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The prayer hall of the Great Mosque of Damascus has three aisles, supported by columns in the Corinthian order. The interior of the mosque was richly decorated with mosaics, including the largest golden mosaic in the world, at over 4.000 m². However, a fire In 1893 damaged the mosque extensively and many mosaics were lost, although some have been restored since.
The Larabanga mosque, reputed to be the oldest in Ghana, dating perhaps from 1421, is constructed in the Sahelian or Sudano-Sahelian style: mudbricks covered with abobe plaster, whitewashed and repaired regularly, with maintenance made easier by the projecting wooden beams. Next to Larabanga, famous examples can be found in Djenne and other cities in Mali (see my Mali set) and in Burkina FAso (see my Burkina Faso set) among other locations. They are beautifiul to behold.
The Nusretiye Mosque was erected between 1823 and 1826 by Mahmud II (1784-1839) as part of a larger project to rebuild the Tophane artillery barracks that burnt in the Firuzaga fire. It is located off the Western shore of the Bosphorus, below Tophane or the Canon Foundry established by Mehmed II (1432-1481) and was built on the former site of the Mosque of the Artillery Barracks (Tophane-i Amire Arabacilar Kislasi Camii) built by Selim III (1789-1807). In style, the mosque signifies a transition from Ottoman baroque to empire style. Its architect is Krikor Balyan (1764-1831), who is the first in nine architects belonging to the Armenian Balyan family who served the royal family throughout the nineteenth century. The mosque was named Nusretiye or Victory, in celebration of the sultan's recent abolition of the rebellious janissary troops in favor of a new western-style army -- an event known in Ottoman history as Vaka-i Hayriye or the auspicious event.
When it was built, the Nusretiye mosque stood to the northeast of a rectangular parade ground facing the Bosphorus with the Meclis-i Mebusan or Parliament Street at its back. The artillery barracks, built by Mahmud II at the same time as the mosque, bound the southwest side of the parade ground. His successor, Abdülmecid I (1839-1861), added a clock tower (Tophane saat kulesi) at the center of the grounds and built the royal Tophane kiosk (Tophane Kasri) at the street end of the longitudinal axis. In 1866, the neo-classical strip housing the offices of the marshals was built on the other side of Meclis-i Mebusan Street from the Tophane kiosk and the fenced parade ground, completing the monumental appearance of the military complex seen in older photographs. Only the mosque, the clock tower and the Tophane kiosk have survived the mid 1950s urban renewal and highway construction programs. The parade ground was developed into a trade entrepôt with concrete warehouses extending into newly infilled grounds behind the mosque. The mosque stands today on Necati Bey Street, having lost its historical context and connection with the water. It was restored between 1955 and 1958, and again in 1980 and 1992.
The mosque stands raised on a tall basement, oriented along the northwest-southeast axis. It consists of a square prayer hall with narthex and mihrab apse, and a large sultan's kiosk, which wraps the west and north corners at the front, on either side of the tall portico. Side arcades made of five domed bays flank the prayer hall on the exterior. Although the mosque lacks a monumental courtyard, a prominent feature in classical Ottoman mosques, it has a small side courtyard that adjoins the prayer hall to the northeast. The side arcade on this side is a few steps below the courtyard whereas to the southwest the arcade has two-stories and has a door at the lower colonnade that leads down to the basement level.
The mosque portal is located at the center of the three-bay portico, a monumental baroque entrance with two staircases leading up to its terrace. The staircases are framed on either side by the projecting bays of the sultan's kiosk, which is raised to the height of the portico domes carried on arches and columns, forming open terraces below. The residential-looking sultan's kiosk dominates the front façade of the mosque and zigzags around the corners where the minarets are attached to form wings projecting outwards into the parade ground and the side courtyard. It is entered primarily from a baroque portal adjoining the side arcade on the southwest façade; there are secondary entrances on either side of the portico.
