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Şemsi Pasha Mosque
Mimarsinan Mh., 34664 Üsküdar/Istanbul
RELIGIONS Islam
DESCRIPTION OF THE RELIGIOUS SITE
DESCRIPTION
Şemsi Pasha Mosque is located at the seaside in Şemsi Pasha district and on Şemsi Pasha Road.
The courtyard has two gates, one facing the park where there used to be TEKEL company buildings and the other facing the sea.There are no inscriptions on these gates made of cut coping stone. There are classical barred windows on the walls of the courtyard. When we enter through the gate facing the park, we see a small burial area on the right side and a place where ablution is performed on the left side. The northern and eastern sides of the courtyard have been surrounded by an L-shaped madrasa.The shrine was built bySinan the Architect in 988 (1580).The square, single dome of the mosque is lead coated.The dome stands on an octagonal drum.
The four sides of the dome have been consolidated with semidomes in the corners.The drum is pierced with four windows .
The narthex of the mosque and its right side is surrounded by a portico that stands on a marble column.The portico is flat.
There is a four verse inscription on the main arched gate made of cut stone .
The door of the minaret is to the right of this gate, the arch of which is made of white and red marble.This small shrine has lower and upper windows and the upper windows are adorned with colored glass.It looks beautiful.
Semi domes and the marble mihrab (niche indicating the direction of the Qiblah for prayer) have stalactite carvings. The minbar (a raised platform in the front area of a mosque, from which the imam delivers sermons or speeches) made afterwards is wooden. The interior of the mosque is free from decoration such as tiles and hand-drawing. An iron grille has been placed in the large window of the tomb to the right overlooking the central part of the mosque.There are niches on both sides of this large window.Verses have been written in good handwriting in the center of the dome and on the drum.The minaret on the right is made of cut stone like the shrine and there are stalactite carvings below its balcony. The minaret stands on the main structure and southwest corner.of the mosque.
HISTORICAL RELEVANCE
The Şemsi Pasha Mosque was designed by Ottoman imperial architect Mimar Sinan for Grand Vizier Şemsi Pasha. The Mosque is one of the smallest to be commissioned by a Grand Vizier in Constantinople, however it is its miniature dimensions combined with its picturesque waterfront location which have made it one of the most attractive mosques in the city. The Mosque is a celebrated example of the chief architect's skill in organically blending architecture with the natural landscape.
INTER-RELIGIOUS RELEVANCE
The mosque visited by many tourists every year.
RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE
It represents the dominant belief of the local folk, and it invites Muslims for pray and worship with Azan .
HOW TO USE WITH THE STUDENTS
Direct visit is allowed, students may go on vocations.
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