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This mosque was originally founded by Tatars in the 1930's. Today, it is shared by many nationalities.
I was passing by this mosque in my native, to meet one of my friends by the time it was almost about to getting dark. For a moment, something made me to look up the sky, may be the magical blue color. It was quite unique. With the lights just switched on in the mosque for evening prayers, and the sky color setting the tone for the same, it was a treat to capture this moment.
Inside the Mosque Hassan II in Casablanca (Marocco).
This photograph was taken with a single use camera.
The photograph wasn't altered with Photoshop!!!
© 2009 Maradevi LIM
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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The mosque has four minarets of different heights located at the four corners of the open court. The tallest, on the southern corner, is 67 meters in height and is decorated with a zigzag pattern in red and white stone. It is an early example of the use of separate staircases to access the different balconies. Its upper shaft and three balconies, like those of the other minarets, were rebuilt in a less ornate fashion than the original muqarnas work after having collapsed in the 1752 earthquake. The west, north and east minarets are designed, respectively, with spiral (burmali or yivli), fluted and diamond patterns and have single balconies except for the northwest minaret with two balconies.
Edirne, Turkey
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Inside the main prayer area of the mosque
Forgive me for the quality of photos, especially the group photos, of this day. I wasn't too right in the head, I suppose. Everything seems off center somehow. Sigh.
Xining
It is not often that non muslims are allowed to visit a Grand Mosque, so it was a pleasure to have this photop opportunity. I will post further detais in due course
La Grande Mosquée du Sultan Qaboos, située à l'Ouest de Mascate, près de Bawshar, est la principale mosquée d'Oman. Financée et commandée par le sultan Qabus ibn Said, elle a été commencée en 1995 et inaugurée le 4 mai 20011. Elle est particulièrement connue pour avoir le plus grand tapis fait main d'une seule pièce (70 x 60 mètres) et le plus grand chandelier du monde, serti d'or 24 carats.
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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.
This mosque was the only one in Mostar to not lose a minaret during the Bosnian War. That's because the shell aimed for the mosque was blocked by a huge tree.
哈桑二世清真寺
The Hassan II Mosque is a mosque in Casablanca, Morocco. It is the largest functioning mosque in Africa and is the 14th largest in the world.
哈桑二世清真寺位於卡薩布蘭卡（達爾貝達）的大西洋海岸上，其中三分之一的面積建在海上，於1993年建成。因系前摩洛哥國王哈桑二世發起並捐資籌建，故名。它可以容納10.5萬人同時禮拜，是世界第14大、非洲第一大清真寺。它的宣禮塔高達200米，是世界第二高的宣禮塔。
Casablanca, Morocco
2023/11/17
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