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On the Western shores of the Larnaca salt lake, the Tekke is the third holiest place place for Muslims in the world.
The shrine was built during the Ottoman administration of Cyprus in the 18th century around the Tomb of Umm Haramn, wet nurse to the the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The very old lady fell from her mule and died during a siege of Larnaca during the first Arab raids on Cyprus around 647 and 649.
The shot was taken minutes after sunrise when the lake waters were very still. The flamingos were busy having their shrimp breakfast on the other side of the lake and much as I waited, not even one came to see what I was up to. Perhaps next time they may be more friendly.
The shrine of Hala Sultan Tekke, on the Western shores of the Larnaca salt lake.
The Tekke is the third holiest place place for Muslims in the world. It was built during the Ottoman administration of Cyprus in the 18th century around the Tomb of Umm Haramn, the wet nurse of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The very old lady fell from her mule and died during the first Arab raids on Cyprus around 650.
Unusual for this time of the year but following earlier very heavy rains, the Salt Lake still holds a lot of water.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (Marathi: बृहन्मुंबई महानगर पालिका) (formerly the Bombay Municipal Corporation) or the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai is the civic body that governs the city of Mumbai (Bombay). It is India's richest municipal organisation. Established under the Bombay Municipal Corporation Act, 1888, it is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city and some suburbs of Mumbai. Its motto, यतो धर्मस्ततो जय (Sanskrit: Yato Dharmastato Jaya or, Where there is Righteousness, there shall be Victory) is inscribed on the banner of its Coat of Arms. Built in the Indo Saracenic style of architecture the BMC, as it is more popularly known, is the largest civic organisation in the country, and administers an area of 434 sq km.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (Marathi: छत्रपती शिवाजी टरमीनस), formerly Victoria Terminus, and better known by its abbreviation CST or Bombay VT) is an historic railway station which serves as the headquarters of the Central Railways. It is one of the busiest railway stations in India[citation needed], and serves Central Railway trains terminating in Mumbai as well as the Mumbai suburban railway.
The station was designed by Frederick William Stevens, a consulting architect in 1887-1888, for the princely sum of 16.14 lakh rupees. Stevens earned the commission to construct the station after a masterpiece water colour sketch by draughts man Axel Herman. After earning the commission, Stevens went on a ten-month trip to Europe to make a detailed study of the stations there. The final design bears some resemblance to St. Pancras station in London[citation needed]. It took ten years to complete and was named "Victoria Terminus" in honor of the reigning Queen Victoria.
In 1996, the station was renamed by the state government after Chhatrapati Shivaji, a famed 17th century Maratha king.
On July 2, 2004 the station was nominated a World Heritage Site by the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO.
The Mosque of Ibn Tulun is located in Cairo, Egypt. It is the oldest mosque in the city surviving in its original form, and is the largest mosque in Cairo in terms of land area.
The interior arched windows provides natural light against the hollow dome. Each pointed arch has a window and is designed with plain geometric design.
The Aqsunqur Mosque (also known as the Blue Mosque or the Mosque of Ibrahim Agha) is located in Cairo, Egypt and is one of several "blue mosques" in the world. It is situated in the Tabbana Quarter in Islamic Cairo, between Bab Zuweila and the Citadel of Saladin (Cairo Citadel.) The Aqsunqur Mosque also serves as a funerary complex, containing the mausoleums of its founder Shams ad-Din Aqsunqur, his sons, a number of children of the Bahri Mamluk sultan an-Nasir Muhammad and that of its principal restorer, Ibrahim Agha al-Mustahfizan.
The mosque was commissioned by Ahmad ibn Tulun, the Turkic Abbassid governor of Egypt from 868–884 whose rule was characterized by de facto independence. The historian al-Maqrizi lists the mosque's construction start date as 876 AD, and the mosque's original inscription slab identifies the date of completion as AH 265 (878/879).
The mosque was constructed on a small hill called Gebel Yashkur, "The Hill of Thanksgiving." One local legend says that it is here that Noah's Ark came to rest after the Deluge, rather than at Mount Ararat.
