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Floor plan of the Great Mosque of Kairouan (c. 836, with some minor additions later) One of the most important Aghlabid monuments is the Great Mosque of Kairouan, which was completely rebuilt in 836 by the emir Ziyadat Allah I, although various additions and repairs were effected later which complicate the chronology of its construction.
Anatolian Seljuk mosques included more conservative hypostyle constructions alongside less traditional floor plans. An important hypostyle example is the Alaeddin Mosque of Konya (built between 1156 and 1235, with later additions).
The mosque has a rectangular floor plan measuring about 57 metres wide and 50 metres long [6] (or 59 by 51 metres according to another source [9]), divided between a courtyard and a prayer hall. While the floor plan is not very different from that of the Great Mosque of Kairouan , the structure of the building is very different.
English: Floor map of Uqba mosque in Kairouan - Tunisia Français : Plan de la Grande Mosquée de Kairouan - Tunisie العربية: رسم بياني للمسقط الأفقي لجامع عقبة بن نافع بالقيروان - تونس
Hypostyle mosques also frequently follow the "T-type" model, in which the nave between the arches running towards the mihrab (perpendicular to the qibla wall) was wider than the others, as was also the aisle directly in front of and along the qibla wall (running parallel to it), thus forming a T-shaped space in the floor plan of the mosque ...
Floor plan and elevation of the Bayezid II Mosque in Istanbul (from drawings by Cornelius Gurlitt) After Mehmed II, the reign of Bayezid II (1481–1512) is again marked by extensive architectural patronage, of which the two most outstanding and influential examples are the Bayezid II Complex in Edirne and the Bayezid II Mosque in Istanbul. [134]
The mosque's floor plan is a slightly irregular quadrilateral due to the fact that its northern wall corresponds to the former southern wall of the first mosque and its different orientation. The current mosque is roughly 90 metres (300 ft) wide, 57 metres (187 ft) long on its west side, and 66 metres (217 ft) long on its east side. [ 56 ]