Jazzar Pasha Mosque

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Jezzar Pasha Mosque
Coordinates : 32 ° 55 ′ 21.7 "  N , 35 ° 4 ′ 13.1"  E Coordinates: 32 ° 55 ′ 21.7 "  N , 35 ° 4 ′ 13.1"  E
place Acre
Laying of the foundation stone 1781
opening 1782
Direction / grouping Hanefi - Sunni
Architectural information
architect Cezzâr Ahmed Pasha
draft Ottoman
Details
Couple 1 main dome
several smaller domes
minaret 1

The Israeli Jazzar Pasha Mosque ( Arabic مسجد الجزار Masǧid al-Ǧazzār  'Mosque of the Butcher', Hebrew מִסְגַּד אַל-גַ'זָּאר Misgad al-Dʒazzār ; Turkish Cezzâr Paşa Câmiî ), also known as the White Mosque , is located on El Jazzar Street within the walls of the old town of Acre , overlooking the eastern Mediterranean . It is named after the Ottoman governor Cezzâr Ahmed Pasha .

history

The Jazzar Pasha Mosque was the main project of the late 18th century Ottoman governor of Sidon, Cezzar Ahmet Pasha, who was known for both his cruelty and impressive public works, as well as for defeating Napoleon Bonaparte at the siege of Acre in 1799. Ahmet Pasha ordered the construction of the mosque in 1781. The mosque as a religious site forms the former regional government district with Accos Citadel (military site) and the Old Seraglio (administration). The mosque was built over former Muslim (Great Friday Mosque until 1104) and Christian houses of prayer ( Cross Cathedral (Acre) ). Its construction was carried out from 1775 to 1805. Columns were used for the construction, which were brought from Roman and Byzantine ruins in Caesarea and Tire . This also included a school for Islamic studies, which was later used as a religious court. The masons and masons of the mosque were Greeks . In the entrance gate there is a tughra on a marble disk in which the then ruling sultan, his father and the saying “always victorious” is immortalized.

In addition to the mosque, a mausoleum ( Türbe ) and a small cemetery were built, in which the graves of Ahmet Pasha and his successor, Suleyman Pasha el-Adil , as well as their relatives are contained.

architecture

The Jazzar Pasha Mosque is an excellent example of Ottoman architecture that fused Byzantine and Persian styles. Some of its components are the green dome and the minaret, a sable with a green roof next to its stairs (a so-called köşk , which was built by Abdülhamid II for the serving of chilled drinking water and drinks) and a large riwaq .

This mosque, which dominates the skyline of Acre, was originally called Mescid-ül Enver ( Masjid al-Anwar , Mosque of Lights) and is also known as the White Mosque because of its silver-white dome. The dome is now painted green. The minaret has a spiral staircase with 124 steps.

In Israel outside Jerusalem, the Jazzar Pasha Mosque is the architecturally most important mosque, and it is the second largest after the Akhmat Kadyrov Mosque in Abu Gosh, which opened in 2014 .

Shar el Nabi

The Jazzar Pasha Mosque also houses the şa'r ün-Nebi , a hair (or a lock of hair) from the beard of the Islam prophet Mohammed . The Scha'r ün-Nebi was always shown on the festival of the breaking of the fast , which ended the fasting month of Ramazan , in a parade through Acre, but is only shown to the community today. This relic is kept in a display case inside the mosque.

gallery

  • Entrance to the mosque, with the sable on the right of the steps.

  • Entrance to the Jazzar Pasha Mosque

  • Interior of the Jezzar Pasha Mosque

  • View from a distance

Individual evidence

Commons : Jezzar Pasha Mosque  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
  1. ↑ Thomas Philipp, Acre: the rise and fall of a Palestinian city, 1730-1831 , New York and Chichester: Columbia University Press, 2001, (= History and society of the modern Middle East series; Vol. 6), p. 172 . ISBN 0-231-12327-2 .
  2. ↑ Denys Pringle, The Churches of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. A Corpus : 4 vol. S, Cambridge, Engl .: Cambridge University Press, 2009, vol. 4 'The Cities of Acre and Tire with Addenda and Corrigenda to Volumes I-III', p. 83. ISBN 9780521109833 .
  3. ↑ a b Jezzar Mosque. Archnet, archived from the original ; Retrieved October 5, 2016 .
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  7. ^ News letter. May 22, 1981, archived from the original ; Retrieved October 5, 2016 .