Khusruwiyah_Mosque

Khusruwiyah Mosque

Khusruwiyah Mosque

Former mosque in Aleppo, Syria

The Khusraw mosque Arabized as Khusruwiyah Mosque (Arabic: جَامِع الْخُسْرُوِيَّة, romanized: Jāmiʿ al-Ḵusruwīyah; Turkish: Hüsreviye Camii) was a mosque complex in Aleppo, Syria. It was located southeast of the Citadel. The mosque was commissioned by Husrev Pasha while he was governor of Aleppo under Sultan Suleiman I.[1]

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The mosque, which was left neglected during the Syrian Civil War was completely destroyed during the Battle of Aleppo in August 2014 with dynamites.[2]

Architecture

View from the Citadel

The complex consisted of a mosque, a madrasa, rooms for travellers, a public kitchen, shops and other facilities. The Khusruwiyah complex was designed by the renowned court architect Mimar Sinan.[3]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Eyice, Semavi (1999). "Hüsreviyye Camii" (PDF). TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish). Vol. 19. Istanbul. pp. 57–58.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. [2]
    "İç Savaşta Yok Olan Halep Hüsreviye Külliyesi". MozartCultures (in Turkish). 2021-05-03. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  3. [3]
    Jami' wa-Madrasa al-Khusruwiyya Archnet Digital Library.


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