Mihrimah Sultan Mosque, Edirnekapı

De** Mihrimah Sultan Mosque** (Turkish: *Mihrimah Sultan Cami)* be 16th-century Ottoman mosque wey dey locate near de Byzantine land walls insyd de Edirnekapı neighborhood of Istanbul, Turkey. Na Mihrimah Sultan, de daughter of Suleiman the Magnificent commission am, wey de chief imperial architect Mimar Sinan design am. Edey site for de summit of de Sixth Hill top near de highest point of de city, de mosque be a prominent city landmark.

## History

De Mihrimah Sultan Mosque insyd Edirnekapı be de second den larger of two mosques named dem commissioned by Mihrimah Sultan, de much loved daughter per of Suleiman de Magnificent. Na ebe designed by Mimar Sinan wey although no foundation inscription dey de evidence from manuscripts wey survive dey suggests say de building work start insyd 1563 wey na dem plete am by 1570. 

For chaw occasions na de mosque be damaged by earthquakes. Insyd 1719 na sam of de stairs insyd de minaret be destroyed; insyd 1766, an earthquake cause de collapse of de minaret den de main dome of de mosque; insyd de severe 1894 earthquake de minaret cam crash down for de north west corner of de mosque. Although na dem make efforts make dem restore de mosque einself, ein attendant buildings receive less attention. Na dem restore de mosque insyd 1956-57 buh na de dome san damage during de 1999 İzmit earthquake. 

Insyd de first phase of de most recent restoration dem undertake between 2007 den 2010 na dem repair de mosque den de upper part of de minaret. Na de second phase involve paving de courtyard, wey dem restore de central fountain wey dem rebuild an outer portico (na de mosque originally get a double portico buh na de inner part per wey survive).

## Architecture

### Exterior
Na dem build de mosque for a terrace wey dey overlook de main street. A portico dem divide into individual cells wey dey form a medrese (Islamic school) dey surround de mosque ein large courtyard. Insyd de center of de courtyard be a large ablutions fountain (*sadirvan*). Entry to de mosque be thru an imposing porch of seven domed bays plus marble den granite columns. De mosque einself be a cube dem top by a half-sphere, plus symmetrical multi-windowed tympana for each of de four sides top. De dome be supported by four towers, one insyd each corner; ein base be pierced by windows. De single minaret be tall den slender; during de 1894 earthquake e crash thru de roof of de mosque. Na dem fully restore am since.

## Architecture

### Interior

De dome be  for diameter insyd den  high. For de north den south sides, triple arcades support by granite columns open onto side aisles plus galleries above, each plus three domed bays. Den make chaw of de surface area of de walls of windows, wey dey make de mosque one of de lightest of any of Sinan ein works. Sam of de windows dey contain stained glass.

De interior stencil decorations all be modern. However, de mimbar wey dey insyd white carved marble be from de original construction.

### Complex
As dem first build am, na de Mihrimah Sultan Mosque be de centre of a complex (*külliye)* wich include a medrese, a double hamam, a tomb (*türbe)* den a row of shops (*arasta*) beneath de terrace, wey ein rents provide financial support for de complex. Dem still dey use de hamam today. 

Na dem bury Mihrimah Sultana einself for de Süleymaniye Mosque, buh a ruined *türbe* behind dis mosque dey house de graves of ein son-in-law, de Grand Vizier Semiz Ali Pasha, ein daughter Ayşe Hümaşah Sultan, ein grandsons Mehmed Bey, Şehid Mustafa Pasha den Osman Bey den chaw oda members of ein family.

## Gallery

File:Mihrimah Mosque Edirnekapi damage Gurlitt 1912.jpg|Damage after de 1894 earthquake, Gurlitt 1912
File:Istanbul - Mesquita de Mihrimah - Cúpula.JPG|Dome of Mihrimah Sultan Cami
File:Istanbul Mihrimah Sultan Mosque 2015 0153.jpg|Mihrimah Sultan Mosque from east side
File:Istanbul Mihrimah Sultan Mosque 2015 0101.jpg|Mihrimah Sultan Mosque dome
File:Istanbul Mihrimah Sultan Mosque 2015 0169.jpg|Mihrimah Sultan Mosque courtyard
File:Istanbul Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Edirnekapı) cemetery in 2015 0147.jpg|South side of Mihrimah Sultan Mosque plus graveyard
File:Istanbul Mihrimah Sultan Mosque 2015 0143.jpg|Mihrimah Sultan Mosque graveyard
File:Istanbul Mihrimah Sultan Mosque 2015 0149.jpg|Mihrimah Sultan Mosque: interior of mausoleum
File:Istanbul Mihrimah Sultan Mosque dec 2018 9401.jpg|Mihrimah Sultan Mosque interior
File:Istanbul Mihrimah Sultan Mosque dec 2018 9408.jpg|Mihrimah Sultan Mosque interior
File:Istanbul Edirne Gate aka Mihrimah Sultan Mosque october 2018 9259 Panorama.jpg|Interior of Mihrimah Sultan Mosque
File:Istanbul Mihrimah Sultan Mosque 2015 0123.jpg|Mihrimah Sultan Mosque prayer area den dome
File:Istanbul Edirne Gate aka Mihrimah Sultan Mosque october 2018 9270.jpg|Mihrimah Sultan Mosque: entrance from courtyard
File:Istanbul Edirne Gate aka Mihrimah Sultan Mosque october 2018 9274.jpg|Mihrimah Sultan Mosque view from nearby square


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## External links

* Mihrimah Sultan Complex at Edirnekapi, Archnet.
* Photographs of the Mihrimah Sultan Mosque in Edirnekapı by Dick Osseman