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	Suleiman's Mosque
		It's as magnificent as its founder Suleiman the Magnificent and a masterwork of the greatest Ottoman architect, the incomparable Sinan.
		The mosque is preceded by a courtyard with columns of the richest porphyry, marble and granite.
		The four minarets are said to signify that Suleiman was the fourth sultan to rule in Istanbul and the 10 balconies denote that he was the 10th Sultan of the Ottoman Dynasty.
	www.guideistanbul.net /suleyman.htm (411 words)

	Hadim Suleiman Aga Mosque
		Hadum or Hadim Mosque, which means a servant, eunuch, was built at the end of the 16th century by Hadum Sulejman aga Bizeban, a servant in the imperial harem at the time of Sultan Murat III, born in the village of Guska near Djakovica.
		A closer year of its building as 1592/1593 (or 1003 according to the Hegira Islamic system of measuring time) was etermined on the basis of the data from the Prizren salnamams (yearly calendars for 1873 and 1874).
		The facades of the mosque are built with stone blocks, while the upper part of the minaret is built with smaller cubes of sandstone.
	archnet.org /library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=3300 (185 words)

	Suleiman Mosque Information
		Apart from the main mosque with the praying hall (cami) and courtyard (avlu), the mosque complex also includes a caravanserai or seraglio (sarayı; han), a public kitchen (imaret) which served food to the poor, a hospital (darüşşifa), four Qur'an schools (medrese), a specialized school for the learning of hadith, and a bath-house (hamam).
		The Suleiman Mosque was ravaged by a fire in 1660 and was restored on the command of sultan Mehmed IV by architect Fossatı.
		The mosque was restored to its original glory during the 19th century but during World War I the courtyard was used as a weapons depot and when some of the ammunition ignited, the mosque suffered another fire.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Suleiman_Mosque (420 words)

	Suleiman Mosque
		The mosque is 59 meters in length and 58 meters in width.
		The Suleiman Mosque was ravaged by a fire in 1660 and was restored on the command of sultan Mehmed IV by architect Fossatı.
		The mosque was restored to its original glory during the 19th century but during World War I the courtyard was used as a weapons depot and when some of the ammunition ignited, the mosque suffered another fire.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/s/su/suleiman_mosque.html (293 words)

	Al-Aqsa Mosque - Mw
		The name "Al-Aqsa Mosque", al-Masjid al-Aqsa in Arabic, translates to "the farthest mosque" ("the remote mosque" according to some translations, such as that of Muhammad Asad), and is associated with the Isra and Mi'raj, a journey made around 621 CE (1 BH) by the Islamic Prophet Muhammad (c.
		For he beheld Syria to be a country that had long been occupied by the Christians, and he noted there are beautiful churches still belonging to them, so enchantingly fair, and so renowned for their splendour, as are the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and the churches of Lydda and Edessa.
		The diameter of the dome of the mosque is 20m by 20cm and its height 20m by 48cm, while the diameter of the dome of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is 20m by 90cm and its’ height 21m by 5cm.
	www.muslimwikipedia.com /mw/index.php/Al-Aqsa_Mosque (3106 words)

	World Architecture Images- Islamic Architecture
		the interior of the Selimiye Mosque (Minar Sinan), Edirne.
		The principle architectural types of Islamic architecture are; the Mosque, the Tomb, the Palace and the Fort.
		Arab-plan mosques were constructed mostly under the Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties; subsequently, however, the simplicity of the Arab plan limited the opportunities for further development, and as a result, these mosques gradually fell out of popularity.
	www.essential-architecture.com /STYLE/STY-islam.htm (1898 words)

	Mosque - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Mosques are of various sizes and types; the Friday mosque—in which the...
		Blue Mosque, one the principal mosques of İstanbul, built (1609-1616) for Sultan Ahmet I by Mehmet Aga, a pupil of Sinan.
		Suleimaniye Mosque, one of the principal mosques of İstanbul, built (1550-1557) by Sinan for Suleiman the Magnificent.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Mosque.html (106 words)

	Sinan
		Koca Mimar Sinan Ağa (1490-1588) was the Ottoman chief architect for sultans Selim I, Suleiman I, Selim II and Murad III.
		His masterpiece is the Selimiye Mosque in Edirne although his most famous work is the Suleiman Mosque in Istanbul.
		He died in 1588 and is buried in a tomb just outside the walls of the Suleiman Mosque to the north, across a street named Mimar Sinan Caddesi in his honour.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/s/si/sinan.html (406 words)

	Mosques in the Citadelle, Cairo, Egypt - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		The mosque was decorated with stone from the ruined cathedral of Akko (Acre).
		It is also known as the Alabaster Mosque because of the extensive use of this fine material that was used to cover its interior and exterior walls.
		Mohamed All Mosque is the emblem of the Cairo Governorate
	www.galenfrysinger.com /cairo_citadelle_mosques.htm (346 words)

