Mosques Mosques İsabey Mosque (İsabey Camii in Turkish) is one of the oldest and most impressive works of architectural art remaining from the Anatolian beyliks. The mosque is situated between the Saint Jean Church and the remains of the Temple of Artemis on the skirts of the Ayasulig Hills at Selçuk, Izmir, formerly Ephesus in Turkey. It was built by the architect Şamlı Dımışklıoğlu Ali in honor of the Aydın Bey, İsa. It has been used as a caravanserai in 19th century. ...more on Wikipedia about "Isabey Mosque"
List of most important mosques throughout the world: ...more on Wikipedia about "List of mosques"
Masjid Al Abrar is also a Tamil Muslim mosque. It was originally a thatched hut put up in 1827. Between 1850–1855 a brick building was erected at the same site. It has two minarets and a dome. ...more on Wikipedia about "Masjid Al Abrar"
Mihrab (in Persian مهراب or محراب, in Arabic ألمحراب pl. محاريب) is a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the qibla, i.e. the direction of Kaaba that Muslims should face when praying. The wall is called the qibla wall. The mihrab gives the impression of a door or a passage to Mecca. They vary in size but are usually ornately decorated. Mihrabs first appeared in the reign of the Umayyad khalif al-Walid I ( 705– 715). ...more on Wikipedia about "Mihrab"
Minarets ( Arabic manara منارة, but more usually مئذنة) are distinctive architectural features of Islamic mosques. Minarets are generally tall, graceful spires, with onion-shaped crowns, usually either free standing or much taller than any surrounding support structure. ...more on Wikipedia about "Minaret"
A Minbar ( Arabic: منبر) is a pulpit in the mosque where the Imam (leader of prayer) stands to deliver sermons (khutbah خطبه ). The minbar is usually shaped as a small tower with a pointed roof and with a stair leading up to it. It is often richly ornamented, though in its simplest form the minbar is just a small platform with only a few steps. The minbar is located to the right of the mihrab, the niche that indicates the direction of prayer (i.e. towards Mecca). In some mosques there is a platform (müezzin mahfili in Turkish) opposite the minbar. That is the place of the assistant of the Imam, the muezzin, stands during prayer. The müezzin recite the answer to the prayer of the Imam. This feature is the Islamic equivalent of the Pulpit found in Christian Churches. ...more on Wikipedia about "Minbar"
A mosque is a place of worship for followers of the Islamic faith. Muslims all over the world often refer to the mosque by its name in Arabic, masjid (pl. masajid) ( Arabic: مسجد— pronounced: / / or / /). ...more on Wikipedia about "Mosque"
The müezzin (the word is pronounced this way Turkish, Urdu, etc.; in Arabic: مؤذن) is a servant at the mosque who leads the call ( adhan) to Friday service and the five daily prayers, or Salah, from one of the mosque's minarets (in most modern mosques, amplification aids the muezzins). ...more on Wikipedia about "Muezzin"
The "Pearl Mosque" is a name given to certain structures in more than one country. There is one in Lahore, Pakistan, that was completed in 1991. The Pearl Mosque inside the Red Fort in Delhi, India, that was built by Aurangzeb in 1659- 60 is known as the ' Moti Masjid'. Another Pearl Mosque in India is in Agra and was built around 1647- 53. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pearl Mosque"
The Selimiye Mosque (in Turkish Selimiye Camii) is a mosque located in the city of Edirne, in the neighborhood of Faith. This was one of the least accessible areas of the city with the Kırk Merdiven cliffs on one side and a deep cistern on the other. The mosque was commissioned by Sultan Selim II and was built by architect Sinan between the dates 1568- 1574. This grand mosque stands at the center of a kulliya which comprises a medrese, a dar-ul hadis, a timekeeper's room and an arasta (row of shops). In this mosque Sinan employed an octagonal supporting system that is created through eight pillars incised in a square shell of walls. The four semi domes at the corners of the square behind the arches that spring from the pillars, are intermediary sections between the huge encompassing dome and the walls. ...more on Wikipedia about "Selimiye Mosque"
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque (in Turkish Sultanahmet Camii, in English commonly called the Blue Mosque) is a mosque in Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey and the capital of the Ottoman Empire from 1453 to 1923. It is regarded as one of the greatest masterpieces of Islamic architecture. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sultan Ahmed Mosque"
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