Tekkiye Mosque

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Lua error in Module:Infobox at line 235: malformed pattern (missing ']'). The Tekkiye Mosque or Sultan Selim Mosque (Arabic: التكية السليمانية‎‎, Turkish: Tekkiye Camii) is a mosque complex in Damascus, Syria, located on the banks of the Barada River.[1] The complex is composed of a large mosque on the southwest side of a courtyard, flanked by a single line of arcaded cells, and a soup kitchen across the courtyard to the northwest, flanked by hospice buildings.[2] The mosque has two minarets and walls with alternating light and dark stripes. It has been described as "The finest example in Damascus of Ottoman architecture".[2][3] It is the burial place of the last Ottoman sultan, Mehmet VI.

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  1. Sulayman I Complex Archnet Digital Library.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Tekkiye Mosque Complex
  3. Dumper, 2007, p.126.