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The Mosque of Amr ibn al-As (Arabic: جامع عمرو بن العاص), also called the Mosque of Amr, was originally built in 642 AD, as the center of the newly founded capital of Egypt, Fustat. The original structure was the first mosque ever built in Egypt, and by extension, the first mosque on the continent of Africa
جامع عمرو بن العاص هو أول مسجد بني في مصر وإفريقيا كلها. بني في مدينة الفسطاط التي أسسها المسلمون في مصر بعد فتحها. كان يسمى أيضا بمسجد الفتح والمسجد العتيق وتاج الجوامع. يقع جامع عمرو بن العاص شرق النيل عند خط طول 31 13 59 شرق، وعند خط عرض 30 0 37 شمال
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The Zeynep Sultan Mosque (in Turkish Zeynep Sultan Camii) is a mosque built in 1769 by Ayazma Mosque's architect Mehmet Tahir Ağa for Ahmed III's daughter Zeynep Asıme Sultan. It evokes Byzantine churches because of its architectural style and materials that were used in its construction.
The mosque is on Alemdar Caddesi (Street) in Istanbul, across the street from Gülhane Park and viewable from the tram that circulates the city. In the back side of the mosque there is a building which was once used as mektep[1] and now being used as primary school. The part once used as sebil[2] is now closed. In front of the mosque there is a fountain which was actually part of Abd-al-Hamid I's külliye[3]. Fountain was carried here in 1920s when 4. Vakıf Han's construction in Eminönü. Osmanlı Araştırmaları Vakfı is above the Mosque.
Ottoman military hero Alemdar Mustafa Pasha's grave is in hazîre[4] of the mosque and due to road construction Zeynep Sultan's corpse in the cellar is waiting for the time of her new tomb's construction. The grave of Melek Mehmet Pasha, who was Selim III's Grand Vizier and Zeynep Sultan's husband, is also in the hazîre of the mosque.
Bani is a small town on the way from Ouagadougou to Gorom-Gorom. It looks interesting, and has an interesting story. A series of seven fascinating mud-brick mosques are scattered around the town, several on hill tops, standing out against the sky as you approach. I was told the mosques are laid out in the same pattern as in Mecca, though I have not been able to confirm this.
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www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2007/11/bani.html
The Süleymaniye Mosque was undergoing trestoration, so I couldonly see a small portion. I would like to come back here again, when the restoration is complete.
It was built on the order of Sultan Suleiman I (Suleiman the Magnificent) and was constructed by the great Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan. The construction work began in 1550 and the mosque was finished in 1557.
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Bani is a small town on the way from Ouagadougou to Gorom-Gorom. It looks interesting, and has an interesting story. A series of seven fascinating mud-brick mosques are scattered around the town, several on hill tops, standing out against the sky as you approach. I was told the mosques are laid out in the same pattern as in Mecca, though I have not been able to confirm this.
uit:
www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2007/11/bani.html
Bani is a small town on the way from Ouagadougou to Gorom-Gorom. It looks interesting, and has an interesting story. A series of seven fascinating mud-brick mosques are scattered around the town, several on hill tops, standing out against the sky as you approach. I was told the mosques are laid out in the same pattern as in Mecca, though I have not been able to confirm this.
uit:
www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2007/11/bani.html
About 10% of the population of Bulgaria are muslim, a relic of hundreds of years of domination by the Ottoman Empire. The moslems tend to be concentrated in certain areas. One such area is here in the mountains to the south of the country. A series of villages visible from the narrow-gauge train between Septemvri and Dobriniste are dominated by minarets rather than church towers or steeples. A strange sight in Europe! In Bulgaria there doesn't seem to be any friction between the communities - unlike in other parts of the Balkans.
Another picture of Putra Mosque. The architecture has mixture of Persian, Ottoman and Malay flavour of design. Its absolutely gorgeous !
Bani is a small town on the way from Ouagadougou to Gorom-Gorom. It looks interesting, and has an interesting story. A series of seven fascinating mud-brick mosques are scattered around the town, several on hill tops, standing out against the sky as you approach. I was told the mosques are laid out in the same pattern as in Mecca, though I have not been able to confirm this.
uit:
www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2007/11/bani.html
An immense mausoleum of white marble, built in Agra between 1631 and 1648 by order of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favourite wife, the Taj Mahal is the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage.