	Suleiman
		Suleiman was a great conqueror, but also a fair leader, a brilliant lawmaker, a patron of arts and architecture and he made the Ottoman Empire into a world power.
		Suleiman always led his army in person, and once wrote: "Night and day, our horse is saddled and our saber is girt." (Severy, p.574) As one can see, Suleiman was willing and ready to fight and go to war at any time.
		Suleiman said, "I came in arms against him but it was not my wish that he should be thus cut off while he scarcely tasted the sweets of life and royalty." (Severy, p.580) This conquest struck fear in Europe and told the world how strong Suleiman and the Ottoman Empire really was.
	www.ccds.charlotte.nc.us /History/MidEast/04/embree/embree.htm (1765 words)

	Süleymaniye Camii (Suleiman Mosque) - Istanbul, Turkey
		The mosque is modeled in part on the style of a Byzantine basilica, particularly the Hagia Sophia, which was perhaps a conscious move on the part of the sultan to create a continuity and a symbolic connection with the city's past.
		The Suleiman Mosque was ravaged by a fire in 1660 and was restored on the command of sultan Mehmed IV by architect Fossatı.
		The mosque is 59 meters in length and 58 meters in width.
	www.sacred-destinations.com /turkey/istanbul-suleiman-mosque.htm (682 words)

	Kuwait encyclopedia : Cultural Information , Maps, Kuwait politics and officials, Kuwait History. Travel to Kuwait (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The minarets have a total of 10 galleries indicating that Suleiman I was the 10th Ottoman sultan.
		Apart from the main mosque with the praying hall (cami) and courtyard (avlu), the mosque complex also includes a caravanserai or seraglio (sarayı; han), a public kitchen (imaret) which served food to the poor, a hospital (darüşşifa), four Qur\'an schools (medrese), a specialized school for the learning of hadith, and a bath-house (hamam).
		The Suleymaniye Mosque was ravaged by a fire in 1660 and was restored on the command of sultan Mehmed IV by architect Fossatı.
	www.kuwaitiworld.com /wiki1-Suleiman_Mosque (536 words)

	Suleiman Mosque - Travel Link Turkey
		The Suleymaniye mosque is one of the most grandeur mosques in Istanbul.
		In terms of architectural designs and forms the Suleymaniye mosque bears resemblances to the Byzantine Hagia Sophia which was later converted to an imperial mosque by Sultan Mehmed II (The Conqueror).
		Inside the garden of the mosque there are two mausoleums which houses the tombs of Sultan Suleiman I, his wife Hurrem Sultan (Roxelana), his daughter Mihrimah Sultan.
	www.travellinkturkey.com /suleymaniye.html (495 words)

	Suleymaniye Mosque - ExploreIstanbul.com
		The mosque, which were the most important feature of the silhouette of Istanbul, were not just places of worship.
		The mosque is surrounded by an outer courtyard with the kiblah, or direction to Mecca, being on one side along with an enclosed cemetery containing graves and a mausoleum the opposite side to the kiblah contains an inner courtyard.
		The carved lectern of the preacher, windows and doors oıf wood inlaid with mother of pearl, stained glass windows and other decorative features of mosques are a low profile, the emphasis in the interior of the mosque is decoration through calligraphy.
	www.exploreistanbul.com /showarticle.asp?show=true&parentid=44 (878 words)

	MIT OpenCourseWare \| Architecture \| 4.615 The Architecture of Cairo, Spring 2002 \| Lecture Notes \| 17 - Cairo From ...
		The Mosque of Suleiman Agha al-Silahdar: (1837-39) Built by this trusted lieutenant of Muhammad 'Ali on the main street of Cairo, this elegant mosque displays the same mixture of Baroque Ottoman and local Cairene styles as the mosque of the Pasha at the Citadel.
		Mosque of Muhammad `Ali: the ablution fountain in the center of the courtyard and the clock tower of Napoleon III in the background.
		The courtyard of the Mosque of Suleiman Agha al-Silahdar.
	ocw.mit.edu /OcwWeb/Architecture/4-615Spring2002/LectureNotes/detail/lec17.htm (745 words)

	Mosque of Suleiman the Magnificent, Istanbul (Local Attractions, Istanbul, Turkey) - Tripist Travel Guide
		Yes, Suleiman the Magnificent rests in an octagonal complicated tomb, embellished with tiles inside the mosque.
		Near him, it's his favourite wife, widely known as Roxelana, "the Russian", and the architect who designed the grand church, but in a humble grave.
		Suleiman himself ordered the construction of the monument in 1550 for his own praise, and what resulted was the biggest mosque in Istanbul.
	turkey.tripist.com /istanbul/local-attractions/mosque_of_suleiman_the_magnificent_istanbul (260 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : "Suleiman The Lawgiver" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Suleiman the Magnificent beat Louis XIV by more than a century in creating a personal and political supremacy that others imitated as a model but could never hope to equal.
		The outcome of the Battle of Mohacs is described in a single sentence that Suleiman wrote that night: "We are resting at Mohacs where we have buried 20,000 Hungarian infantry and 4,000 of their cavalry." Hungary was his.
		Suleiman was directly responsible for Constantinople's "face lifting." He gave orders to his builders just as he did to his generals on the battlefield.
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/196402/.suleiman.the.lawgiver..htm (1446 words)

