SULEYMANIA

MOSQUE
FRIDAY,10 SARVESH 9-
JUNE 2022 3

Architecture During The Ottoman Period

BY: SARVESH KUNDAR

INTRODUCTION
The Suleymaniye Mosque is an Ottoman
imperial mosque located on the Third Hill
of Istanbul, Turkey. The mosque was
commissioned by Suleiman the
Magnificent and designed by the imperial
architect Mimar Sinan. An inscription
specifies the foundation date as 1550 and
the inauguration date as 1557.

Why was the Suleymania Mosque

important ?

Located in the district of Fatih, the

Süleymaniye Mosque has a great religious
significance. Also, it is one of the most
important structures from the Ottoman era.

The mosque is close to the Spice Bazaar
and the Grand Bazaar. The construction of
the Süleymaniye Mosque started in 1550
and ended in 1557. Dedicated to Prince
Mehmed, the mosque was completed with
the involvement of all state organs. It was
commissioned by Suleiman the
Magnificent. The public called it the
“mosque that will remain forever” as a
testament to its robust structure. It is the
perfect illustration of Sinan’s ingenuity as
an architect. The mosque was not just the
representative of a higher moral ideal but
also functioned as a den of learning. It is
known to have been used as a social
complex in its time.
This picture shows the interrior of the Mosque,we can see
arabic inscriptions,arches,domes and voissors.
Where was it located ? : The Süleymaniye Mosque is an Ottoman imperial mosque located on the Third Hill of
Istanbul, Turkey.
Characteristic features of the
Suleymaniye Mosque
The mosque is perfectly designed in terms
Though the mosque is acknowledged as the of natural lightening which is provided
masterpiece of Sinan the Architect, the through 32 windows. Since it has great
master himself called it “my work as a mere acoustics, sounds can be heard from every
journeyman.” He thought everything corner. It is known that it is those empty
through to the finest detail when designing pots under the domes that partially explain
the mosque. The four minarets of the why the acoustics are so good. The dome
Süleymaniye Mosque represent the four has a height of 53 meters and a diameter of
sultans who took the throne after the 27.5 meters. 
conquest of Constantinople. While the ten
balconies on the minarets refer to On the upper part of the nave, the arches
Suleiman’s being the 10th Ottoman sultan. spanning high through which tympanums
are enclosed. Arches rise above the piers
An atmosphere of unpretentious plainness and separated on a 90 degree angle, and so
strikes one when entering the mosque. But on, the intervening space between the
when you actually step in through the door, arches had filled with inverted triangles,
it bemuses you with its mesmerizing interior pendentives. Above the pendentives the
design features. There are four different cornice spins, and the drum stands out
columns inside all brought from different with multiple windows to light the top
places all around the world.  section of interior space topped by the
main dome.

HAGIA SOPHIA HAGIA SOPHIA SULEYMANIYE MOSQUE:

EXTERIOR, INTERIOR, SPACE AND OBJECTIVES AND
STEREOTYPICAL IMAGE STRUCTURE POSSIBILITIES
HAGIA SOPHIA EXTERIOR, HAGIA SOPHIA INTERIOR, SPACE SULEYMANIYE MOSQUE:
STEREOTYPICAL IMAGE AND STRUCTURE OBJECTIVES AND POSSIBILITIES
Hagia Sophia is a former Byzantine Between the four minarets the dome sits Instructions of Sultan Suleiman refer to
church and former Ottoman mosque, high above the square base. The outer a comprehensive complex including
now a museum, built by Emperor frame of the dome is flat to some extent; great mosque in the center and modern
Justinian, which was to surpass in
magnificence all earlier churches. The
two most famous architects Anthemius
and Isidorus, were entrusted to construct
the building.
it is surrounded from the east and west
with a series of half-domes rising
toward the central summit. Between
every two north and south bold
buttresses, extends large and deep arch
to lift one side of the square base of the
dome. Each arch is filled with a
tympanum perforated with two layers of
windows.
The End
university. According to Goodwin:
"Beside the mosque, four major colleges
were to be built together with all the
usual charitable services including the
public kitchen (imaret), a hospital
(daruşşifa), a public baths (hammam),
Caravanserai, tabhane. The mosque had
to stand in the midst of its
dependencies, the spiritual center of all
the charitable and educational
enterprises.
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