Haseki Sultan Complex

De Haseki Sultan Complex (sanso be Hürrem Sultan Complex) (Turkish: Haseki Hürrem Sultan Külliyesi) be a 16th-century Ottoman imperial mosque complex insyd de Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey. Na ebe de first royal project designed by de chief imperial architect Mimar Sinan.

 History 

Na Haseki Hürrem Sultan, de wifey of de Ottoman Sultan Suleiman de Magnificent commission de mosque complex. Na she marry de sultan around 1534 wey she probably use ein dowry make she finance de project.Necipoğlu 2005, p. 268. Na de architect Mimar Sinan design de buildings. Na ebe ein first imperial project wey ebe possible say na sam elements be planned by ein predecessor.Necipoğlu 2005, p. 271.

De complex contain a Friday mosque, a soup-kitchen (imaret), a madrasa, an elementary school (mektep) den a hospital (darüssifa). Na dem build de large complex for chaw stages insyd for either side of a narrow street. Na dem plete de mosque insyd 1538–39 (AH 945), na dem plete de madrasa a year later insyd 1539–40 (AH 946) den de soup-kitchen insyd 1540–41 (AH 947). Na dem no plete de hospital til 1550–51 (AH 957).

 Description 

Dem construct de simple mosque plus alternating courses of stone den brick wey get a single-galleried minaret. De portico get five arches plus five small domes wey six thin marble columns dey support. Originally na de prayer-hall be covered by a single dome plus a diameter of 11.3 meters.Necipoğlu 2005, p. 274. Insyd 1612–13, during de reign of Ahmed I, na dem enlarge de mosque make e accommodate an increased congregation. Na dem add a second dome wey dem double de prayer hall for size insyd. De painted decorations for de dome top no be original. Unlike de madrasa den de soup-kitchen, de mosque dey lack any cuerda seca tile-work.

De hospital get octagonal courtyard wey ebe de building per insyd de complex plus an ashlar construction. De carved stone inscription over de entrance from de street be a chronogram insyd Turkish wey dey give de date of construction. De madrasa be U-shaped around a central courtyard plus 16 small cells den a lecture hall.Goodwin 1971, p. 204. Dem sanso arrange de soup-kitchen around a courtyard. De cooking area for de northern end four octagonal chimneys.Goodwin 1971, p. 205. A account book wey survive dey show say na der be originally tiled lunette panels above six of de windows.Necipoğlu 2005, p. 272.

Na dem restore de complex insyd 2010–2012.Alioğlu, Olcay & Sünnetçi 2012.

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 External links 

 Haseki Hürrem Sultan Külliyesi, Archnet
 Photographs of the mosque by Dick Osseman
 A Historical Look to Educational Buildings: Istanbul Haseki Kulliye Madrasah - Mitademo at the Wayback Machine (archived 25 October 2015)
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Category:Ottoman mosques insyd Istanbul
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Category:1539 establishments insyd de Ottoman Empire
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