able to pull out some tones using HDR. My not sure what this structure is called, so if you happen to know, kindly inform me.
My pastor is president of the Middletown, NY Interfaith Council. which arranged a visit to the Middletown Islamic Center built in 2008. Our hosts were gracious and the Imam answered many questions and gave us a tour.
TheKatra Masjid (also known as Katra Mosque) is a mosque and the tomb of Nawab Murshid Quli Khan built between 1723 and 1724.[1] It is located in the north eastern side of the city of Murshidabad, in the Indian state of West Bengal. Its importance lies not only as a great centre of Islamic learning but also for the tomb of Murshid Quli Khan, who is buried under the entrance staircase. The most striking feature is the two large corner towers having loopholes for musketry.
At present it is maintained and protected by the Archaeological Survey of India and the Government of West Bengal. - Wikipedia
may Allah grant his prayers, Ameen... a man reading al-quran at walkway outside the main praying hall, sultan salahuddin mosque, shah alam
The main entrance to the National Mosque in Abuja, Nigeria. The mosque was built in 1984 and one of the chief religious sites in the capital. The mosque is open to non-Muslims during times when it is not being used for religious services.
ZIYARAT OF MESJID AL-NABI
Idhun al-Dukhul means permission to enter the Prophet?s mosque for the Ziyarat (paying homage) of the Pr ophet:
O Allah, I am standing at the door of one of the houses of Your Prophet and the family. You have prohibited the people from entering his house except by the permission of Your Prophet and You said: ?O You who believe do not enter the house of the Prophet unless permitted to do so?. O Allah, I believe in this in his absence just as I believe it in his presence and I know that Your Prophet and Your vicegerents upon whom be peace, are alive in your presence, they are being nourished, they see my position and hear my speech and they return my greetings and (I believe) that You have covered my ears from hearing their speech and have opened the door of perception of their secret conversations (with You); I seek Your permission, O my Lord firstly; then I seek the permission of Your Prophet, peace be upon him and his family secondly and I seek the permission of Your vicegerent, the Imam whose obedience is incumbent upon me and (the permission of) Your angels entrusted over this blessed site thirdly. May I enter, O Prophet of Allah, may I enter O the proof of Allah, may I enter, O angels of Allah who are stationed close to this shrine, so pe rmit me O my master to enter the best of way that You have permitted any of Your friends, if I am not deserving of that then You surely are deserving of that.
Dabgir Masjid, Thatta.
Dabgir Mosque in Thatta is thought to be the oldest monument of Thatta. This mosque is also known as the Mosque of Amir Khusrao Khan Charkas, a descendent of Changez Khan who was made governor of Thatta in 1590, when the Mughals annexed Sindh. Khusrao Khan Charkas is credited with building over 360 public monuments in Thatta alone, including mosques, tombs, bridges, inns, wells, and masdrassahs (schools).
During Jalauddin Muhammad Akbar's reign, this mosque was situated in the heart of the city. Despite the ravages of time, vandals, and misguided restorers, its former grandeur is still visible in parts of its structure. The best surviving portion of the mosque, which is now quite dilapidated, is its sanctuary. Nothing is known about the form of the courtyard, surrounding walls, gateways, and minarets, if there were any. The sanctuary consists of three bays. The central one has lost its dome, while the two flanking bays are capped by low domes.
The mosque has three compartments in the sanctuary. The central one is the largest. It forms a square of 24 feet and contains a mihrab (arch) with a window in each side. Arched passages connect this chamber with the smaller chambers on the sides. The construction of the mosque is peculiar. In the central bay, the square span is converted into an octagon with much smaller diagonal sides. This irregular octagon is visible externally as well. Above this is placed a regular octagon, also externally visible. Four of its sides are continuations of the lower octagon. On the eastern side there is an arched opening into the base of a low dome, which is now missing. In the side chambers, the oblong span is converted into a square, and then this square void is domed in the same manner as the central dome. The whole construction is of brick covered with lime plaster. On the two sides of the sanctuary, two flights of stairs ascend to the roof.
This mosque's charming recesses, which once contained exquisite and chaste tiles with arabesque from Hala in Sindh, now bear only crude smudges of concrete quite lacking in delicacy. Sensitive curves, niches, and moldings of the cymareversa type are now overlaid with patches of cement and plaster. However, some tile work surviving inside the mosque compensates for what has been mercilessly obliterated outside. These provide the earliest examples of Sindhi tiles (circa 1509). They are confined to only two colors, usually a deep rich blue and a pale turquoise blue on a white ground.
This elegant made mosque is now totally ruined and this all because of neglected management of Archeology (Asar-e-Qadima) and the Pakistan Government, if the management committee of old monuments do nothing about this, then in few years it will be finish.
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this was basicly taken by accident, as i set up my tripod : )
I like it but wanted to know what others think
Isa Bey Mosque, Selcuk (or Seljuk), Izmir, Turkey, October 2009. Selcuk was originally a Greek settlement, Agios Theologos. The Mosque was built by the Seljuk (or Seljuq) Turks on Ayasuluk Hill in 1374-75.
Bibi-Khanym Mosque (Persian: مسجد بی بی خانم‎; Uzbek: Bibi-Xonum machiti) is a famous historical Friday mosque in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, whose name comes from the wife of 14th-century ruler, Amir Timur. The outer walls are 167 metres (182.63 yards) in length and 109 metres (119.20 yards) in width. The cupola of the main chamber reaches a height of 40 metres, and the entranceway is 35 metres high. There is a large marble Qur'an stand in the centre of the courtyard.
The name of Bibi-Khanym Mosque is very poetic as well as a legend, related with its construction. By the legend the mosque was built by the Tamerlane's favorite wife, Bibi-Khanym, in honor of his return from a trip to India. According to her aim the mosque was planned to be the most grandiose creation of Samarkand. An architect, leading the construction of the mosque, fell madly in love with the beautiful queen, and delayed the completion of work in any possible way. Bibi Khanum was furious with the delay, as Timur had to come back very soon and the building still was not ready. When the queen asked the architect to hurry with the construction of the mosque, the architect stated a condition that the building would be ready in time, if she allowed him to kiss her.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibi-Khanym_Mosque
Mosque, Köln
Paul Böhm, Architect
View from 'Innere Kanalstrasse', one of the main traffic arteries which surround Köln. The rough-construction is almost complete, and the minarettes have reached their final height (55 m).
Wazir Khan Mosque was built in 1634-35 AD during the reign of Mughal Emperor ShahJehan by Ilam-ud-din-Dinsari commonly known as Nawab Wazir Khan, who was governer of lahore till 1639 AD
The entore mosque is built with small bricks laid in "Kanker Lime" with a sparkling of red sand-stone. The mosque was built in 7 years.
Istanbul, Turkey, my favourite memory, everynight 100s of birds would fly around the mosque glowing in the spotlights. This night we we treated to magnificent thunder storms as well.
This is a small mosque in Nicosia, Cyprus. The exact date of it's construction is unknown. The mosque is dedicated to the flag-bearer (Turkish: bayraktar), who fell whilst planting the first Ottoman flag on the walls of Nicosia on the Constanza bastion, on 9 September 1570 during the Ottoman conquest of Cyprus. The entrance to the mosque is through a sharp pointed arch above which there is an inscription in Ottoman Turkish detailing past repairs to the building.