Khusruwiyah Mosque

Khusruwiyah Mosque
جامع الخسروية
Khusruwiyah mosque
Basic information
Location Syria Aleppo, Syria
Geographic coordinates 36°11′49″N 37°09′38″E / 36.196944°N 37.160694°E / 36.196944; 37.160694Coordinates: 36°11′49″N 37°09′38″E / 36.196944°N 37.160694°E / 36.196944; 37.160694
Affiliation Islam
Region Levant
Status Active
Architectural description
Architect(s) Mimar Sinan
Architectural type Mosque
Architectural style Ottoman architecture
Completed 1547
Specifications
Dome(s) 1
Minaret(s) 1
Materials Stone

The Khusraw mosque Arabized as Khusruwiyah Mosque (Arabic: جامع الخسروية) was a mosque complex in Aleppo, Syria. It was located southeast of the Citadel. The mosque was commissioned by Husrev Pasa while he was governor of Aleppo under Sultan Suleiman I. It was designed by the renowned court architect Mimar Sinan.[1]

Architecture

View from the Citadel

The complex consisted of a mosque, a madrasa, rooms for travellers, a public kitchen, shops and other facilities.

See also

References

  1. Khusruwiyya Mosque and Madrasa Archnet Digital Library.

See Also

1-https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hüsrev_Paşa

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