mosque

Examples of mosque in the following topics:

• Islamic Architecture

  • The principal Islamic architectural example is the Mosque.
  • The early mosques are believed to be inspired by Muhammad's home in Medina, which had served as the first mosque.
  • The Great Mosque of Kairouan (in Tunisia) is one of the best preserved and most significant examples of early great mosques.
  • Dome of the mihrab (9th century) in the Great Mosque of Kairouan, also known as the Mosque of Uqba, in Kairouan, Tunisia
  • The Great Mosque of Kairouan (in Tunisia) is considered as the ancestor of all the mosques in the western Islamic world.

• Architecture of Djenne

  • Djenné, once a thriving town in Mali, is known for its Great Mosque, Sudanese-style mud-brick architecture.
  • Its Great Mosque was an important center of religious life.
  • The town is famous for its distinctive Sudanese-style mud-brick architecture, most notably the Great Mosque.
  • The rise of Islam witnessed a steady construction of mosques in the region.
  • Similar styles are evident in mosques in Ghana and Tunisia.

• Ottoman Empire

  • Byzantine styles as seen in the Hagia Sophia served as particularly important models for Ottoman mosques, such as the mosque constructed by Sinan.
  • They incorporated vaults, domes, square dome plans, slender corner minarets, and columns into their mosques, which became sanctuaries of transcendently aesthetic and technical balance.
  • Kulliye, a complex of buildings centered around a mosque and managed within a single institution, became a particular focus of imperial patronage.
  • Examples of the high classical period can be found in Turkey, the Balkans, Hungary, Egypt, Tunisia, and Algeria, where mosques, bridges, fountains, and schools were built.
  • A particularly fine example of an Ottoman mosque is the Selimiye Mosque in Edirne, built between 1568 and 1574.

• Islam

  • Ross, North Dakota is the site of the first documented mosque and Muslim cemetery, but it was abandoned and later torn down in the mid-1970s.
  • A new mosque was built in its place in 2005.
  • There are 1,209 mosques in the United States and the nation's largest mosque, the Islamic Center of America, is in Dearborn, Michigan.
  • It caters mainly to the Shi'a Muslim congregation; however, all Muslims may attend this mosque.

• Safavid Dynasty

  • Finally, architecture flourished in the Safavid Dynasty, attaining a high point with the building program of Shah Abbas in Isfahan, which included numerous gardens, palaces (such as Ali Qapu), an immense bazaar, and a large imperial mosque .
  • Isfahan, the capital of both the Seljuk and Safavid dynasties, bears the most prominent samples of the Safavid architecture, such as the the Imperial Mosque, Masjid-e Shah, the Imam Mosque, the Lutfallah Mosque, and the Royal Palace, which were all constructed in the years after Shah Abbas I permanently moved the capital there in 1598.

• Architecture of the Mughal Period

  • Early Mughal architecture first developed during the reign of Akbar the Great (1556 - 1605), who commissioned palaces, mosques, gardens, and mausoleums.
  • The mosque at Fatehpur Sikri boasts the Buland Darwaza, the largest gateway of its kind in India.
  • Early Mughal mosques had massive enclosed courtyards and domed shallow prayer halls.
  • Jahangir's great mosque at Lahore is a good example of the Persian style and is covered with enameled tiles.
  • Aurangzeb was responsible for additions to the Lahore Fort; building one of the thirteen gates, which was named for him; and building the Badshahi mosque, a structure constructed from brick with red sandstone facades.

• Islamic Glass Making

  • Some of the finest work was in mosque lamps donated by a ruler or wealthy man.
  • By about 1500, the Venetians were receiving large orders for mosque lamps..
  • Some of the finest work was in mosque lamps donated by a ruler or wealthy man.
  • By about 1500, the Venetians were receiving large orders for mosque lamps.

• The Java Culture

  • Throughout their long history, the Javanese have produced many important buildings, ranging from Hindu monuments, Buddhist stupa, mortuary temples, palace complexes, and mosques.
  • Traditional mosques in Java maintain a distinctive Javanese style with both the pendopo and a trapezoidal roof, rather than the more typical dome and minarets.
  • The split gate from earlier Hindu-Buddhist period is still used in many mosques and public buildings in Java.
  • Some notable examples of mosques using traditional Javanese architecture include the mosques at Agung Demak, Menara Kudus, and Banten.

• Expansion Under the Umayyad Caliphates

  • Mosques, such as the Great Mosque, were the focus of many caliphs' attention.
  • During the Caliphate period, relations between Jews and Arabs were cordial; Jewish stonemasons helped build the columns of the Great Mosque.
  • The Umayyads also constructed famous buildings such as the Dome of the Rock at Jerusalem, and the Umayyad Mosque at Damascus.
  • Interior of the Mezquita (Mosque), one of the finest examples of Umayyad architecture in Spain.

• Spread of Islam

  • Before Muslims were ready to build mosques in Syria, they accepted Christian churches as holy places and shared them with local Christians.
  • The Great Mosque of Kairouan, founded in 670 AD by the Arab general and conqueror Uqba Ibn Nafi, is the oldest mosque in western Islamic lands and represents an architectural symbol of the spread of Islam in North Africa, situated in Kairouan, Tunisia.