	List of mosques at AllExperts
		Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Mosque* in Shah Alam
		*Mosque of Muhammad Ali Ø¬Ø§ÙØ¹ ÙØÙØ¯ Ø¹ÙÙ at the Citadel, Cairo
		Mosque of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab in Maicao, Guajira is the largest mosque* in South America.
	en.allexperts.com /e/l/li/list_of_mosques.htm (708 words)

	islamexamkey
		In this mosque, it appears to have served as a landmark, calling attention to the presence of the mosque.
		Cordoba is also a hypostyle mosque although some changes can be seen in plan and in built form: in particular, the smaller area given to the courtyard and the greater area given to the columns.
		Mosques today do not have to be bigger or more complex or grander in any fashion, and the opposite case is often just as likely.
	www.ux1.eiu.edu /~rbarris/islamexamkey.htm (887 words)

	info: Suleiman_Mosque (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The SÃ¼leymaniye Mosque (Turkish: SÃ¼leymaniye Camii) is a grand mosque in Istanbul, Turkey.
		The Hagia Sophia, converted into a sultanic mosque under Mehmet II, served as a model to some other sultanic mosques in Istanbul, all of which have a certain basic similarity in structure, in order to visually represent the line of succession from sultan to sultan.
		Prophet Muhammad; Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan, in Cairo, Egypt; Mosque of Ibn Tulun, in Cairo, Egypt; Mosque of Mohammed Ali at the Citadel, Cairo, Egypt; Selimiye Mosque in Edirne, Turkey; Suleiman Mosque...
	www.napoli-pizza.net /Suleiman_Mosque.html (843 words)

	Steve Bougerolle - Travelogue (Middle East 1993)
		Mosques dotted the city, and generally were open and inviting.
		The Blue mosque and Suleiman Mosque particularly struck a powerful impression with me, seeming at once both grand and comfortable.
		The Umayyad Mosque and National Museum were good sights to see, and there was lots of food, but a couple days of this was enough and then we were ready to move on to Jordan.
	www.bougerolle.net /travel/middle_east.php (3244 words)

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		This unit may be the column, as it is in the hypostyle mosque or it may be the square, as it is in the 9-square mosque.
		Great Mosque of Cordova (based initially on the hypostyle hall as plan): This mosque is a good example of the dualistic sense of space: the mihrab niche, in the center of the top wall in diagram, is one focus.
		The mosque of Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman ruler, a centrally-planned mosque characterized by a profusion of domes and minarets, is recognizably different from Cordoba and likewise, recognizably in the tradition of Byzantine architecture which provided the surrounding context for the Suleiman's mosque.
	www.ux1.eiu.edu /~rbarris/islampage1.htm (2143 words)

	Architecture of Cairo
		The mosque, which is a pure central-domed plan, has two slender pencil minarets that soar to a height of 82 m.
		The interior is articulated in a neo-baroque style that contrasts sharply in its profusion and eclecticism with the structural straightforwardness of the mosque.
		The mosque is a rhetorical composition designed to emulate the early style of royal Ottoman mosques of Istanbul.
	web.mit.edu /4.615/www/handout17.htm (643 words)

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		Suleiman I (November 6, 1494 – September 5/6, 1566) was the tenth Osmanli sultan of the Ottoman Empire and its longest-serving, reigning from 1520 to 1566.
		Suleiman was considered one of the pre-eminent rulers of 16th-century Europe, a respected rival to Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor, Francis I of France, Henry VIII of England, and Sigismund II of Poland.
		Suleiman was so taken with the city of Jerusalem and its plight that he ordered the construction of a magnificent fortress-wall that still stands around the Old City.
	www.thisweekinpalestine.com /details.php?id=1667&ed=113 (1124 words)

	Egypt's Spy Chief Omar Suleiman on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Suleiman was sitting next to the president when Islamist gunmen opened fire.
		It was Suleiman who traveled to the West Bank town of Ramallah and shuttled between the two offices, eventually forcing the pair to a short-lived reconciliation.
		Suleiman also intervened with the Israelis, prevailing upon them to refrain from attacking Arafat in retaliation for attacks inside Israel.
	www.flickr.com /photos/elhamalawy/315257515 (904 words)

	Suleiman's Mosque
		Each sultan built great mosques to reflect their power and devotion.
		Suleiman was the most powerful and richest of the Ottoman sultans and his mosque is the largest in Istanbul.
		Its layout is very similar to Aya Sofya, but where that was a church modified to a mosque, this is a purpose-built mosque.
	home.pacific.net.au /~lawreys/Suleiman's_Mosque.htm (81 words)

	Architecture of Cairo
		First Ottoman mosque in Egypt, it was built at the Citadel to serve the Janissary Corps.
		Facing the Citadel, this mosque is a true late Mamluk mosque with a pure Ottoman minaret.
		A hybrid Mamluk-Ottoman building, this mosque was part of a larger complex (only a hammam is left) that formed the center of this riverine port.
	web.mit.edu /4.615/www/handout15.htm (497 words)

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