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The Al-Fateh Mosque (also known as Al-Fateh Islamic Center & Al Fateh Grand Mosque) (Arabic: مسجد الفاتح; transliterated: Masjid al-Fatih) was one of the largest mosques in the world, encompassing 6,500 square meters and having the capacity to accommodate over 7,000 worshippers at a time. [2]
The Fatih Mosque complex was a religious and social building of unprecedented size and complexity built in Istanbul between 1463 and 1470 by order of Mehmed II. [1] The 4th-century Church of the Holy Apostles was demolished to make way for the mosque.
The mosque has a capacity of nearly 17,000 people and is considered Egypt's second largest mosque. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The mosque is located on the New Middle Ring Road in the New Capital and is considered the 2nd biggest mosque in Egypt after the Islamic Cultural Center (Grand Mosque) and one of the mega-mosques worldwide. [ 5 ]
The complex contained a Friday mosque, a soup-kitchen , a madrasa, an elementary school and a hospital . [2] The large complex was built in several stages on either side of a narrow street. The mosque was completed in 1538–39 ( AH 945), the madrasa was completed a year later in 1539–40 (AH 946) and the soup-kitchen in 1540–41 (AH 947).
Historical photo of Fatih Mosque, built by order of Sultan Mehmed II in Constantinople, the first imperial mosque built in the city after the Ottoman conquest After conquering Constantinople, when Mehmed II finally entered the city through what is now known as the Topkapi Gate , he immediately rode his horse to the Hagia Sophia , where he ...
Great Mosque of Sfax: Sfax Tunisia: 849: Exact construction date uncertain, but probably around 849. [42] Great Mosque of Sousse: Sousse Tunisia: 851 [43] Al-Qarawiyyin mosque: Fez Morocco: 859 Some doubts exist about the story of its foundation in 859. [44] A possible alternative date is 877, based on an inscription discovered in the 20th century.
A grand mosque, or congregational mosque, Friday mosque, great mosque or jama masjid, is a type of mosque which is the main mosque of a certain area that hosts the special Friday noon prayers known as jumu'ah.
The Süleymaniye Mosque (Turkish: Süleymaniye Camii, pronounced [sylejˈmaːnije]) is an Ottoman imperial mosque located on the Third Hill of Istanbul, Turkey. The mosque was commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520–1566) and designed by the imperial architect Mimar Sinan. An inscription specifies the foundation date as 1550 and the ...