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The largest mosque of Kashmir with space for more than 30 thousand people to attend prayers.
Built by Sultan Sikandar in 1400.
There are 370 magnificent pillars made of Deodar Cedar.
This is among the most beautiful mosques.
ubuddiyah mosque..kuala kangsar, perak, Malaysia....one of the most beautiful mosque in this country
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The Blue Mosque in Istanbul, also known as the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, is an Ottoman-era historical imperial mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey.
the town around the fort and mosque have been completely destroyed with time but the mosque still stands in good shape
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 Great Mosque at Kairouan, Tunisia, built by the Aghlabids in the 9th century, is the holiest mosque in North Africa and is the reason Kairouan is sometimes cited as the fourth holiest city in Islam.
The streets of Alexandria in Egypt. Had to take these photos through a bus window as we were travelling. It was that or no photo at all. I was amazed at the sites of the people and the streets.
Egypt's Famous Al-Azhar Mosque and its administration.
Al-Azhar institution is considered one of Egypt's as the Islamic World's oldest Islamic Institution. Al-Azhar Mosque is considered from the oldest and most important Mosques in the history of Egypt. Located in the heart of Islamic Cairo , Al-Azhar Mosque played and is still playing a critical and important role , not only in Egypt but the Muslim world.
More about Al-Azhar Mosque and its history from Wikipedia.
Süleymaniye Mosque was built on one of the seven beautiful hills of Istanbul for Kanuni Sultan Süleyman (the magnificent) by Mimar (the architect) Sinan in 1557. It was built in seven years (1550- 1557). Within its building complex are found medreses, a hospital, a hospice, a Turkish bath etc.
The magnificent Süleymaniye that is considered the greatest mosque of Istanbul was built with its complex on an area nearly 63.000 sqm. The building is conspicuous for its simple construction, acoustics, colorful stained glass windows, very precious granite columns, soot room, şadırvan (water- tank with a fountain), four minarets and ten şerefe (minaret balcony). Its inside area is 3.422 m2.
The diameter of its dome is 27.25 m. and the height of the dome is 48.5 m.
The building cost of the mosque and its complex was 59,760,180 akçes (700,000 gold dukas) and 3523 craftsmen worked on its construction. Its corner stone was set by Şeyhülislam Ebussuud Efendi and its door was opened to pray by Mimar Sinan.
The was a wakf (a fund) that supported the mosque. It had 271 properties that included 2 islands and 217 villages. The wages of 275 personnel of the mosque and 311 personnel of the other buildings in the complex were paid by that wakf.
The magnificent temple was damaged from a fire in 1660 and then it was restored. In the reign of Sultan Abdülmecid (1839-1860) all columns were covered with cement and oil paint. In 1956, the paints were scraped off and the minarets, the dome and the vaults were restored.
An Islamic Mosque in Kosovo near Gate 3 Feb. 3, 2005. Photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Lee Roberts
Jama Mosque, Agra
The Mosque was built by Mughal emperor, Shahjahan in 1648 and dedicated to his favourite daughter, Jahanara Begum. There was a spacious, octagonal Tripolia Chowk which existed between the Jama Masjid and the Delhi gate of the Agra Fort. This Tropolia was destroyed in order to create the Agra Fort Railway Station. The cloisters have engrailed arches supported on pillars. The main entrance is through the eastern side. The prayer chamber has a façade with a broad arched iwan in its centre and is adorned with slender turrets alternated with kiosks. Its dome is the largest and highest of the three domes crowning the sanctuary.
All the bulbous domes have inverted lotus and kalash finials on the top and have narrow zigzag courses of white marble alternated by broad bands of red stone. There is a fountain with four kiosks in its corners in the centre of the courtyard. The interiors of the western wall have a beautiful mihrab and pulpit in white marble. The Persian inscription in white marble inlaid with black stone on the archway of the central portal is in praise of Jahanara and Shah Jehan. The pristine beauty of the mosque must have been awesome as indicated by its comparison with Baitul-Mamur, the fabulous mosque of rubies and pearls situated in the fourth sky. It is said that once surrounded by a market place called Tripolia set in an octagonal (Muthamman) Chowk that was built between the Delhi Gate and the Jami Masjid. But, it was later destroyed in 1871-73 to acquire space for laying down the railway tracks for the city.
It required six years and 5,000 workers to finish. It was made by using red sandstone and marble.