Al-Adiliyah Mosque

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

Al-Adiliyah Mosque (Arabic: جَامِع الْعَادِلِيَّة, romanized: Jāmiʿ al-ʿAdilīyah, Turkish: Adliye Camii) or Dukaginzâde Mehmed Pasha mosque was a külliye in Aleppo, Syria, to the southwest of the Citadel, in "Al-Jalloum" district of the ancient city, few meters away from Al-Saffahiyah mosque. The 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 1565-66 (AH 973).^[1]

al-Adiliyah Mosque جَامِع الْعَادِلِيَّة
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Region	Levant
Status	Active
Location
Location	Aleppo, Syria
Location within Ancient City of Aleppo
Geographic coordinates	36°11′50.8″N 37°9′27.9″E
Architecture
Architect(s)	Mimar Sinan
Type	Mosque
Style	Ottoman architecture
Completed	1566
Specifications
Dome(s)	1
Minaret(s)	1
Materials	Stone

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 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.^[3][2]

It was almost entirely destroyed during the Battle of Aleppo in the summer of 2014 or 2015.^{[citation needed]}

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