Chusrawiyya Mosque

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Chusrawiyya Complex, 2009

The Chusrawiyya Mosque ( Arabic جامع الخسروية, DMG ǧāmiʿ al-ḫusrawiyya , Turkish Hüsreviye Külliyesi ) was a historic Ottoman mosque from the time of Suleyman the Magnificent in the Syrian city ​​of Aleppo . The mosque complex was completed around 1547. The foundation plaque above the mosque gate bears the date 1545, the year of death of the founder Hüsrev Pascha. As the oldest Ottoman mosque in the city of Aleppo, the Chusrawiyya Mosque was completely destroyed during the civil war in Syria in August 2014.

The complex, donated by the governor of Aleppo, Hüsrev Pascha, and named after him, comprised a külliye mosque designed by the court architect Mimar Sinan , a hospital and a medrese (Koran school), which was also known as the " Azhar of Aleppo". The mosque was completed in 1546.

The minaret of the Chusrawiyya mosque had a decorated scissor (balcony) and a typical Turkish pencil tip . There was a large dome over the prayer hall, next to it two smaller domed dervish cells ( tabhane ) as well as a resting place for travelers and a shop. There was an inscription in Nashi script above the door . To the south of the Chusrawiyya mosque was a small domed mausoleum where Hüsrev's wife, son and nephew were buried.

Web links

Commons : Chusruwiya Mosque  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. Ernst Egli: Sinan. The builder of the Ottoman heyday. Eugen Rentsch, Erlenbach-Zurich, 1976. p. 36
  2. Aleppo . UNITAR, 2014

Coordinates: 36 ° 11 ′ 49 ″  N , 37 ° 9 ′ 38.5 ″  E