The grand congregational mosque was intended to be the focal point of Ibn Tulun's capital, al-Qata'i, which served as the center of administration for the Tulunid dynasty. Originally the mosque backed onto Ibn Tulun's palace, and a door next to the minbar allowed him direct entry to the mosque. Al-Qata'i was razed in the early 10th century AD, and the mosque is the only surviving structure.
The mosque was constructed in the Samarran style common with Abbasid constructions. It is constructed around a courtyard, with one covered hall on each of the four sides, the largest being on the side of the qibla, or direction of Mecca. The original mosque had a fountain (fauwara) in the middle of the sahn, covered a gilt dome supported by ten marble columns, and round it were 16 marble columns and a marble pavement. Under the dome there was a great basin of marble 4 cubits in diameter with a jet of marble in the centre. A distinctive sabil with a high drum dome was added in the central courtyard at the end of the thirteenth century by Mamluk Sultan Lajin instead of the "fauwara".
Museum will be established as a permanent institution with an international scope and mission. It is dedicated to the collection, research, preservation and display of works of art, objects and artifacts of artistic, cultural and historical significance from various periods and geographic areas of the Muslim world.
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The Royal Pavilion was built for the Prince of Wales, who later became Prince Regent, then King George IV of England. This former royal residence was built as a seaside retreat in Brighton for the Prince. Architecturally designed in the Moslem/Indian style, I was lucky enough to have my wedding photographs taken in the grounds. This is a painting included in the recent "Tudors to Windsors" exhibit at Houston's MFAH.
Frigiliana, province of Málaga, autonomous community of Andalusia, Southern Spain.
Frigiliana Coordinates....: 36°47′N 3°54′W
Frigiliana is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 71 kilometers east of Málaga, the provincial capital, and approximately 6 kilometers north of Nerja. It is located in the comarca of La Axarquía, the easternmost region of the province, and integrated into the judicial district of Torrox
The muncipal DISTANCE FROM the village, on the 976-metre high El Fuerte hill, stands a location known as Frigiliana la Vieja, (Old Frigiliana), where remains of Roman fortifications, dwellings and coins dating back to imperial times have been found. However, it was not until Moslem times that the first real settlement appeared, with groups of houses being built and subsequently protected by an Arabic alcázar or fortress, thus providing the origins of the present-day village, which, by the 11th century, was known as Fixniana. In May 1487, shortly after the fall of Velez Malaga into Christian hands, representatives of Frigiliana´s Moslem community paid homage to the Catholic Monarchs in an attempt to avoid reprisals and conserve some semblance.
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Sometimes it is worth persisting. In Hyde Park yesterday, struggling to find much of interest on an overcast day. The park mostly empty, and the rain began to fall. I was sheltering under a tree, thinking about giving up for the day, when these four identical women wandered in frame. I am not sure they liked my attentions to be honest, but into each life some rain must fall
There is significant controversy over the date of construction of the minaret, which features a helical outer staircase similar to that of the famous minaret in Samarra. It is also told that using these stairs one can climb up on a horse. Legend has it that Ibn Tulun himself was accidentally responsible for the design of the structure: supposedly while sitting with his officials, he absentmindedly wound a piece of parchment around his finger. When someone asked him what he was doing, he responded, embarrassed, that he was designing his minaret. Many of the architectural features, however, point to a later construction, in particular the way in which the minaret does not connect well with the main mosque structure, something that would have been averted had the minaret and mosque been built at the same time. Architectural historian Doris Behrens-Abouseif asserts that Sultan Lajin, who restored the mosque in 1296, was responsible for the construction of the current minaret.
The minaret is modeled after the minarets of Samarra, with a spiral staircase around the outside.
Main mihrab of Ibn Tulun mosque in the centre of qibla wall. Made of marble, stucco, brick, and different colored mosaics. The muslim profession of faith is inscripted in Kufic calligraphy. The columns are made of gray marble.
It is built entirely of well-fired red brick, plaster, and carved stucco. Stucco is cement-based plaster that is mixed on-site and applied wet which hardens to a very dense solid. The mosque is also built from this material. The staircase extends up to the tower 170 feet in height.
