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- The Gunpowder Empires
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- Anatolia
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Overview
The Nuruosmaniye Mosque on the Second Hill east of Istanbul's Covered Bazaar; the first great Ottoman mosque in the baroque style, begun by Mahmut I in 1748 and finished in 1755 CE 1.
In the sources
Freely notes that Mahmut I began the mosque in 1748 and his brother and successor finished it in 1755, and describes its outer courtyard with plane-trees and its two precinct entrances 1.
People and things also explored
Abu Dulaf Mosque, Samarra· Great Mosque of Adana· Ahi Çelebi Mosque, Istanbul· al-Aqmar Mosque, Cairo· al-Attarine Madrasa, Fez· Great Mosque of Samarra· al-Janad Mosque, Ta'izz· al-Mansur Mosque (Kasbah Mosque), Marrakesh
Sources
- John Freely, A History of Ottoman Architecture (2011)
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Nuruosmaniye Mosque”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/nuruosmaniye-mosque/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.