The Üç Şerefeli Mosque ( tr, Üç Şerefeli Camii) is a 15th-century
Ottoman mosque
A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...
in
Edirne
Edirne (, ), formerly known as Adrianople or Hadrianopolis (Greek: Άδριανούπολις), is a city in Turkey, in the northwestern part of the province of Edirne in Eastern Thrace. Situated from the Greek and from the Bulgarian borders, ...
, Turkey.
History
The Üç Şerefeli Mosque was commissioned by
Ottoman sultan
The sultans of the Ottoman Empire ( tr, Osmanlı padişahları), who were all members of the Ottoman dynasty (House of Osman), ruled over the transcontinental empire from its perceived inception in 1299 to its dissolution in 1922. At its hei ...
Murad II
Murad II ( ota, مراد ثانى, Murād-ı sānī, tr, II. Murad, 16 June 1404 – 3 February 1451) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1421 to 1444 and again from 1446 to 1451.
Murad II's reign was a period of important economic deve ...
(1421–1444,1446– 1451), and built between 1438 and 1447. It is located in the historical center of the city, close to the
Selimiye Mosque and
Old Mosque. The name refers to unusual
minaret
A minaret (; ar, منارة, translit=manāra, or ar, مِئْذَنة, translit=miʾḏana, links=no; tr, minare; fa, گلدسته, translit=goldaste) is a type of tower typically built into or adjacent to mosques. Minarets are generall ...
with three balconies ( tr, üç şerefeli).
The architect of the mosque is not known. It is built of
Burgaz limestone with a main dome that is 24 m in diameter. When first built the dome was the largest in any Ottoman building. The mosque was severely damaged by fire in 1732 and by an earthquake in 1748 but was repaired on the order of
Mahmut I
Mahmud I ( ota, محمود اول, tr, I. Mahmud, 2 August 1696 13 December 1754), known as Mahmud the Hunchback, was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1730 to 1754. He took over the throne after the Patrona Halil rebellion and he kept go ...
.
The two blue and turquoise
underglaze
Underglaze is a method of decorating pottery in which painted decoration is applied to the surface before it is covered with a transparent ceramic glaze and fired in a kiln. Because the glaze subsequently covers it, such decoration is completely ...
-painted tile panels in the
tympana of the windows were probably produced by the same group of tilemakers who had decorated the
Yeşil Mosque
The Green Mosque ( Turkish: ''Yeşil Camii''), also known as the Mosque of Mehmed I, is a part of a larger complex (Turkish: külliye) on the east side of Bursa, Turkey, the former capital of the Ottoman Turks before they captured Constantinopl ...
(1419–21) in
Bursa
( grc-gre, Προῦσα, Proûsa, Latin: Prusa, ota, بورسه, Arabic:بورصة) is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in the ...
where the tiles are signed as "the work of the masters of Tabriz" (''ʿamal-i ustadan-i Tabriz''). The running pattern of the Chinese influenced floral border tiles is similar to those in the small
Muradiye Mosque in Edirne.
In the ''Şakaiki Numaniye''
Taş Köprü Zade relates how '
Certain accursed ones of no significance' were burnt to death by Mahmut Paşa who accidentally set fire to his beard in the process.
[''The Bektashi Order of Dervishes'' by John Kingsley Birge, 1982 (p 60 - 62)]
Gallery
Edirne 5230.jpg, Interior
Edirne 5228.jpg, Interior
Edirne 5219.jpg, Minaret
Edirne 7309 Nevit.JPG, Minaret
Edirne 5223.jpg, Central dome
Inner court of the Üç Şerefeli Mosque.jpg, The inner court
Edirne 7314 Nevit.JPG, Minaret
Edirne Uc Serefeli Mosque 160.jpg, Edirne Uc Serefeli Mosque 160
Edirne Uc Serefeli 6026.jpg, Edirne Uc Serefeli 6026
Edirne Uc Serefeli 6002.jpg, Edirne Uc Serefeli 6002
Edirne Uc Serefeli Mosque december 2018 0096.jpg, Edirne Uc Serefeli Mosque December 2018 0096
Edirne Uc Serefeli 6024.jpg, Edirne Uc Serefeli 6024
See also
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Islamic architecture
Islamic architecture comprises the architectural styles of buildings associated with Islam. It encompasses both secular and religious styles from the early history of Islam to the present day. The Islamic world encompasses a wide geographic ar ...
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List of mosques
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Ottoman architecture
Ottoman architecture is the architectural style that developed under the Ottoman Empire. It first emerged in northwestern Anatolia in the late 13th century and developed from earlier Seljuk architecture, Seljuk Turkish architecture, with influen ...
References
Sources
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External links
Üç Serefeli Camii Archnet
Photographs taken by Dick Osseman
15th-century mosques
Ottoman architecture in Edirne
Mosque buildings with domes
Mosques in Edirne
Ottoman mosques in Edirne
Tourist attractions in Edirne
Mosques completed in 1447
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