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This was taken at the time of the St Paul's Carnival, hence the tables outside and the jovial mood. Some wonderful smiles here
In the Aga Khan Park, experience Javid a.k.a JAH’s The Mingling of the (two) Oceans inside the Reflecting Pools. The 10-piece installation features paintings on re-purposed corrugated steel, and explores Vedic and Sufi sacred geometries (e.g. chakras and muqarnas).
The Aga Khan Museum offers visitors a window into the artistic, intellectual, and scientific heritage of Muslim civilizations across the centuries from the Iberian Peninsula to China.
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During a stopover on the way from Kunming to the Yuan Yang rice terraces, we visited the monumental mosque of Shadian.
The Grand Mosque of Shadian was originally built in the year of 1684. After several restorations and reconstructions, the new Grand Mosque of Shadian is built into a large-scaled mosque with a construction area of 18,000 square meters. It is able to hold a capacity of 10,000 people to do prayers at a time (source: www.muslim2china.com/china-mosques/Grand-Mosque-of-Shadia... ).
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The original mosque had a fountain (fauwara) in the middle of the sahn, covered a gilt dome supported by ten marble columns, and round it were 16 marble columns and a marble pavement. Under the dome there was a great basin of marble 4 cubits in diameter with a jet of marble in the centre. A distinctive sabil with a high drum dome was added in the central courtyard at the end of the thirteenth century by Mamluk Sultan Lajin instead of the "fauwara".
Hazrat Sultan Mosque - Tauelsizdik Ave 48, Astana 010000, Kasachstan
This mosque is the largest in Central Asia and it was opened at July 6th, 2012
Blue Mosque in Istanbul - One of the six minarets is presently being rebuilt, you can just see the scaffolding with the Turkish flag flying on top of it.
The Mosque of Ibn Tulun is located in Cairo, Egypt. It is the oldest mosque in Egypt as well as the whole of Africa surviving in its full original form, and is the largest mosque in Cairo in terms of land area. Since Ibn Tulun Mosque has much open space, it boasts both sunlight and shadows. It is built around an open square courtyard which allows natural light to travel through. Ibn Tulun Mosque features Samarra style - its decorations being created from carved stucco and wood. This mosque is a popular tourist attraction.
The historian al-Maqrizi lists the mosque's construction start date as 876 AD, and the mosque's original inscription slab identifies the date of completion as AH 265 (878/879).
The mosque was constructed on a small hill called Gebel Yashkur, "The Hill of Thanksgiving." One local legend says that it is here that Noah's Ark came to rest after the Deluge, rather than at Mount Ararat.
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...und den Menschen ein Wohlgefallen!
Dieser biblische Weihnachtswunsch soll auch meiner sein - an euch alle, egal ob ihr Christen, Juden, Moslems, Hindus... usw. ...oder überhaupt nicht religiös seid.
Macht Frieden in euren Herzen und mit euren Mitmenschen - soweit es in eurer Macht steht.
Frohe Weihnachten!
The majestic Jami Masjid mosque, with its towering red facade, stands at the heart of Old Delhi. This age-old landmark is located in a part of the city that is predominantly inhabited by Muslims. While New Delhi hurtles towards a complex future, Old Delhi exudes a timeless and unchanging air of history. The Friday prayers fill the air with devotion as birds alter their flight paths, and the nearby markets brim with vibrant colors and bustling energy.
Tomorrow festival of Kurban… Festival of the sacrifices among Moslems… Congratulations for our festival of Kurban… I wish that it bring benefits to everyone Musulman. Greetings.
Αύριο φεστιβάλ Kurban… Φεστιβάλ των θυσιών μεταξύ των Μουσουλμάνων… Συγχαρητήρια για το φεστιβάλ Kurban μας… Επιθυμώ ότι φέρνει τα οφέλη σε το καθένα Musulman. Χαιρετισμοί.
Demain fête de Kurban...Fête des sacrifices chez les Musulmans...
Félicitations pour notre fête de Kurban... Je souhaite qu’elle apporte des bienfaits à tout le monde Musulman. Salutations.
