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Khusruwiyah Mosque

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Location
  
Aleppo, Syria

Status
  
Active

Dome(s)
  
1

Opened
  
1547

Region
  
Levant

Architectural type
  
Mosque

Affiliation
  
Islam

Completed
  
1547

Materials
  
Stone

Architectural style
  
Ottoman architecture

Number of minarets
  
1

Architect
  
Mimar Sinan

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The Khusraw mosque Arabized as Khusruwiyah Mosque (Arabic: جامع الخسروية‎‎) was a mosque complex in Aleppo, Syria. It was located southeast of the Citadel. The mosque was commissioned by Khusraw [Hüsrev] Pasha while he was governor of Aleppo under Sultan Suleiman I. It was designed by the renowned court architect Mimar Sinan.

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The mosque was almost entirely destroyed by the armed opposition during the Battle of Aleppo in summer 2014.

Architecture

The complex consisted of a mosque, a madrasa, rooms for travellers, a public kitchen, shops and other facilities.


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References

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