Selimiye Mosque : The peak of Islamic Ottoman Architecture!
Selimiye Mosque (Selimiye Camii) located in Edirne city of Turkey is a monumental work of the Islamic Ottoman architecture which was commissioned by Sultan-Caliph Selim II in the year 1568. The world acclaimed Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan was chosen to head this project which was his final masterpiece.
It is related by Ottoman chronicler Evliya Celebi that Sultan Selim II was blessed with the vision (Ziayarah Shareef) of the Prophet ﷺ in a dream who himself commanded the Sultan to have this mosque built in Edirne.
This grand mosque stands at the center of a külliye (complex of a hospital, school, library and/or baths around a mosque) which comprises a medrese (Islamic academy teaches both Islamic & scientific lessons), a dar-ül hadis (Al-Hadith school), a timekeeper's room and an arasta (row of shops).
The interior of the mosque is also special with symmetrical style which summarized all the Ottoman architectural thinking in one simple pure form. This building is also a UNESCO world heritage.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (d. 1762), wife of the English ambassador in Istanbul is quoted as saying the mosque which Sultan Selim II build was “The noblest building I ever saw.”
#Islam #ottoman #osmaniye #mosque
Selimiye Mosque (Selimiye Camii) located in Edirne city of Turkey is a monumental work of the Islamic Ottoman architecture which was commissioned by Sultan-Caliph Selim II in the year 1568. The world acclaimed Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan was chosen to head this project which was his final masterpiece.
It is related by Ottoman chronicler Evliya Celebi that Sultan Selim II was blessed with the vision (Ziayarah Shareef) of the Prophet ﷺ in a dream who himself commanded the Sultan to have this mosque built in Edirne.
This grand mosque stands at the center of a külliye (complex of a hospital, school, library and/or baths around a mosque) which comprises a medrese (Islamic academy teaches both Islamic & scientific lessons), a dar-ül hadis (Al-Hadith school), a timekeeper's room and an arasta (row of shops).
The interior of the mosque is also special with symmetrical style which summarized all the Ottoman architectural thinking in one simple pure form. This building is also a UNESCO world heritage.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (d. 1762), wife of the English ambassador in Istanbul is quoted as saying the mosque which Sultan Selim II build was “The noblest building I ever saw.”
#Islam #ottoman #osmaniye #mosque
Selimiye Mosque 🕌 : The peak of Islamic Ottoman Architecture!
Selimiye Mosque (Selimiye Camii) located in Edirne city of Turkey is a monumental work of the Islamic Ottoman architecture which was commissioned by Sultan-Caliph Selim II in the year 1568. The world acclaimed Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan was chosen to head this project which was his final masterpiece.
It is related by Ottoman chronicler Evliya Celebi that Sultan Selim II was blessed with the vision (Ziayarah Shareef) of the Prophet ﷺ in a dream who himself commanded the Sultan to have this mosque built in Edirne.
This grand mosque stands at the center of a külliye (complex of a hospital, school, library and/or baths around a mosque) which comprises a medrese (Islamic academy teaches both Islamic & scientific lessons), a dar-ül hadis (Al-Hadith school), a timekeeper's room and an arasta (row of shops).
The interior of the mosque is also special with symmetrical style which summarized all the Ottoman architectural thinking in one simple pure form. This building is also a UNESCO world heritage.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (d. 1762), wife of the English ambassador in Istanbul is quoted as saying the mosque which Sultan Selim II build was “The noblest building I ever saw.”
#Islam #ottoman #osmaniye #mosque
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