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Al-Adiliyah Mosque ( ar, جَامِع الْعَادِلِيَّة, Jāmiʿ al-ʿAdilīyah, tr, Adliye Camii) or Dukaginzâde Mehmed Pasha mosque was a külliye in Aleppo, located to the southwest of the Citadel of Aleppo, Citadel, in "Al-Jalloum" district of the ancient city, few meters away from Al-Saffahiyah mosque. The mosque was endowed by the Dukagjini family, Dukakinzade Mehmed Pasha in 1556. Dukakinzade Mehmed Pasha was the Albanians, Albanian-Ottoman governor-general of Aleppo from 1551 until 1553 when he was appointed as governor-general of Egypt. He died in 1557 and the mosque was not completed until 1565-66 (AH 973). It was considered to be one of the oldest mosques of the Ottoman period in Aleppo after the Khusruwiyah Mosque.
The complex had been built at the southern entrance of the covered suq of ancient Aleppo.
The mosque became known as the Adiliyya because of its position near to the governor's palace, the Dar al-Adl, also known as the Dar al-Saada.
The mosque has a large domed prayer hall preceded by a double portico. Above the windows on the north side and in the prayer hall are brightly coloured tiled lunette panels. These were probably imported from Iznik pottery, Iznik in Turkey.
It was almost entirely destroyed during the Battle of Aleppo in summer 2014 or 2015.
Gallery
File:Al-Adiliyah mosque1.jpg, The main entrance
File:Al-Adiliyah mosque2.jpg, The courtyard
File:Al-Adiliyah mosque4.jpg, Inside the mosque
File:Al-Adiliyah mosque5.jpg, The alley leading to the entrance
File:Aleppo Al-Adiliyah Mosque 9823.jpg, Interior with mihrab
File:Aleppo Al-Adiliyah Mosque 9826 (1).jpg, Tiles above window
File:Aleppo Al-Adiliyah Mosque 9842 (1).jpg, View from "whispering gallery"
File:Aleppo Al-Adiliyah Mosque 9844 (1).jpg, The "whispering gallery"
File:Aleppo Al-Adiliyah Mosque 9829 (1).jpg, View from below dome with citadel
File:Aleppo Al-Adiliyah Mosque 9848 (1).jpg, View of dome from a little below
File:Aleppo Al-Adiliyah Mosque 9830 (1).jpg, View from below dome in setting sun
File:Aleppo Al-Adiliyah Mosque 9847 (1).jpg, View from below minaret in setting sun
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{{Aleppo landmarks
Mosques in Aleppo
Mausoleums in Syria
Madrasas in Aleppo
Ottoman mosques in Syria
Ottoman architecture in Aleppo
16th-century mosques
1556 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
Mimar Sinan buildings
Destroyed mosques