A busy street in the neighbourhood of the Ottoman quarter of Rhodes Town in Rhodes, Greece. This reflects the fact that Rhodes was Ottoman Turk and Moslem for hundreds of years!
Kültür, Çankaya, Ankara / Türkiye
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The city of Cairo was founded in 969 as the royal city of the Fatimid dynasty. In 1092, the vizier Badr al-Jamali had a second wall built around Cairo. Bab Zuweila was the southern gate in this wall. It has twin towers (minarets) which can be accessed via a steep climb. In earlier times they were used to scout for enemy troops in the surrounding countryside, and in modern times, they are hailed for providing one of the best views of Old Cairo.
The structure also has a famous platform. Executions would sometimes take place there, and it was also from this location that the Sultan would stand to watch the beginning of the hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca.
Sometimes the severed heads of criminals would be displayed along the tops of the walls. This was done as recently as 1811, when the severed heads of Mamluks from the Citadel massacre were mounted on spikes here.
The corresponding gate on the northern side of the city was the Bab al-Futuh, which still stands on the northern side of the Muizz street.
To the west of the Bab Zuwayla had been a dungeon, which once imprisoned Shaykh al-Mahmudi. While still a prisoner, he had vowed that if he were ever released, he would someday destroy the dungeon and build a mosque in its place. He was indeed eventually released, and rose to become Sultan of all Egypt with the regnal name al-Muayyad. True to his word, he razed the old dungeon and built a new mosque on the location in 1415, the Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad.
The thin track that used to run from Srinagar to Leh and onwards to Yarakand for the pashmina trade is now National Highway 1D in India. The road remains open from May to November and as you slowly climb up from the Srinagar valley the dusty crumbling road leads you through Dras and Kargil. where the population is mostly of Shia Moslems.
Soon after crossing Kargil the people change from the bearded Shia Muslims of Kashmir region to the clean shaven Buddhist Ladakhis and the occasional monk in his garb of red and yellow start appearing. The wooly goats tend to be slightly smaller in size and you see an occasional yak browsing the barren slopes for an elusive sprig of sustenance.
The roadside is littered with work sites of the road making crews most of them from the plains of India. They have their skin burnt to coal black with the cold dry winds and the strong sunshine. The locals do not seem to have the melanin that turns dark so easily. At Mulbek I asked the plainsman worker as to where he was from and he said he was from Jharakand and that there were 18000 of them employed in the road construction work. Destiny and money will take human beings from the farthest reaches to such inhospitable places.
A little short of Mulbek you are sure that you are in the peaceful embrace of Buddhism as the first of the chortens make sudden appearance on the roadside. I stopped at a newly painted/made with an overhanging rock face in the background housing perhaps the quarters of a lama lost in meditation in the cold stratosphere.
This gompa atop a silver hued rocky crag has the Mulbekh monastery which has 2 gompas. The one in the picture here is a Yellow roof one which belongs to the Gelugpa sect of Buddhism.
If you view this same hill from another perspective( please see image in link below in the comments) shows up the other gompa of the Drukpa sect.
Mulbek also houses the famous stone statue of the standing Buddha but it is a nightmare to shoot it as it is obscured in the middle by the forefront wall and a large tree. So I gave that a miss.
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The Al-Hussain Mosque is a mosque built in 1154. The mosque is located in Cairo, Egypt, near the Khan El-Khalili bazaar. It is considered to be one of the holiest Islamic sites in Egypt.
The place is still so sacred that no Muslims can not enter it.
The mosque was built on the cemetery of the Fatimid caliphs, though this was not known until the site's archaeological excavation. It is named for Muhammad's grandson, Hussain ibn Ali. Shia Muslims believe that Husayn's head is buried on the grounds of the mosque. The complex includes a mausoleum, which dates back to the mosque's original construction in 1154.
The currently standing building was constructed in the 19th century, and was influenced by Gothic Revival architecture. Today, the mosque houses some items considered sacred by Muslims, such as the oldest complete manuscript of the Quran.
