Al-Adiliyah Mosque

For the madrasa of the same name in Damascus, see Al-Adiliyah Madrasa.

The Al-Adiliyah Mosque (Arabic: جَامِع الْعَادِلِيَّة, romanized: Jāmiʿ al-ʿAdilīyah; Turkish: Adliye Camii), or Dukaginzâde Mehmed Pasha Mosque, was a former külliye, now in partial ruins, in Aleppo, Syria.

al-Adiliyah Mosque
جَامِع الْعَادِلِيَّة
The former mosque in 2010, prior to its c. 2015 partial destruction
Religion
Affiliation	Islam (former)
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Mosque (1566–c. 2015)
Status	Partially destroyed (in partial ruins)
Location
Location	Aleppo
Country	Syria
Location of the former mosque in the Ancient City of Aleppo
Geographic coordinates	36°11′50.8″N 37°9′27.9″E
Architecture
Architect	Mimar Sinan
Type	Mosque
Style	Ottoman architecture
Completed	1566 CE
Destroyed	c. 2015 (in the Battle of Aleppo)
Specifications
Dome	1 (main)
Minaret	1
Materials	Stone
Ancient Aleppo
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Ancient City of Aleppo
Location	Aleppo, Syria
Includes	Citadel of Aleppo, Al-Madina Souq
Criteria	Cultural: (iii), (iv)
Reference	21
Inscription	1986 (10th Session)
Endangered	2013–2020
Area	364 ha (1.41 sq mi)

Located to the southwest of the Citadel, in "Al-Jalloum" district of the Ancient City of Aleppo, a World Heritage Site, a few metres away from Al-Saffahiyah mosque, the former mosque was endowed by the Dukakinzade Mehmed Pasha in 1556. Dukakinzade Mehmed Pasha was the 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 973 AH (1565/1566 CE).^[1]

Description

The complex was at the southern entrance of the covered suq of ancient Aleppo.^{[citation needed]} 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.^[1][2] The former mosque had 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; probably imported from Iznik in Turkey.^[1][2]

The mosque was partially destroyed during the Battle of Aleppo in the summer of 2014 or 2015.^[3]

Gallery

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  The main entrance
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  The courtyard
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  Inside the mosque
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  The alley leading to the entrance
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  Interior with mihrab
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  Tiles above window
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  View from "whispering gallery"
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  The "whispering gallery"
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  View from below dome with citadel
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  View of dome from a little below
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  View from below dome in setting sun
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  View from below minaret in setting sun

See also

• Syria portal
• Islam portal

• Islam in Syria
• List of mosques in Syria