Inside, the prayer hall is crowned with a single dome, raised on four grand arches that spring from the four corners. The narthex to the northwest has women's prayer section flanking the entrance and the muezzin's platform at the gallery level. The grand arch above the narthex is carried on two piers and three arches, the larger central arch mirrors the arch of the mihrab semi-dome across the hall. Along the southwest wall, to the right, is the sultan's lodge -- a balcony with gilt screens entered from the sultan's kiosk. Windows pierced into the tympana of the grand arches and twenty windows around the dome illuminate the interior from above. Of the two tiers of windows at the ground level, the lower casements are crowned with baroque vases carved in the marble tympana of the window arches. All of the upper windows have faux frames painted in the baroque style. The mihrab and minbar are carved of white marble and decorated with flowers and gilt garlands. Perhaps the most important decorative element on the interior is a calligraphic band inscribed with the Koranic sura of The Event or Al-Naba, which travels the interior located above the casement windows. It is written in gold celi style letters over a dark background by the famous calligrapher Mustafa Rakim (1757-1826).
The mosque has two minarets located at the west and east corners. Raised on tall square foundations, the fluted minaret shafts have bulbous bases and double balconies with wavy balustrades. In order to create a view for passing ships to read the string of lights with devotional messages (mahya) hung between the two minarets without being obstructed by the dome, the minarets were taken down and rebuilt taller in 1826. The superstructure, including the dome, is marked with exuberant architectural decorations. Curved pilasters with finials alternate with the dome windows and large bulbous weight turrets with pointed domes that are placed at the springing of the grand arches, which are bordered with lace-like cornices. The mosque is constructed primarily of cut stone.
To the northeast, the entrance to the small side courtyard is flanked by twin structures of the sabil (sebil), on the right, and the room of the timekeeper (muvakkithane), on the left. Positioned originally across the street, they were moved adjacent to the mosque during the rule of Abdülaziz I (1861-1879). They are round with arched grille windows facing the street and are crowned by conical domes with wavy eaves mirrored by wavy marble cornices with inscriptive plaques. A fountain kiosk erected beside the mosque by Abdülhamid II in 1901 has been moved to Maçka neighborhood as part of the urban renewal program.
The Great Mosque of Paris was founded in 1926 as a token of the French people's gratitude to Muslims from France's colonial empire who fought against the Germans in WWI. A hundred thousand of them died.
The Faisal Mosque in Islamabad is the largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the fourth largest mosque in the world. It was the largest mosque in the world from 1986 to 1993 when overtaken in size by the completion of the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco. Subsequent expansions of the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) of Mecca and the Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (Prophet's Mosque) in Medina, Saudi Arabia during the 1990s relegated Faisal Mosque to fourth place in terms of size.
Faisal Mosque is the National Mosque of Pakistan. It has a covered area of 5,000 m2 (54,000 sq ft) and has a capacity to accommodate approximately 300,000 worshippers (100,000 in its main prayer hall, courtyard and porticoes and another 200,000 in its adjoining grounds). Although its covered main prayer hall is smaller than that of the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca (the world's third largest mosque), Faisal Mosque has the third largest capacity of accommodating worshippers in its adjoining grounds after the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) of Mecca, the Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (Prophet's Mosque) in Medina.[2]. Each of the Mosque's four minarets are 80 m (260 ft) high (the tallest minarets in South Asia) and measure 10 x 10 m in circumference.
The Faisal Mosque is named after the late King Faisal bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia, who supported and financed the project.
(Source: Wikipedia Encyclopedia)
mok and I traveled to Chefchaouen, Morocco in 1999. Still my favourite country to visit. This mosque is in the central square.
No disrespect to the locals - who may not like the idea - but this is the ultimate beatnik holiday spot. Cheap wonderful hotels, cheaper wonderful hashish and an unbelievable medieval town that looks like it's made out of icecream.
I was too chicken to use - and didn't realise the benefit of using - slide film at the time. But every so often the Fuji Superia 200 really did its stuff (or every so often my crappy technique came together :).
I have linear polarizers for my Pentax lenses. I wonder if others agree that the circular polarizers that you need for autofocus cameras have a less intense effect?
La Mosquée Ketchaoua* est un lieu de culte historique algérois, situé dans la Basse Casbah.
