Lead Mosque (Trikala)
The Osman Shah Mosque ( Greek Τέμενος Οσμάν Σαχ ) or Lead Mosque ( Κουρσούμ Τζαμί from Turkish kurşun Camii - "Leaden Mosque") is an Ottoman mosque from the 16th century in the city of Trikala , Greece .
The mosque was donated by Osman Shah, also known as Kara Osman Pascha. Osman was the son of one of the daughters of the Sultan Selim I and stayed a long time in Trikala as governor ( Mütessarif ) the local Province ( Sanjak of Tirḥāla). The exact date is uncertain, but the mosque was likely built in the period 1550-1560, most likely in the late 1550s. Osman established several charitable institutions in the mosque, including a medrese , a poor house and a caravanserai . At the time after his death in 1567/8 he was buried in a doorway in the south courtyard of the mosque. At the time of Evliya Çelebi's visit a century later, the mosque was the main mosque in the city.
The Osman Shah Mosque itself was built by the famous Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan - one of 79 in his career, and its only one to survive in what is now Greece. It is also the only one of the eight mosques in the city mentioned by Evliya Çelebi that is still standing. The building itself consists of a square prayer hall covered by a large hemispherical dome and has a portico ('revak') that has recently been rebuilt. The minaret is at the northwest end and is relatively well preserved, except for the missing roof. All other buildings attached to the mosque have since disappeared, with the exception of the founder's octagonal Türbe, which is used as a storage place for artifacts from archaeological excavations.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Mantzana, Krystallo: Κουρσούμ Τζαμί: Περιγραφή. Hellenic Ministry of Culture , accessed March 8, 2014 (Greek).
- ↑ a b c d Alexandra Yerolimpos: Tirḥāla . In: The Encyclopaedia of Islam , New Edition, Volume X: T-U . BRILL, Leiden and New York 2000, ISBN 90-04-11211-1 , pp. 539-540 ( online ).
Coordinates: 39 ° 33 ′ 0.4 ″ N , 21 ° 46 ′ 16.1 ″ E