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The Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Turkish: Sultanahmet Camii) is the national mosque of Turkey, and 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.
Southern wall of the Omayyad Mosque. There has been a place of worship on the site of the Omayyad Mosque for more than 3,000 years. It started out with a temple to the Aramaean rain god, but eventually the Romans built a massive temple to Jupiter on the original site. The basic superstructure of the mosque dates from then - roughly 2,000 years ago. However, what remains is only the inner sanctum of the original temple to Jupiter - the whole Roman complex was almost three times the size of what's left. You can still see the original eastern and western entrances to the Roman temple, which gives you an idea of how massive it originally was. After Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity (sometime in the 300s), the whole place was transformed into a basillica. After the Muslims conquered Damascus in 636, it was partially converted into a mosque - the two religions happily shared use of the building for many years. A couple of hundred years later, the Christians agreed to leave the complex completely in return for being given a few mosques in the south of the city, and the building was fully Islamicised. However, it still remains sacred to both Christians and Muslims (as are most important places of worship in Syria), as the head of John the Baptist is reputedly interred there.
Im fortunate That This Mosque Is Right Infront Of My House.
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The Wazir Khan Mosque (Punjabi/Urdu: مسجد وزیر خان Masjid Wazīr Khān) in Lahore, Pakistan, is famous for its extensive faience tile work. It has been described as 'a mole on the cheek of Lahore'. It was built in seven years, starting around 1634–1635 AD, during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jehan. It was built by Hakim Shaikh Ilm-ud-din Ansari, a native of Chiniot, who rose to be the court physician to Shah Jahan and a governor of Lahore. He was commonly known as Wazir Khan, a popular title bestowed upon him (the word Wazir means 'minister' in Urdu and Persian). The mosque is inside the Inner City and is easiest accessed from Delhi Gate. The mosque contains some of the finest examples of Qashani tile work from the Mughal period.
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Khirkee (windows) Mosque built in the 14th by Feroze Shah is now surrounded by the village houses. An unusual two-storied mosque, the inner courtyard is partly covered, its roof supported by monolithic stone pillars and crowned by nine small domes. Its rather austere exterior is broken by rows of arched windows that are covered by a portcullis-like jaalis which give the mosque it’s name.
This mosque was basically right across the street from my hotel room (I took this picture from the balcony). Having lived in Muslim countries as a child, I found the frequent calls to prayer comforting rather than annoying.
Sheikh Zayed Mosque is the largest mosque in the country and the eighth largest mosque in the world.
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The Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Turkish: Sultanahmet Camii) is the national mosque of Turkey, and 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.
This mosque was built in 1912, a contributory effort of YTM Tunku Mahmud Ibni Almarhum Sultan Tajuddin Mukarram Shah. The site of this mosque was the cemetery of Kedah warriors who had died while defending Kedah from the Siamese in 1821. The architecture of the mosque was inspired by the Azizi Mosque in Tanjung Pura, Langkat Sultanate (present-day North Sumatra). This mosque is enhanced with five prime large domes symbolizing the Five Pillars of Islam.
What is most unusual is that in the middle of Luxor Temple, and what we actually went to visit, there is a mosque.
Originally founded in AD 970 by Fatimad Sultan, Al-Azhar mosque is one of the earliest mosque in Cairo and the world's second-oldest university.
Casablanca, Hasan II Mosque, a place of many superlatives. Seeing the size of this place, I consider myself fortunate to have so very little company ion the middle of a December day.
Atlantic Ocean and blue skies offer great views.
Mid-day mosque, this gentleman is carefully placing his footwear on the steps before entering. Zanzibar feb 2008
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The Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Turkish: Sultanahmet Camii) is the national mosque of Turkey, and 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.
MGR has constructed the mosque at Kuningan in West Java. The reason for selecting this particular area was that it was without a permanent mosque for over 5 years following an earthquake in the region, and people were slowly moving away from their daily prayers whilst others prayed on the harsh surface.
The mosque was moved to a new location so that if another earthquake or flood occurs in the region it will not be damaged.
1. Name of the mosque is Masjid Haji Ibrahim, 2. Mosque location is in Kuningan , West Java.
The Auburn Gallipoli Mosque is in Auburn, New South Wales, Australia.
The first mosque on the present mosque site was opened for worship in 3rd of November 1979. It was a house with internal walls removed to generate open space. The construction of the present mosque structure began in 1986. Its construction and external finishes were completed and officially opened on 28th of November 1999, twenty years after the first opening.
The mosque is 16 kilometres due west of the south end of the Sydney Harbour Bridge
Acre, Ottoman Palestine, 1904 George Scott saw the Mosque in Acre while returning from vacation to his teaching position at the Syrian Protestant College in Beirut. In his 1964 Reminiscenses he said "We stopped at Acre to see the Bab in his palace; his two nephews were in my class at Beirut. One of them is probably the Bab at present, the head of the Bahai religion."
On the back: "Mosque of Acre." Taken with George Scott's Kodak.
This photograph was among two dozen in an envelope titled "Photographs to Illustrate 'A Tour with a Syrian Missionary' ". From 1903 to 1906, George Tressler Scott (1881-1979) taught in Beirut at the Syrian Protestant College (later the American University of Beirut). The envelope was passed down through the family for over 100 years. Background information for many photos comes from the Reminiscences he recorded in 1964.
George Scott began using a camera about 1901. It was probably an early Brownie --the family called his prints "George's Kodaks". All previous family pictures were studio portraits. Suddenly there were travel and memory photos. Handwritten notes on the back of each print give the feel of a slide show for family and friends.
The Mihrimah Sultan Mosque is an Ottoman mosque located in the Edirnekapı neighborhood near the Byzantine land walls of Istanbul, Turkey. Located on the peak of the Sixth Hill near the highest point of the city, the mosque is a prominent landmark in Istanbul.
The Mihrimah Sultan Mosque was designed by Mimar Sinan ("Sinan the Architect") for the favorite daughter of Suleiman the Magnificent, Princess Mihrimah. Its building took place from 1562 to 1565. The complex has been severely damaged by earthquakes several times (including 1719, 1766, 1814 and 1894), and although efforts were made to restore the mosque, its attendant buildings received less attention. The dome was further damaged during 1999 İzmit earthquake, and required restoration, along with the upper half of the minaret.
The interior is a cube under a dome 20 m in diameter and 37 m high. On the north and south sides, triple arcades supported by granite columns open onto side aisles with galleries above, each with three domed bays. A vast amount of surface area is covered by windows, making the mosque one of the brightest lit of any of Sinan's works. Some of the windows contain stained glass.The interior stencil decorations are all modern. However, the mimbar in carved white marble is from the original construction.
As built, the Mihrimah Sultan Mosque had a külliye which included (besides madrasah) a double hamman, türbe and a low row of shops under the terrace upon which the mosque was built, whose rents were intended to financially support the mosque complex.