L'histoire de cet édifice débuterait en 1436. Par la suite, la mosquée connaît plusieurs modifications dont les dernières furent entreprises par le colonisateur français et visaient à dédier ce lieu au culte catholique.
Après l'indépendance de l'Algérie, la cathédrale Saint-Philippe reprit le nom de Mosquée Ketchaoua.
Les travaux de restauration, lancés il y a plusieurs années, viennent d'arriver à leur terme.
(*) Ketchaoua signifierait en turc : « plateau des chèvres | Keçi ova ».
Casbah - Wilaya d'Alger - Algérie
Octobre 2017
beauiful blue mosque frequented by iranian moslims on imamwada road, off mohammed ali road in central bombay. the courtyard is one of the most beautifull places in the entire city
The Faisal Mosque in Islamabad is the largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the fourth largest mosque in the world. It was the largest mosque in the world from 1986 to 1993 when overtaken in size by the completion of the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco. Subsequent expansions of the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) of Mecca and the Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (Prophet's Mosque) in Medina, Saudi Arabia during the 1990s relegated Faisal Mosque to fourth place in terms of size.
Faisal Mosque is the National Mosque of Pakistan. It has a covered area of 5,000 m2 (54,000 sq ft) and has a capacity to accommodate approximately 300,000 worshippers (100,000 in its main prayer hall, courtyard and porticoes and another 200,000 in its adjoining grounds). Although its covered main prayer hall is smaller than that of the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca (the world's third largest mosque), Faisal Mosque has the third largest capacity of accommodating worshippers in its adjoining grounds after the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) of Mecca, the Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (Prophet's Mosque) in Medina.[2]. Each of the Mosque's four minarets are 80 m (260 ft) high (the tallest minarets in South Asia) and measure 10 x 10 m in circumference.
The Faisal Mosque is named after the late King Faisal bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia, who supported and financed the project.
In 1992 Sultan Qaboos directed that his country of Oman should have a Grand Mosque. A competition for its design took place in 1993 and after a site was chosen construction commenced in 1995. Building work took six years and four months.
The Mosque is built on a site occupying 416,000 square metres and the complex extends to cover an area of 40,000 square metres.
The Mosque is built from 300,000 tonnes of Indian sandstone. The main musalla (prayer hall) is square (external dimensions 74.4 x 74.4 metres) with a central dome rising to a height of fifty metres above the floor. The dome and the main minaret (90 metres) and four flanking minarets (45.5 metres) are the mosque’s chief visual features. The main musalla can hold over 6,500 worshippers, while the women’s musalla can accommodate 750 worshipers. The outer paved ground can hold 8,000 worshipers and there is additional space available in the interior courtyard and the passageways, making a total capacity of up to 20,000 worshipers.
A major feature of the design of the interior is the prayer carpet which covers the entire floor of the prayer hall. It contains, 1,700,000 knots, weighs 21 tonnes and took four years to produce, and brings together the classical Tabriz, Kashan and Isfahan design traditions. 28 colors in varying shades were used, the majority obtained from traditional vegetable dyes. It is the second largest single piece carpet in the world. The carpet measures over 70 × 60 meters, and covers the 4,343 square meter area of the praying hall, all in a single piece.
The prayer hall is lit by 35 chandeliers made of Swarovski crystal: the grand chandelier being 14 meters tall and weighing 8 tonnes.
The whole interior of the Grand Mosque is panelled with off-white and dark grey marble panelling clothed in cut tile work. Ceramic floral patterns adorn arch framed mural panels set in the marble forming blind niches in a variety of classical Persian, predominantly Safavid, designs. The ceilings are inspired by those of Omani forts. The mihrab in the main prayer hall is framed by a border of Quranic verses and a gilded ceramic surround. The dome comprises a series of ornate, engraved stained glass triangles within a framework of marble columns. (wiki)
It was quite an overcast day and very difficult to get any shots without people.
It was an amazing place to visit.
