User:Thdeo/Sulayman Pasha Mosque

Architectural History
The new mosque was the result of a complete renovation and restoration programme on the site of the old mosque. The mosque of Suleiman Pasha was originally built for the Janissaries, a troop unit of the Ottoman armies that entered Egypt in AH 922 / AD 1517 with Sultan Salim, and which resided within the northern walls of the citadel.

Courtyard
A second court fronting two halls comprising a kuttab was constructed to the north of the mosque. The domes of the kuttab were covered with blue tiles. The complex was completed by a sabil, no longer extant, and a perimeter wall which encompasses other, subsidiary courts and gardens.

Inscriptions
A handsome inscription encircles the dome, a prominent and elevated place for the written word, the basis of the Universal Law of Islam, (Quran 3:189-194):

"To God belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and of the earth; and God is powerful over everything.

Surely in the creation of the heavens and earth and in the alternation of night and day there are signs for men possessed of minds who remember God;

Standing and sitting on their sides, And reflect upon the creation of the heavens and the earth:

 'Our Lord, Thou has not created this for vanity, Glory be to Thee!

Guard us against the chastisement of the Fire.

Our Lord, whomsoever Thou admittest into the Fire, Thou wilt have abased; and the evildoers shall have no helpers.

''Our Lord, we have heard a caller calling us to belief, saying, "Believe you in your Lord!" And we believe.''

Our Lord, forgive Thou us our sins and acquit us of our evil deeds, and take us to Thee with the pious.

Our Lord, give us what Thou has promised us by Thy Messengers, and abase us not on the Day of Resurrection:

Thou wilt not fail the tryst."

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https://www.archnet.org/publications/1442

http://www.touregypt.net/suleymanmosque.htm

https://egymonuments.gov.eg/monuments/sulayman-pasha-al-khadim-mosque-1/