Sultan Selim Mosque
Also known as: Sultan Selim Mosque
mosque in Ukraine
Key facts
- Built
- 1520
- Architect
- Mimar Sinan
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Overview
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The Sultan Selim Mosque, also known as Büyük Cami or the Great Mosque of Kefe, was the main congregational mosque of Kefe (modern Feodosia) on the southeastern coast of Crimea. It is generally regarded as completed around 1520, and its design is attributed to Mimar Sinan, although this attribution is not certain. The mosque stood on the site of an earlier Catholic church and reused materials from that building. It no longer exists.
History
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The mosque was built on the instruction of Süleyman, later known as Suleiman the Magnificent, who was then sanjak-bey of Kefe. It replaced the Catholic Church of St. Agnes, and materials from the earlier church were reused. Construction is said to have been completed by 1520 or 1522.
After the Russian Empire took over the Crimean Khanate, the Muslim population began to leave Feodosia. The new authorities decided to convert the mosque into a Christian church, but the work dragged on for various reasons. The building was dismantled in 1834. The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was erected on the site in 1873 and was itself demolished in 1933.
From Wikipedia
Ulu Cami (Kırım Tatarcası: Büyük Cami), Süleyman Han Camii veya Sultan Selim Camii (Kırım Tatarcası: Sultan Selim camisi), Kırım şehri Kefe'de bulunan yıkılmış bir camidir. Şehrin ana Cuma camii olarak kabul edilirdi. İleride padişah olacak olan I. Süleyman'ın fermanı ile inşa edilmiştir. O yıllarda, Süleyman Kefe şehrinde sancak beyi unvanına sahipti. Caminin Azize Agnes adına inşa edilmiş olan bir Katolik tapınağı üzerine inşa edildiğine inanılmaktadır. Tapınağın taşları inşaat sırasında kullanılmıştır. Caminin inşaatı 1520 veya 1522'de tamamlandı. Caminin inşasına Osmanlı mimarı Memar Sinan öncülük etmiştir.
Kırım'ın Rus İmparatorluğu'na ilhak edilmesinden sonra, Feodosia'nın Müslüman nüfusu keskin bir şekilde azalmaya başladı ve caminin bulunduğu yerde bir Hristiyan kilisesi inşa etmek için planlar yapıldı. Çeşitli nedenlerle, bu fikir uygulanmadı. Ancak cami zaman içinde yıkılmaya başladı (1834). 1873 yılında, caminin yerine Alexander Nevsky Kilisesi inşa edildi. Bu kilise 1933'te yıkıldı.
Source: Wikipedia, article “Kefe Ulu Camii”; quoted unchanged under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence. Read more on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sources
Wikipedia (id): https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Sultan_Selim
Wikipedia (ru): https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%8E%D0%BA_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8_(%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8F)
Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kefe_Ulu_Camii