Mosques commissioned by the Ottoman dynasty
The list below contains some of the most important mosques in modern-day Turkey that were commissioned by the members of Ottoman imperial family.
The table
In the table below the first column shows the name, the second column shows the location, the third column shows the commissioner, the fourth column shows the architect and the fifth column shows the duration of construction.
Mosques on the hills of İstanbul
Among those mosques in Istanbul some of them have been built on the traditional seven hills of the city. (The numbers refer to the number of the hill.)
- Sultan Ahmet Mosque
- Nurosmaniye Mosque
- Beyazıt II Mosque-Şehzade Mosque
- Fatih Mosque
- Yavuz Selim Mosque
- Mihrimah Sultan Mosque
Selâtin mosques
Selâtin mosques, (Selâtin means in Arabic "Sultans") by the usual definition, are mosques commissioned by a sultan who personally led a military campaign. They are large mosques with several minarets. Fatih and Süleymaniye are typical examples. However, this definition does not exactly cover the concept. Beginning by the 17th century, most sultans preferred to stay in the capital rather than campaigning. Ahmet I (reigned 1603–1617), who was a non-campaigning sultan, commissioned the Blue Mosques, one of the greatest mosques which had 6 minarets. This mosque is also considered a selâtin mosque.
Most of the mosques were commissioned by the sultans. But some mosques were commissioned by the other members of the dynasty; usually the mothers of sultans.
Notes
- ↑ Süleyman Çelebi: A contestant of throne during Ottoman Interregnum
- ↑ Turkish: Külliye
- ↑ Dedicated to Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, one of the earliest followers of Prophet who died during Arabic campaign to İstanbul
- ↑ Beyazıt's son (when he was a sanjak ruler)
- ↑ Dedicated to Selim's mother Gülbahar Hatun
- ↑ Dedicated to Suleyman's mother Ayşe Hafsa Sultan
- ↑ Hürrem: Mother of Selim II
- ↑ Dedicated to Süleyman's son Şehzade Mehmed who died young
- ↑ Mihrimah: Daughter of Süleyman I and Hürrem Sultan
- ↑ Rüstem: Husband of Mihrimah Sultan, son-in-law of Süleyman I and Hürrem Sultan
- ↑ She commissioned two mosques, the first on the Asiatic and the second on the European sides of the Bosphorous
- ↑ Ismihan: Daughter of Selim II and Nurbanu Sultan, wife of grand vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha
- ↑ Nurbanu: Mother of Murat III
- ↑ Safiye: Mother of Mehmet III
- ↑ Turhan Hatice: Mother of Mehmet IV
- ↑ Gülnuş: Mother of Ahmet III
- ↑ Zeynep: Daughter of Ahmet III
- ↑ Holy Mantle is kept in this mosque
- ↑ Bezmialem: Mother of Abdülmecit
- ↑ Pertevniyal: Mother of Abdülaziz
References
- ↑ Necipoğlu 2005, pp. 93-94.
- ↑ Necipoğlu 2005, pp. 268-272.
- ↑ Necipoğlu 2005, pp. 191-207.
- ↑ Necipoğlu 2005, pp. 301-305.
- ↑ Necipoğlu 2005, pp. 222-230.
- ↑ Necipoğlu 2005, pp. 305-314.
- ↑ Necipoğlu 2005, pp. 335-339.
- ↑ Necipoğlu 2005, pp. 238-256.
- ↑ Necipoğlu 2005, pp. 280-293.
- ↑ Necipoğlu 2005, pp. 257-265.
Bibliography
- Necipoğlu, Gülru (2005), The Age of Sinan: Architectural Culture in the Ottoman Empire, London: Reaktion Books, ISBN 978-1-86189-253-9.