Khusruwiyah Mosque

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "check for unknown parameters".Template:Wikidata image The Khusraw mosque Arabized as Khusruwiyah Mosque (Template:Langx; Template:Langx) was a mosque complex in Aleppo, Syria. It was located southeast of the Citadel. The mosque was commissioned by Husrev Pasha while he was governor of Aleppo under Sultan Suleiman I.[1]

The mosque, which was left neglected during the Syrian Civil War was completely destroyed during the Battle of Aleppo in August 2014 with dynamites.[2]

Architecture

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View from the Citadel

The complex consisted of a mosque, a madrasa, rooms for travellers, a public kitchen, shops and other facilities. The Khusruwiyah complex was designed by the renowned court architect Mimar Sinan.[3]

See also

References

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  3. Jami' wa-Madrasa al-Khusruwiyya Archnet Digital Library.

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