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    The Süleymaniye Mosque (Turkish: Süleymaniye Camii, pronounced [sylejˈmaːnije]) is an Ottoman imperial mosque located on the Third Hill of Istanbul, Turkey...
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    porticos and 30 domes above them. Unlike the courtyards of the Süleymaniye Mosque and Selimiye Mosque designed by Sinan, where the portico in front of the prayer...
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    paintings. The identification of Süleymaniye mosque with Hagia Sophia is almost understandable. The Süleymaniye mosque, positioned on the third hill, dominated...
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    The Suleymaniye Mosque or the Mosque of Suleiman (Greek: Σουλεϊμανιγιέ Τζαμί, Turkish: Süleymaniye Camii) is a former mosque in the city of Rhodes, Greece...
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    Ahmed Mosque Sultan Ahmed Mosque Sultan Ahmed Mosque Sultan Ahmed Mosque Little Hagia Sophia Süleymaniye Mosque Süleymaniye Mosque Zeyrek Mosque Zeyrek...
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    türbes associated with several Sufi saints of the Ottoman Empire. The Süleymaniye Mosque complex in Istanbul includes some of the most famous türbes, including...
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    The Suleymaniye Mosque (Turkish: Süleymaniye Camii) is a mosque on Kingsland Road in Haggerston, London, United Kingdom, which serves the entire Muslim...
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    Thessaloniki, Panagia Ekatontapiliani, the Şehzade Mosque, the Süleymaniye Mosque, the Rüstem Pasha Mosque and the Kılıç Ali Pasha Complex. The patriarchate...
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    different from the earlier monumental portico designed by Sinan for the Süleymaniye Mosque. The façades above these arches are decorated with two marble circles...
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    died in 1558, in Istanbul and was buried in a mausoleum within the Süleymaniye Mosque complex. Leslie P. Peirce has written that her birth name may have...
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    She is Suleiman's only child to have been buried in his tomb in the Süleymaniye Mosque complex. By her husband, Mihrimah Sultan had a daughter and at least...
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    largest historic dome in Istanbul, after the Hagia Sophia and the Süleymaniye Mosque. The mosque utilizes a system of iron bracing running up from the floor...
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    large central dome. Süleymaniye complex in Istanbul (1550–1557) Süleymaniye Mosque Süleymaniye Mosque courtyard Süleymaniye Mosque interior Tomb of Suleiman...
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  • the main campus of Istanbul University, between the Süleymaniye Mosque and the Bayezid II Mosque. Construction of the palace commenced shortly after the...
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    entrance to the Horn, and Seraglio Point. Boats on the Golden Horn, with Süleymaniye Mosque atop the city's Third Hill in the background. Vantage point for this...
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    The large Fatih Mosque (Turkish: Fatih Camii, "Conqueror's Mosque" in English) is an Ottoman mosque off Fevzi Paşa Caddesi in the Fatih district of Istanbul...
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    Süleymaniye Mosque (interior) Selimiye Mosque in Edirne Şehzade Mosque is the first of the grand mosques created by Sinan. The Mihrimah Sultan Mosque...
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    in the Süleymaniye complex Tomb of Suleiman (1566) in the cemetery behind the Süleymaniye Mosque Interior of the Tomb of Suleiman Süleymaniye Hamam (located...
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    The New Mosque (Turkish: Yeni Cami, pronounced [jeni dʒami], originally named the Valide Sultan Mosque, Turkish: Valide Sultan Camii) and later New Valide...
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    Eyüp Sultan Mosque (Turkish: Eyüp Sultan Camii) is in the Eyüp district of Istanbul, outside the city walls and near the Golden Horn. The mosque complex includes...
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    Sinan's famous Suleymaniye Mosque, across the Bosphorus on the European side of Istanbul. At 72 metres in height, the main dome of Çamlıca Mosque symbolises...
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    The Süleymaniye Hamam is a historic Turkish bath (hamam) in Istanbul, Turkey, that forms part of the Süleymaniye Mosque complex. The building, on a hill...
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    Suleiman the Magnificent (category Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques)
    One of these, the Süleymaniye Mosque, is the final resting place of Suleiman: he is buried in a domed mausoleum attached to the mosque. Nevertheless, assessments...
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    made tiles for the Süleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul, the mausoleum of Hurrem Sultan (Roxelana) (completed in 1558), the Great Mosque in Adana (in around...
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    Palace, Istanbul, 14 January 1712, buried in Suleiman I Mausoleum, Süleymaniye Mosque). Ahmed II's most beloved consort and the last haseki sultan of the...
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    consistent with the mosque's unique emphasis on İznik tiles and parallels other buildings designed by Sinan, such as the Süleymaniye Complex. Walter B....
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    1691 and his body was buried in Suleiman the Magnificent's tomb at Süleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul. His brother Ahmed succeeded him as Sultan. Tughra of...
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    today. Mihrimah Sultana herself is buried at the Süleymaniye Mosque, but a ruined türbe behind this mosque houses the graves of her son-in-law, the Grand...
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  • Thumbnail for Barbaros Hayrettin Pasha Mosque
    Barbaros Hayrettin Pasha Mosque is a mosque complex in the Levent neighborhood of Istanbul, Türkiye. Architect Sinan's Suleymaniye Mosque in Edrine formed the...
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    Ortaköy Mosque (Turkish: Ortaköy Camii), formally the Büyük Mecidiye Camii (Turkish: Büyük Mecidiye Camii, lit. 'Great Mosque of Sultan Abdulmejid') in...
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