The Taj Mahal is located on the right bank of the Yamuna River in a vast Mughal garden that encompasses nearly 17 hectares, in the Agra District in Uttar Pradesh. It was built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal with construction starting in 1632 AD and completed in 1648 AD, with the mosque, the guest house and the main gateway on the south, the outer courtyard and its cloisters were added subsequently and completed in 1653 AD.
The four free-standing minarets at the corners of the platform added a hitherto unknown dimension to the Mughal architecture. The four minarets provide not only a kind of spatial reference to the monument but also give a three dimensional effect to the edifice.
La Mosquée de Paris, construite entre 1922 et 1926, est située dans le Quartier latin, à deux pas du Museum d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris. De style hispano-mauresque, elle est dominée par son minaret de 33 mètres de hauteur. Inspiré de l’Alhambra de Grenade, le patio est entouré d’arcades sculptées. La salle des prières est une étape obligatoire de la visite pour sa décoration et ses magnifiques tapis. La Mosquée de Paris est aussi un lieu de détente avec son hammam où sont passés BOURVIL et DE FUNÈS dans “La Grande Vadrouille”, son restaurant, où déjeunaient BIRKIN et GAINSBOURG dans le film “Slogan”, sa cour ombragée où les habitants du quartier ont l'habitude de venir goûter un thé à la menthe ou un moment de quiétude.
Sheikh Zayed Mosque is the largest mosque in the country and the eighth largest mosque in the world.
Mehmet Aga Mosque
It is located on the first floor of a building on Socratous street. It’s oblique position in comparison to Socratous st. (facing towards Mecca) led to the angular projection of the mosque which is supported by a column that can be seen in the middle of the street.
The wooden minaret has a roofed balcony that ends up to a stoned stairway. The view is exceptional from the top. The exterior look of the building was based on the same architecture as the byzantine mansions built in the 18th century.
It suffered severe damages in 1863 from earthquakes and was repaired in 1875. New repairs were made in 1948 after the 1944 bombings. These last repairs also altered the interior decorations. The last restorations took place in 2004.
(Source: rhodes.gr)
In Rhodes town there is an interesting mosque. This wooden mosque catch eyes with its minaret. According to its door inscription, Aga Mosque rebuilt in 1820 by Mehmet Aga.
(Source: virtualtourist.com)
© Aslak Tronrud 2012
jame' Saeed bin taimoor in alkhuwair\ sultanate of Oman
well this shot I took looong time ago before cyclone Gonu starts and I found it while I was searching for something accidentally ... you might probably notice that the angle of the shot needs a lil modification ... that's because I took the shot from the car and it was moving ... so I had no chance really to retake the shot from a better angle ... anywayz I wanted to post this shot coz I loved the colors and it's pretty rare here to have this weather and the clouds very close to the mountains ..
Located in Khaplu, Chaqchan Mosque is one of the earliest mosques in Baltistan (1504 AD), attributed to Syed Ali Hamdani (1384-1314) – a prominent sufi saint, scholar an poet. The mosque also has a Khanquah and a sufi seminary of Kubrai order attached to it. Some portion of the mosque has been restored by the local community. It is well preserved in its original shape and is the centre of religious activity in Khaplu city
Urmia’s Jamea (Grand) Mosque is located in the middle of Urmia Bazaar. It has a vast courtyard and a large brick Shabestan (covered area), roofed in the middle part with a high dome.
Urmia (Turkish language: Urmu, Urmiyə, اورمیه; farsi: ارومیه) variously translitterated as Oroumiyeh, Orūmīyeh and Urūmiyeh, is a city in and the capital of West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 577,307, with 153,570 households.
The city lies at an altitude of 1,330 m above sea level on the Shahar Chay river (City River). Urmia is the 10th most populated city in Iran. The population is mainly mainly Azerbaijanian Turkish(85-90%), with Kurdish, Assyrian Christian, and Armenian minorities.
Urmia is situated on a fertile plain called Urmia Plain, on western side of Lake Urmia; and eastern side of Turkish border and marginal range of mountains.
Urmia is the trade center for a fertile agricultural region where fruit (especially Apple and Grape) and Tobacco are grown. An important town by the 9th cent., Urmia was seized by the Seljuk Turks (1184), and later occupied a number of times by the Ottoman Turks.
Urmiye (Türkçesi:اورمو, Urmu, اورمیه, Urumiyə;Farsça: ارومیه, Orumieh), İran'ın Batı Azerbaycan Eyaleti'nin yönetim merkezi olan şehir. Şehir, bağlı olduğu eyaletin orta kısmında, Urmiye Gölü ile Türkiye sınırı arasında, kendi adıyla anılan ovada kuruludur. Nüfusu 2006 yılı verileriyle 577,307 kişidir ki Urmiye ülkenin en büyük 10. şehridir.