The central dome of the mosque is 12.70 metres (41.7 ft) in diameter, carried on pendentives on granite piers and two half-domes on the Qibla axis
The Badshahi Mosque (in Lahore) was commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in 1671. Capable of accommodating 5,000 worshippers in its main prayer hall and a further 95,000 in its courtyard and porticoes, it remained the largest mosque in the world from 1673 to 1986 (a period of 313 years), when overtaken in size by the completion of the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad. Today, it remains the second largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the fifth largest mosque in the world after the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) of Mecca, the Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (Prophet's Mosque) in Medina, the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca and the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad.
(Wikipidea)
Tengku Tengah Zaharah Mosque, more popularly known as The Floating Mosque.
Terengganu, Malaysia
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The mosque of Dai Angah was built during the reign of Shah Jahan in 1635 by his dai (wet-nurse) Angah and is known after her name. Her real name was Zebunnisa, and she was the wife of Murad Khan. It is related that Dai Angah had this beautiful mosque built on the eve of her departure for Haj. The mosque contains some of the finest examples of tile mosaic work among numerous contemporary examples in Lahore. It is the only known specimen where mosaic faience has been used for the interior as well. The prayer chamber is divided into three compartments by means of lateral arches. The central bay, larger than the others, has exceptionally rich decoration. The usual arched recess sunk deeply into the western wall serves as the mihrab. It is crowned, like its flanking counterparts, with a high double dome placed on squinches composed of eight small arched panels. The side bays, less elaborately decorated, have double domes resting on pendentives. The central compartment has a pronounced projection created by means of an engrailed arch and a half-dome embellished with tiled panels. The projected frame is marked with slender pilasters on either corner, while at the two eastern corners of the prayer chamber are square minarets surmounted with a carved platform on which once rested the kiosk.
The exterior surface of the projection, as well as the flanking compartments, have been divided into numerous decorative panels of various shapes, sizes, and designs and filled with fluoridate patterns created by means of mosaic Kashi. The dominant colours used in the tilery, here as well as in the interior panels, are blue, orange, and yellow. The domes are plastered, but possess pronounced cavettos, reminiscent of similar treatment at the Moti Masjid of Lahore Fort. Within the courtyard in which the building stands, an ablution tank has been found, and traces exist of what may prove to be a second tank. The mosque suffered vandalism at the hands of Sikh ruler Ranjit Singh, who used it as a military magazine. After annexation of the Punjab by the British, the mosque was used as a residence by Henry Cope, an editor of the old Lahore Chronicle, who sold it to the Punjab-Delhi Railway Company for Rs.12,000. It then became the office of a Punjab railway traffic manager. In 1903 it was returned to the Muslims in a greatly dilapidated condition. Since then, it has undergone so many repairs that its original features have been almost completely destroyed.
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Anga was the wet-nurse of the Emperor Shah Jahan. The Masjid known after her name is situated at the station of the Punjab Northern State railway. It is a splendid mosque, and ws used as the private residence of Mr. Henry Cope, late editor of the old Lahore Chronicle Newspaper and Press. He sold it for Rs.12,000 to the late Punjab and Delhi Railway Company. When the Railway came under the direct management of the State, the house was transferred to Government, and considerable additionas having been made to it, it is now used a the mosque are bulb-like. Passages from the Koran, on the walls inside, are preserved along, with beautiful enameled work in yellow color.
Anga, in Urdu, means wet-nurse. The real name of Anga was Zeb-un-Nisa. She was the wife of Morad Khan, a Moghal who was Adawlati or Magistrate of Bikaner during the reign of Jahangir. He had a son, Mahomed Rshid Khan, who was one of the hest archers of the time. He was killed in the action with Dara Shekoh. Anga, in her old age, expressed a wish to go on a pilgrimage to Mecca, and the Emperor Shah Jahan provided her with suitable means to perform the holy pilgrimage. Before leaving India she built this mosque in 1045 A.H. being the eighth year of the reign of Shah Jahan. It was one of the most frequented mosques enabled it to maintain its flourishing condition as a place of worship for a long time. Ranjit Singh, on coming to power, used it as a powder magazine, as he did many other mosques and mausoleums, until Mr. Cope, on the annexation of the Punjab, used it as his residence, with the sanction of the British authorities.