I love blue more than any other color. I am inordinately attracted to any blue substance: to minerals like turquoise and lapis lazuli, to sapphires and aquamarines; to cobalt skies and blue-black seas; Moslem tiles - and to a blue flower whether or not it has any other merit. — Eleanor Perenyi
Taken with my A6000 kitlens during my recent visit to Penang.
Using Smooth Reflection Apps in My Mirrorless Camera, I managed to shoot 'Long Exposure' without using any ND Filter.
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Champaner with its ancient Hindu architecture, temples and special water retaining installations together with its religious, military and agricultural structures, dating back to the regional Capital City built by Mehmud Begda in the 16th century, represents cultures which have disappeared.
The structures represent a perfect blend of Hindu-Moslem architecture, in the Great Mosque (Jami Masjid), which was a model for later mosque architecture in India. This special style comes from the significant period of regional sultanates.
Here, the colour of the floor is grey, the light does the trick of a shadow blue.
Happy Eid Fitr to all my Moslem friends and happy holiday to all Malaysian :) We have a very long holiday starting today :D
In the Aga Khan Park, experience Javid a.k.a JAH’s The Mingling of the (two) Oceans inside the Reflecting Pools. The 10-piece installation features paintings on re-purposed corrugated steel, and explores Vedic and Sufi sacred geometries (e.g. chakras and muqarnas).
The Aga Khan Museum offers visitors a window into the artistic, intellectual, and scientific heritage of Muslim civilizations across the centuries from the Iberian Peninsula to China.
Its mission is to foster a greater understanding and appreciation of the contribution that Muslim civilizations have made to world heritage. Through education, research, and collaboration, the Museum will foster dialogue and promote cross-cultural understanding.
As a vibrant educational institution, the Museum encourages the full spectrum of public engagement with its diverse Permanent Collection of more than 1,000 objects and its changing roster of exhibitions and innovative programs — including music and dance performances, theatre, lectures, workshops, and film screenings.
The Aga Khan Museum has an international mandate. It enjoys strong ties with such institutions as the Musée du Louvre in Paris, the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, and the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha while remaining deeply committed to forging relationships with Canadian institutions and communities. Together, these global and local connections generate exciting opportunities to enhance scholarship, inspire temporary exhibitions, and produce public programs honouring the spirit of collaboration upon which the Museum is built.
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Larnaka is a great city in Cyprus.Another name is İskele.This is the garden of Hala Sultan Tekke that is about 5 kilometers west of Larnaka south part of cyprus, on the banks of the Salt Lake and 3km west of Larnaka on the road to Kiti, passing Larnaka Airport. The tomb photo that I will post leter is the tomb of Umm Haram, said to be the foster mother of Mohammed. According to Moslem tradition Umm Haram died on this spot in 647 A.D. while accompanying the Arab invaders. She was buried here and later the Ottomans built the present mosque in her honour
This is meant as a replica of a 16th Century Sultan Bolkiah Mahligai Barge. This ceremonial barge was completed in 1967 to mark the 1,400 anniversary of Nuzul Al-Quran, which is a holiday commemorating the day when the words of the Quran were first revealed to the Prophet Muhammad.
After crossing the border from Iran to Pakistan, an endless desert makes traveling a tedious endeavor. The bus stops in the middle of nowhere to let the pious pray.
The Picture was originally photographed on slide film with my Nikon FE2 camera and 50 mm lens. I photographed the slide bracketing it with a Nikon D850 camera and enhanced the picture in Lightroom and Photoshop.
Woman lost in prayer at the BLUE MOSQUE in ISTANBUL
as the suns' rays peek through
Photography’s new conscience
Die Sultan Ahmed Moschee ist eine der Hauptmoscheen in Istanbul. Sie wird auch die "Blaue Moschee" genannt, weil die Kuppel und die oberen Mauern reich mit blauen und weißen Fliesen verziert sind. Der Innenraum dagegen ist in weiß und rosa gehalten. Die Moschee hat sechs Minarette.
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque is also called the " Blue Mosque " . It was commissioned by Sultan Ahmed I. in 1609 in order , and it was built up in 1616 by Mehmet Aga . The Blue Mosque has six minarets.
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