Urmiye şehrinde nüfusun çoğunluğunu (tahmini 90%) Türklerdir, azınlık kısmınıysa Kürtler, Süryaniler ve Ermeniler oluşturuyor.
Sehzade Mosque was, for me, the nicest mosque in Istanbul, especially from a photographic point of view. Hagia Sophia and Sultan Ahmet Mosque are the two most-famous mosques in town and, as such, almost always packed with visitors. Plenty of others (Suleymaniye Mosque, for example) are quite beautiful and worth a visit, but also can be crowded. Beyazit Mosque was very nice, and not crowded at all. Lastly (for this trip), Sehzade Mosque was also practically empty -- fewer than 10 people besides me -- and with its symmetry, it's photographically delightful.
The history of this mosque, though, is somewhat sad. Like many other mosques in Istanbul, it's from the 16th century. In particular, this one was built from 1543-48. What happened in 1543 to create this mosque?
The sultan at the time, Suleyman the Magnificent, had a favorite son named Sehzade Mehmed. This wasn't his oldest son, but Sehzade was his oldest son by his legal wife, which put him in line to be the next sultan.
Sehzade was born in 1521. He was a warrior, and fought as far away as Hungary. In late 1543, while returning from a successful military campaign in Hungary, Sehzade died unexpectedly (consensus opinion is that he died of smallpox).
A distraught Suleyman had this mosque built to honor his son, and employed imperial architect Mimar Sinan to design and build it.
The general plan is similar to nearby Beyazit Mosque in that there's a courtyard/forecourt that is enclosed and roughly the same size as the mosque itself. This mosque, too, has a large central dome, but it's flanked by four half domes. The half domes are what enhance the symmetry and photographic lines on the interior.
There are five tombs behind this mosque (that I did not have a chance to see), one of which contains the grave of Sehzade Mehmed.
This mosque is about halfway between Fatih Mosque and Beyazit Mosque, and Suleymane Mosque is also a short walk away, but not on the same line.
Though I've obviously seen this mosque, I would probably make a point to see it again on a return visit to Istanbul. It's beautiful.
The Faisal Mosque (Urdu: فیصل مسجد) is the largest mosque in Pakistan, located in the national capital city of Islamabad. Completed in 1986, it was designed by Turkish architect Vedat Dalokay, shaped like a desert Bedouin's tent, is an iconic symbol of Islamabad throughout the world.
Masjid Negara. It does not follow the conventional Middle Eastern mosque design of domes and arches.
Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco. It is the 7th largest mosque and has the highest (210 metres) minaret.
Sultan Hassan Mosque and Rifai Mosque in Cairo. View from the Citadel.
"Gâmi' Sultân Hasan, the 'superb mosque', and the finest existing monument of Egypto-Arabian architecture. It was built in 1356-59 for Sultan Hasan, perhaps by a Syrian architect, and has been restored by Herz-Pasha. The huge proportions of the building, which occupies a shelving rock below the citadel, taken in conjunction with the masterly execution of its details, produce an effect of great majesty".--Baedeker 1914
Kodacolor C127 negative. Camera: Imperial Mark 27.
Dai Anga Mosque - مسجد دائی انگہ
A mosque built by Zeb-un-Nisa / Dai Anga - a wet nurse of Emperor Shah Jahan. Her family had been closely associated with the Mughal imperial family her husband Morad Khan served Jahangir as Adawlati or Magistrate of Bikaner, and her son Muhammad Rashid Khan, reputed to be one of the best archers in the kingdom, died fighting in the service of Shah Jahan's eldest born Dara Shikoh. Zeb-un-Nisa herself was highly regarded by Shah Jahan.
Linxia (simplified Chinese: 临夏; traditional Chinese: 臨夏; pinyin: Línxià), once known as Hezhou (河州), is a county-level city in the province of Gansu of the People's Republic of China. Population 285,000. It is located in the valley of the Daxia River (a right tributary of the Huanghe) southwest of Lanzhou. It is the seat of Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, which is the centre of the ethnic minority of the Dongxiang.
Linxia has a Muslim (Hui and Dongxiang) majority. It is the main center of the Qadariyah Sufi order. It has long been the center of the Muslim community of Gansu,[1] and even today it is sometimes referred to as "the Mecca of China".