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    mosque in Damascus, Syria, located along Suq Sinaniyya Street. The mosque was built in 1590 by Sinan Pasha, the Ottoman-appointed governor of Damascus from...
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    Koca Sinan Pasha (Turkish: Koca Sinan Paşa, "Sinan the Great", Albanian: Koxha Sinan Pasha; c. 1506 – 3 April 1596) was an Albanian-born Ottoman Grand...
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    porch. The Rüstem Pasha Mosque was designed by Ottoman imperial architect Mimar Sinan for the Grand Vizier Rüstem Pasha. Rüstem Pasha was the husband of...
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    1555, Sinan built the Sinan Pasha Mosque at Beşiktaş, a smaller version of the Üç Şerefeli Mosque at Edirne, for the Grand Admiral Sinan Pasha. This proves...
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  • Sinan Pasha Mosque may refer to: Sinan Pasha Mosque (Damascus) in Damascus, Syria Sinan Pasha Mosque (Istanbul) in Istanbul, Turkey Sinan Pasha Mosque...
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    Khan As'ad Pasha Khan Sulayman Pasha Azm Palace, originally built in 1750 as the residence for the Ottoman governor of Damascus As'ad Pasha al-Azm, housing...
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    Nabi Habeel Mosque Sinan Pasha Mosque Darwish Pasha Mosque Aqsab Mosque Yalbugha Mosque Hanabila Mosque Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque House of Saint Ananias...
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    mosque began in 2018 and was finished in April 2023. The design of the mosque is based on that of the earlier Şehzade Mosque designed by Mimar Sinan in...
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    examples designed by local architects in Damascus include the Dervish Pasha Mosque (1571) and the Sinan Pasha Mosque (1585). Sultan Suleiman also devoted...
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    Külliyesi) is a takiyya (Ottoman-era Arabic name for a mosque complex which served as a Sufi convent) in Damascus, Syria, located on the right bank of the Barada...
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    courtyard of the Eyüp Sultan Mosque in Istanbul. His tomb was designed by Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan. Lala Mustafa Pasha died in 1580 in Constantinople...
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    Hadim Ibrahim Pasha Mosque was designed by Ottoman imperial architect Mimar Sinan for the Bosniak vizier Hadim (Eunuch) Ibrahim Pasha. The building was...
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    and octagonal mosque designs by Sinan Hadim Ibrahim Mosque in Istanbul (1551) Sinan Pasha Mosque in Istanbul (1553–1555) Sinan Pasha Mosque: view of the...
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    list of the Friday mosques for which the Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan claimed responsibility in his autobiographies. Of the 77 mosques in the list, 39 are...
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    Iznik pottery (redirect from Damascus ware)
    designed by Sinan was the Rüstem Pasha Mosque which was completed in 1563. In contrast to the restrained use of tiles in the Süleymaniye Mosque, the surfaces...
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    Tetkez Mosque Mosque of Toreezi Darwish Pasha Mosque Sinan Pasha Mosque Salimiyya Takiyya Mosque Sulaymaniyya Takiyya Mosque Nabi Habeel Mosque Al-Arish...
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    three brothers, Sinan, Ali, and Daut, and two sisters, Maksuma and Zulkada. Sinan married the sister of Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha and rose in the...
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  • Khorasan Province, Iran Mosque Katip Sinan Qelebi, in Prizren, Kosovo Sinan Pasha Mosque (Damascus), an early Ottoman-era mosque in Damascus, Syria, located along...
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  • Bosphorus shoreline in Constaninople. The Şemsi Pasha Mosque is one of the smallest mosques of Mimar Sinan's works in the city, yet is one of the most well-known...
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  • simultaneously served as governor of Damascus Eyalet between 1810 and 1812. He was a mamluk of his predecessor, Jazzar Pasha. His rule was associated with decentralization...
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    Suleiman the Magnificent (category Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques)
    Mimar Sinan. 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...
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  • her death in 1538. Mimar Sinan erected a tomb for Husrev Pasha in 1545. During his career, Husrev Pasha built several mosques, schools, fountains and other...
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    Selim II (category Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques)
    Bayezid to Istanbul. This delegation included figures like Hüsrev Pasha, Sinan Pasha, Ali Aqa Chavush Bashi, and two hundred officials. Suleiman's letter...
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    discredited the governor of Damascus, Husayn Pasha ibn Makki, for failing to ward off the Bedouin. Husayn Pasha had replaced As'ad Pasha, and among his priorities...
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    Malik-Shah I over an older mosque. According to some, it is the fifth holiest site in Islam after the Great Mosque of Damascus, which influenced its design...
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    Mustafa Pasha Hamam (built before 1512 near the Gül Mosque). Several major hammams in the city were designed by the famous Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan in...
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  • the hill.). Sultan Ahmed Mosque Nuruosmaniye Mosque Süleymaniye Mosque Fatih Mosque Yavuz Selim Mosque Mihrimah Sultan Mosque Süleyman Çelebi: A contestant...
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    mosque is a combination of Neo-Gothic style and classical Ottoman motifs. A bronze colonnade erected by Abdul Hamid II in Marjeh Square of Damascus,...
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    This is a list of mosques in Syria. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mosques in Syria. Islam in Syria Lists of mosques...
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    Cairene Mamluk styles Tombul (or Sherif Halil Pasha) Mosque in Shumen (1744–1745) Azm Palace, Damascus (circa 1750) Sabil-kuttab of Mustafa III (1758–1760)...
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