Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque, Kadırga

Sokollu Mehmed Pasha I Mosque

külliye, congregational mosque

Year dem found am	1665
Religion anaa worldview	Islam
Dem name after	Sokollu Mehmed Pasha
Country	Turkey
Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd	Istanbul, Fatih
Coordinate location	41°0′17″N 28°58′19″E
Made from material	granite
Architect	Mimar Sinan
Architectural style	Ottoman architecture
Category for the interior of the item	Category:Interior of Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque

Plan by Cornelius Gurlitt, 1912

Cross section by Cornelius Gurlitt, 1912

Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque (Turkish: Sokollu Mehmet Paşa Camii) be a 16th-century Ottoman mosque insyd de Kadırga neighborhood insyd Fatih district, Istanbul, Turkey. Ne be commissioned jointly by de grand vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha den ein wifey İsmihan Sultan. Na ebe designed by de imperial architect Mimar Sinan wey na dem plete am insyd 1571/2. Na de mosque be noted for de fine quality of de Iznik tiles wey decorate de interior walls.

History

Na de mosque be designed by Ottoman imperial architect Mimar Sinan give de grand vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha den ein wifey İsmihan Sultan, a daughter of Selim II den one of de granddaughters of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. According to de foundation inscription insyd Turkish above de north entrance to de courtyard, na dem plete de building insyd AH 979 (1571/72 CE). Although İsmihan Sultan den ein husby jointly endow de mosque, Sokollu Mehmed Pasha per dem list for de foundation inscription.

Architecture

Exterior

Dem note de mosque for ein architecturally challenging location for a steep slope. Sinan resolve dis issue by fronting de mosque plus a two-storey courtyard. Dem divide de bottom storey into shops, wey na ein rents dem intend make e help support de upkeep of de mosque. De upper storey plus an open colonnaded courtyard get de spaces between de columns on three sides walled off make dem form small rooms, each plus a small window, fireplace den niche make e store bedding, dey form de living accommodations give a madrasah. De fourth side of de courtyard be de mosque einself, wich dem design as a hexagon dem inscribe insyd a rectangle, topped by a dome plus four small semi-domes insyd de corners. De dome be 13 metres (43 ft) for diameter insyd den 22.8 metres (75 ft) high. De ablution fountain insyd de courtyard get twelve columns wey dey support an onion shaped dome. Dem place de single minaret for de northeast corner of de mosque.

Interior

De interior of de Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque be famous for de İznik tiles, dem decorate plus a wide variety of blue, red den green floral designs, plus panels of calligraphy for white thuluth letters for a blue ground. De interior columns make use of polychrome marble. Dem make de minbar of white marble plus a conical cap, dem sheath insyd Iznik tiles. De windows above de mihrab get stained glass. Above de main entrance, dem frame by a gilded brass bezel, be a fragment of de Kaaba insyd Mecca; oda fragments of dis black stone be above de minbar den mihrab. As well as de tilework, na dem originally paint de parts of de mosque. Na dem renovate chaw of de paintwork buh sam of de original paintwork dey survive above de vestibule of de north entrance, for de brackets wey dey support de balcony above de entrance, den under de ceilings of de side galleries.

Gallery

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  Dome View
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  Interior view
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  Detail
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  Sokollu Mehmet Pasha mosque front
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  Sokollu Mehmet Pasha mosque courtyard
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  Sokollu Mehmet Pasha mosque courtyard
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  Sokollu Mehmet Pasha mosque
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  Sokollu Mehmet Pasha mosque mihrab and minber
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  Sokollu Mehmet Pasha mosque mihrab den minber
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  Sokollu Mehmet Pasha mosque mihrab den minber detail
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  Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque calligraphic tiles
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  Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque calligraphic tiles
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  Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque Iznik tiles
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  Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque Iznik tiles
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  Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque Iznik tiles

Sources

• Denny, Walter B. (2004). Iznik: The Artistry of Ottoman Ceramics. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-51192-3.
• Goodwin, Godfrey (2003) [1971]. A History of Ottoman Architecture. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-27429-3.
• Necipoğlu, Gülru (2005). The Age of Sinan: Architectural Culture in the Ottoman Empire. London: Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-86189-253-9.

Read further

• Faroqhi, Suraiyah (2005). Subjects of the Sultan: Culture and Daily Life in the Ottoman Empire. I.B. Tauris. ISBN 1-85043-760-2.
• Rogers, J.M. (2007). Sinan: Makers of Islamic Civilization. I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-096-3.

External links

• Sokullu Mehmet Paşa ve Ismihan Sultan Külliyesi (Kadırga), ArchNet.
• 360 degree panoramic view of the mosque interior, 3dmekanlar.
• Photographs of the Sokollu Mehmet Mosque by Dick Osseman