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Mosque in Dubai, UAE. Asma, the young lady wrapped in black is our tour guide. Color photography by Donna Corless.
(Golden Mosque) (built 1749)
The Sunehri Masjid is a relative latecomer to Lahore's traditional cityscape, having been built in 1753 during the waning years of the Mughal empire by Nawab Bhikari Khan, the Deputy of Lahore during the tenure of Governor Mir Mu'in al-Mulk Mir Munoo. It stands on a small plot of land where one street diverges into two. When Nawab Bhikari Khan acquired the property, it was a vacant parcel of land at the chowk (square) of Kashmiri Bazaar.
The pre-eminent architectural historian Kamil Khan Mumtaz is highly critical of the design, writing:
"On close inspection the corruption of Mughal forms is revealed in every detail. The bulbous Mughal domes are now exaggerated into the form of grotesque vegetables capped with slender drooping leaves. The merlons have become naga hoods, and the column stalks growing out of cabbages that blossom into life-like lotuses."
From Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Ahmed_Mosque
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Turkish: Sultanahmet Camii) is a historical mosque in Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey and the capital of the Ottoman Empire (from 1453 to 1923). The mosque is one of several mosques known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles adorning the walls of its interior. It was built between 1609 and 1616, during the rule of Ahmed I. Like many other mosques, it also comprises a tomb of the founder, a madrasah and a hospice. The Sultan Ahmed Mosque has become one of the greatest tourist attractions of Istanbul.
After the humiliating Peace of Zsitvatorok and the unfavourable result of the wars with Persia, Sultan Ahmed I decided to build a large mosque in Istanbul to placate Allah. This would be the first imperial mosque in more than forty years. Whereas his predecessors had paid for their mosques with their war booty, Sultan Ahmed I had to withdraw the funds from the treasury, because he had not won any notable victories. This provoked the anger of the ulema, the Muslim legal scholars.
The mosque was to be built on the site of the palace of the Byzantine emperors, facing the Hagia Sophia (at that time the most venerated mosque in Istanbul) and the hippodrome, a site of great symbolic significance. Large parts of the southern side of the mosque rest on the foundations, the vaults and the undercrofts of the Great Palace. Several palaces, already built on the same spot, had to be bought (at considerable price) and pulled down, especially the palace of Sokollu Mehmet Paşa, and large parts of the Sphendone (curved tribune with U-shaped structure of the hippodrome).
Construction of the mosque started in August 1609 when the sultan himself came to break the first sod. It was his intention that this would become the first mosque of his empire. He appointed his royal architect Sedefhar Mehmet Ağa, a pupil and senior assistant of the famous architect Sinan as the architect in charge of the construction. The organization of the work was described in meticulous detail in eight volumes, now in the library of the Topkapı Palace. The opening ceremonies were held in 1617 (although the gate of the mosque records 1616) and the sultan was able to pray in the royal box (hünkâr mahfil). But the building wasn't finished yet in this last year of his reign, as the last accounts were signed by his successor Mustafa I.
The design of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque is the culmination of two centuries of both Ottoman mosque and Byzantine church development. It incorporates some Byzantine elements of the neighboring Hagia Sophia with traditional Islamic architecture and is considered to be the last great mosque of the classical period. The architect has ably synthesized the ideas of his master Sinan, aiming for overwhelming size, majesty and splendour, but the interior lacks his creative thinking.
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque (Arabic :جامع الشيخ زايد الكبير) is located in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates.
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque was initiated by the late President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. His final resting place is located on the grounds beside the same mosque.
As the country’s grand mosque, it is the key place of worship for Friday gathering and Eid prayers. It is the largest mosque in the UAE and numbers during Eid can be more than forty thousand people.
The Putra Mosque, or Masjid Putra in Malay language, is the principal mosque of Putrajaya, Malaysia. Construction of the mosque began in 1997 and was completed two years later. It is located next to Perdana Putra which houses the Malaysian Prime Minister's office and man-made Putrajaya Lake. In front of the mosque is a large square with flagpoles flying Malaysian states' flags.
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This small mosque also seems to have used old Hindu pillars, like Dilawar Khan's mosque and Malik Mughith's mosque.
A local Mosque near my hotel call the Little Hagia Sophia, Over 90% of residents here are Muslim and Mosques dominate the landscape like church steeples dominate (or at least used to) Montreal's. The most important being the beautiful Blue Mosque which was a 3 minute walk from my hotel. Several times a day (I believe 5) there is a calling to Prayer from the speakers on the Minarets and although you do see people praying and women in head scarves (and occasionally in full Burkas) the city residents seemed somewhat neutral or more likely they are very private about how they express their religion. This overlay on the city was one of the most fascinating to me.
September 1993.
Film: Fuji Velvia 50 ASA.
Camera: PENTAX-LX.
Lens: Asahi-Pentax 300mm.
Filter: Hoya Palarizer.
Exposure: f/8 , 1/250 sec.
The long journey back through the Nubian desert south of Aswan is sometimes punctuated by interesting rock formations that suggest naturally formed pyramids or fascinating distant mirages..
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 reapired 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.
Jumeirah Mosque. Dubai.
The beautiful Jumeirah Mosque in Dubai is a much-photographed landmark. Built in the Medieval Fatimid tradition, the Jumeirah Mosque has a capacity of 1,200 people.
For all the glitz and glamour of Dubai, there’s still an undercurrent of humility amongst many of its Muslim population, which a visit to Jumeirah Mosque makes apparent. It’s one of the few ways that visitors can sweep aside the veil of Islam and witness the real face of the country’s religion. It’s also the only Dubai mosque to open its doors to non-Muslims.
A 16th-century masterpiece by Mimar Sinan. The lavish use of expensive hand-painted Iznik tiles reflected Rüstem Pasha's wealth. He was Suleyman the Magnificent's grand vizier and son-in-law.
This was an early use of the iconic 'tomato red' color in Iznik tile.
Of all the immense variety of tile in this place, this sample is practically the same shot as one of the three that Wikipedia has featured: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%BCstem_Pasha_Mosque
Grand mosque, Kairouan. Prayer room for 3000 people.
Women to the left, men to the right (in the dark) - facing mecca.
A misty evening at one of the largest mosque's in the world
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