List of mosques commissioned by the Ottoman dynasty

The list below contains some of the most important mosques in modern-day Turkey that were commissioned by the members of Ottoman imperial family. Some of these major mosques are also known as a selatin mosque, imperial mosque,[1] or sultanic mosque, meaning a mosque commissioned in the name of the sultan and, in theory, commemorating a military triumph.[2][3][4] Some mosques were commissioned by or dedicated to other members of the dynastic family, especially important women such as the mothers or wives of sultans.[5][6] Usually, only a sultanic mosque or a mosque commissioned by a queen mother (valide) was granted the privilege of having more than one minaret.[7]

  1. ^ Goodwin 1971, p. 459.
  2. ^ Necipoğlu 2005, pp. 59–69.
  3. ^ Rüstem 2019, pp. 112–119.
  4. ^ Cagaptay, Soner (2019). Erdogan's Empire: Turkey and the Politics of the Middle East. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 287. ISBN 978-1-78673-597-3.
  5. ^ Necipoğlu 2005.
  6. ^ Rüstem 2019.
  7. ^ Necipoğlu 2005, pp. 121–122.

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