Great Mosque of Diyarbakır
Also known as: Diyarbakır Ulu Camii
mosque in Diyarbakır, southeastern Turkey
Key facts
- Built
- 1091
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Overview
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The Great Mosque of Diyarbakır, known locally as Diyarbakır Ulu Camii, stands in the Sur district and serves as the city's Friday mosque. It is regarded as a significant work of Seljuk architecture and is counted among the oldest mosques in Mesopotamia. The mosque can hold about 5,000 worshippers and is known for hosting four different Islamic traditions. Its construction is recorded as dating to 1091.
History
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The building's construction is recorded in 1091. According to the Arabic Wikipedia account, the site was previously a Christian church known as St. Thomas. The date and circumstances of that change of use are not given in the available sources.
From Wikipedia
The Great Mosque of Diyarbakır (Turkish: Diyarbakır Ulu Camii or Cami-i Kebîr; Kurdish: Mizgefta Mezin a Amedê) was built in the late 11th century by the Seljuk sultan Malik-Shah I over an older mosque. According to some, it is the fifth holiest site in Islam after the Great Mosque of Damascus, which influenced its design. It can accommodate up to 5,000 worshippers and host four different Islamic traditions.
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Sources
© OpenStreetMap katkıcıları (ODbL): https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/7840464
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