The Muradiye Mosque () is a 16th-century Ottoman

mosque A mosque ( ), also called a masjid ( ), is a place of worship for Muslims. The term usually refers to a covered building, but can be any place where Salah, Islamic prayers are performed; such as an outdoor courtyard. Originally, mosques were si ...

in the town of

Manisa Manisa () is a city in Turkey's Aegean Region and the administrative seat of Manisa Province, lying approximately 40 km northeast of the major city of İzmir. The city forms the urban part of the districts Şehzadeler and Yunusemre, with ...

in southwest Turkey. It was commissioned by the sultan

Murad III Murad III (; ; 4 July 1546 – 16 January 1595) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1574 until his death in 1595. His rule saw battles with the Habsburg monarchy, Habsburgs and exhausting wars with the Safavid Iran, Safavids. The long-inde ...

and designed by the imperial architect

Mimar Sinan Mimar Sinan (; , ; – 17 July 1588) also known as Koca Mi'mâr Sinân Âğâ, ("Sinan Agha (title), Agha the Grand Architect" or "Grand Sinan") was the chief Ottoman Empire, Ottoman architect, engineer and mathematician for sultans Suleiman ...

History

The Muradiye Mosque in

was built between 1583 and 1586 for the Ottoman sultan

. It replaced an earlier small mosque on the site that had been began in 1571 when prince Murad had been governor of Manisa. The sultanic mosque was designed by

but built by the architect Mahmud Halife until his death and then from January 1586 by the architect Sedefkar Mehmed Aga who would later design the

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. As well as tiled revetments some of the stonework was decorated by a team of painters sent from the capital. In 1584 the sultan ordered 150

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oil lamps from Venice. These were probably intended for the mosque. The associated madrasa and guest-house were not completed until after 1590. Neither Sinan nor Murad III visited Manisa to inspect the mosque after its completion.

Architecture

The mosque is built of sandstone and has a central dome and three half-domes covering the prayer hall. The portico is covered by five smaller domes and there are two single-galleried minarets. The interior is decorated with

Iznik tiles Iznik pottery, or Iznik ware, named after the town of İznik in Anatolia where it was made, is a decorated ceramic that was produced from the last quarter of the 15th century until the end of the 17th century. Turkish stylization is a reflection ...

. The mosque is part of a larger complex (

Külliye A külliye () is a complex of buildings associated with Turkish architecture centered on a mosque and managed within a single institution, often based on a waqf (charitable foundation) and composed of a madrasa, a Dar al-Shifa (clinic), kitchens ...

) consisting of a

medrese Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , ), sometimes Romanization of Arabic, romanized as madrasah or madrassa, is the Arabic word for any Educational institution, type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whet ...

(Islamic school) and

imaret Imaret, sometimes also known as a ''darüzziyafe'', is one of several names used to identify the public soup kitchens built throughout the Ottoman Empire from the 14th to the 19th centuries. These public kitchens were often part of a larger comp ...

(public charity kitchen). Most of historic Manisa was destroyed during the Greek army retreat from the city in 1922, the mosque was one of the few buildings to survive. The imaret is now the Manisa Museum. File:Manisa Muradiye Camii Muradiye Camii side to southwest 6124.jpg, Manisa Muradiye Camii Muradiye Camii side to southwest 6124 File:Manisa Muradiye Camii entrance 6089.jpg, Manisa Muradiye Camii entrance 6089 File:Manisa Muradiye Camii entrance side 6087.jpg, Manisa Muradiye Camii entrance side 6087 File:Manisa Muradiye Camii interior 6098.jpg, Manisa Muradiye Camii interior 6098 File:Manisa Muradiye Camii interior 6115.jpg, Manisa Muradiye Camii interior 6115 File:Manisa Muradiye Camii interior 6114.jpg, Manisa Muradiye Camii interior 6114 File:Manisa Muradiye Camii interior mihrab and minber 6093.jpg, Manisa Muradiye Camii interior mihrab and minber 6093 File:Manisa Muradiye Camii interior mihrab 6117.jpg, Manisa Muradiye Camii interior mihrab 6117 File:Manisa Muradiye Camii interior mihrab 6116.jpg, Manisa Muradiye Camii interior mihrab 6116 File:Manisa Muradiye Camii interior minber 6099.jpg, Manisa Muradiye Camii interior minber 6099 File:Manisa Muradiye Camii interior tiles 6102.jpg, Manisa Muradiye Camii interior tiles 6102 File:Manisa Muradiye Camii interior tiles 6111.jpg, Manisa Muradiye Camii interior tiles 6111 File:Manisa Muradiye Camii interior tiles 6106.jpg, Manisa Muradiye Camii interior tiles 6106 File:Manisa Muradiye Camii side to north 6080.jpg, Manisa Muradiye Camii side to north 6080

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Muradiye Külliyesi, Manisa, Turkey
Archnet
Photographs of the mosque by Dick Osseman
{{Authority control Mosques in Manisa Ottoman mosques in Turkey Mosques completed in the 1580s Religious buildings and structures completed in 1586

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