Al-Adiliyah Mosque (, ) or Dukaginzâde Mehmed Pasha mosque was a
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 ...
in
Aleppo
Aleppo is a city in Syria, which serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most populous Governorates of Syria, governorate of Syria. With an estimated population of 2,098,000 residents it is Syria's largest city by urban area, and ...
, located to the southwest of the
Citadel
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...
, in "Al-Jalloum" district of the ancient city, few meters away from
Al-Saffahiyah mosque
The Al-Saffahiyah Mosque () is a mosque in Aleppo, located to the south-west of the Citadel, at "Al-Jalloum" district of the ancient city, to the east of Al-Shibani Church-School. The mosque was built in 1425 under the patronage of ''Ahmed bin Sa ...
. The mosque was endowed by the
Dukakinzade Mehmed Pasha in 1556. Dukakinzade Mehmed Pasha was the
Albanian
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-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 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 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 in Turkey.
It was almost entirely destroyed during the
Battle of Aleppo in the summer of 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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