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The Yeni Valide Mosque ( tr, Yeni Valide Camii) is an 18th-century Ottoman mosque in the
The mosque has an octagonal base with a central dome. Its plan is a variant of that of the Rüstem Pasha Mosque, but variations such as its corner domes give it a more classical character than the Rüstem Pasha Mosque. It is also one of the earliest examples of the 18th-century trend towards domes that were proportionally higher and narrower. The cross vault over the central opening is an innovation first seen in this mosque. Rather than the five domes over the entrance portico – typical for Ottoman mosques – the Yeni Valide employs a cross vault over a central bay and cloister vaults over side bays. The interior decoration consists of stone carvings including muqarnas – intricate stone carvings with floral motifs – and tiles with repetitive floral patterns.
File:Yeni Valide Mosque 9534.jpg, Yeni Valide Mosque from nearby road
File:Yeni Valide Camii 0827.jpg, Yeni Valide Camii front from garden
File:Yeni Valide Camii 394.jpg, Yeni Valide Camii entrance to courtyard
File:Yeni Valide Camii 6630.jpg, Yeni Valide Camii courtyard
File:Yeni Valide Camii 0474.jpg, Yeni Valide Camii open air tomb of Emetullah Râbi'a Gülnûş Sultan
File:Yeni Valide Camii 0814.jpg, Yeni Valide Camii interior
File:Yeni Valide Camii 9549.jpg, Yeni Valide Camii view ceiling
File:Yeni Valide Camii 5675.jpg, Yeni Valide Camii domes detail
File:Yeni Valide Camii 0807.jpg, Yeni Valide Camii detail of domes
File:Yeni Valide Camii 0794.jpg, Yeni Valide Camii sebil
File:Yeni Valide Camii 7421.jpg, Yeni Valide Camii inside sebil
File:Yeni Valide Camii 5668.jpg, Yeni Valide Camii bird house
File:Istanbul Yeni Valide Mosque december 2015 5687.jpg, Yeni Valide Mosque main gate
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* Kuran, Aptullah. ''Sinan: The Grand Old Master of Ottoman Architecture''. Washington, D.C.: Institute of Turkish Studies, Inc., 1987. 242. * Kuban, Dogan. ''Ottoman Architecture''. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club Ltd, 2010. 384–86.
Yeni Valide Complex at Üsküdar
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Images of the Yeni Valide Mosque
Photos of the mosque by Dick Osseman
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Üsküdar
Üsküdar () is a large and densely populated district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the Anatolian shore of the Bosphorus. It is bordered to the north by Beykoz, to the east by Ümraniye, to the southeast by Ataşehir and to the south by Kadıköy; ...
district of Istanbul
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, Turkey
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History
Construction of the Yeni Valide mosque inÜsküdar
Üsküdar () is a large and densely populated district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the Anatolian shore of the Bosphorus. It is bordered to the north by Beykoz, to the east by Ümraniye, to the southeast by Ataşehir and to the south by Kadıköy; ...
began in 1708 and was completed in 1710. It was built for sultan
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Ahmed III
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in honour of his mother Emetullah Râbi'a Gülnûş Sultan. The complex consists of an imaret (hospice), arasta, primary school, the tomb of Emetullah Râbi'a Gülnûş Sultan, a courtyard shadirvan (fountain), a muvakkithane (clock tower) and offices. The building is typical of the Classical Ottoman period and of the "Sinan School" of Ottoman religious architecture. It is located in the Üsküdar neighborhood of Istanbul. The main part of the building is square-shaped and covered with a flattened main dome and four half domes. The mosque has two minaret
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s with two balconies each. Calligraphy
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inside the mosque is the work of Hezarfen Mehmet Efendi.
Exterior
The mosque is walled off separating itself from the Uskudar district, the entrance being a large gateway. Inside of the walls the mosque's most famous aspect which can be seen from the outside as well, is the tomb that that has a unique bird cage like theme. It also has a courtyard with a notable fountain at its center that the public goes to for water to this day. In the courtyard the mosque has an abundance of different trees from plane to palm, as well as, chestnut.
The mosque has an octagonal base with a central dome. Its plan is a variant of that of the Rüstem Pasha Mosque, but variations such as its corner domes give it a more classical character than the Rüstem Pasha Mosque. It is also one of the earliest examples of the 18th-century trend towards domes that were proportionally higher and narrower. The cross vault over the central opening is an innovation first seen in this mosque. Rather than the five domes over the entrance portico – typical for Ottoman mosques – the Yeni Valide employs a cross vault over a central bay and cloister vaults over side bays. The interior decoration consists of stone carvings including muqarnas – intricate stone carvings with floral motifs – and tiles with repetitive floral patterns.
Interior
Inside of the mosque, there is floral patterns and motifs. At the front there is a mihrab as well as a minbar for the Imam which is needed in mosques so the Imam can lead and direct the Muslim community during prayer. On the interior of the domed ceiling above it is seen that there is different Arabic scriptures written, specially in the calligraphy style ofThuluth
''Thuluth'' ( ar, ثُلُث, ' or ar, خَطُّ الثُّلُثِ, '; fa, ثلث, ''Sols''; Turkish: ''Sülüs'', from ' "one-third") is a script variety of Islamic calligraphy. The straight angular forms of Kufic were replaced in the new s ...
.
The windows of the mosque make use of both pointed and curved arches. Those below the domes are pointed, creating the visual effect of pushing the domes upwards. The windows in the domes have rounded arches, which creates the visual effect of the dome pushing downwards on the structure beneath. Both the entryway and the octagonal fountain ( shadirvan) in the courtyard make liberal use of very detailed stone carvings and the tomb of Gülnûş features an open top and intricate metal latticework. The primary school is located above the north gate to the mosque complex.
See also
*List of mosques
This is an incomplete list of some of the more famous mosques around the world.
List
See also
* Islamic architecture
* List of largest mosques
* List of the oldest mosques in the world
** List of mosques that are mentioned by name in ...
* Ottoman architecture
Ottoman architecture is the architectural style that developed under the Ottoman Empire. It first emerged in northwestern Anatolia in the late 13th century and developed from earlier Seljuk Turkish architecture, with influences from Byzantine ...
* Kulliyye
References
Further reading
* * A scan is available froArchnet
* Kuran, Aptullah. ''Sinan: The Grand Old Master of Ottoman Architecture''. Washington, D.C.: Institute of Turkish Studies, Inc., 1987. 242. * Kuban, Dogan. ''Ottoman Architecture''. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club Ltd, 2010. 384–86.
External links
Yeni Valide Complex at Üsküdar
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Images of the Yeni Valide Mosque
Photos of the mosque by Dick Osseman
{{Authority control Religious buildings and structures completed in 1710 18th-century mosques Ottoman mosques in Istanbul Architecture in Turkey Üsküdar 1710 establishments in the Ottoman Empire