One of the masterpieces of Ottoman architecture ...
Sultan Suleiman Elkanoni's OTTOMAN TURQ Mosque in Turkey
Sulaimaniyah Mosque or Sultan Suleiman's Elkanoni Mosque and to get to know one of these Ottoman artifacts in Istanbul, we take a profile of it, is one of the best and most beautiful mosques built in the Period of the Ottoman Empire and one of the greatest works of the architect Sinan.
The mosque occupies a distinctive and prominent position considered one of the best spots in Istanbul, it was built on a high peak overlooking the Bosphorus And the Gulf of Golden Horn and on the Asian part of Istanbul on the other side of the strait, and inside the complex green spaces increased decoration and elegance, and next to it today the University of Istanbul in the Bayezid region, which built the place of an old building that was built at the time.
After a 3-year restoration and restoration process, the Sultan Suleiman Mosque, or the so-called Sulaimaniyah Mosque, was inaugurated in Eid al-Adha in 2010.
Sulaimaniyah Mosque is the largest urban complex in Istanbul after the Fatih complex and a visit from foreign tourists, its grand outdoor courtyard has eleven popes leading you to a collection consisting of a cemetery, four schools, a hospital, a hotel, a minaret, shops, baths, a Koranic school, as well as the famous Shrine of Sinan and in its heart is located the Mosque of The Fatih, and like other Islamic and Christian buildings in Anatolia you find the mosque built with carved stones and vehicle without mortar, a beautiful feature found in the Sulaimaniyah architectural system.
The mosque was built by order of Sultan Suleiman I (Suleiman the Magnificent and the Mosque of Sulaimaniyah contains four minarets, and the minarets have 10 honours indicating the order of Sultan Suleiman x among the sultans of the Ottoman Empire.
The diameter of the dome of the large mosque is 26.5 meters high and 53 meters high and has columns brought from different places, one of the Temple of the Bekaa in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon, one of the city of Alexandria in Egypt and the rest from the Palace of Tub Kabi and the Loyalty district of Istanbul.
The square of the Mosque of SulaimaniyahOTTOMAN is rectangular, its floor is covered with alabaster panels, in the center of which is the iconic ablution fountain decorated with beautiful bronze bars, and is surrounded by side corridors on its three sides (the three sides of the entrances), which are topped by 28 domes resting on 24 columns and tied to small arches.
The ventilation system in this edifice has received its share of attention from Engineer Sinan, it has set up special outlets open in or out in order to purify the air easily and small openings under the dome in various directions that include an upward current that attracts behind it the smoke rising from the oil jellyfish that were used to light the mosque.
There is also the mausoleum of Sultan Suleiman and his family, including the tomb of his wife Roxlan (Sultana Hyam in the Turkish series known as The Sultan's Freedom), where Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent was buried in the same mosque, where the mausoleum is considered one of the most beautiful ancient Ottoman shrines.
The MosqueOTTOMAN of Sulaimaniyah today is also an important tourist attraction in Istanbul, but it is also open to prayer and you can find the crowds of worshippers there during the five prayers.
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