The Khusraw mosque Arabized as Khusruwiyah Mosque ( ar, جَامِع الْخُسْرُوِيَّة, Jāmiʿ al-Ḵusruwīyah; tr, Hüsreviye Camii) was a
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, ...
complex in
Aleppo
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Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
. It was located southeast of the
Citadel
A citadel is the core fortified area of a town or city. It may be a castle, fortress, or fortified center. The term is a diminutive of "city", meaning "little city", because it is a smaller part of the city of which it is the defensive core.
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. The mosque was commissioned by
Husrev Pasa while he was governor of Aleppo under Sultan
Suleiman I.
The mosque was completely destroyed during the
Battle of Aleppo in summer 2014 by the
Syrian Civil War.
Architecture
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.
[Jami' wa-Madrasa al-Khusruwiyya](_blank)
Archnet Digital Library.
See also
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Khosrow (word) Khosrow is a male given name of Iranian origin, most notably held by Khosrow I of Sassanid Persia, but also by other people in various locations and languages. In some times and places, the word has come to mean "king" or "ruler", and in some case ...
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Religious buildings and structures completed in 1547
Ottoman mosques in Syria
Ottoman architecture in Aleppo
Mosques in Aleppo
Mausoleums in Syria
Madrasas in Aleppo
16th-century mosques
1547 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
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