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Monday, August 30, 2010

Selimiye Mosque (Turkey) Interior Wallpapers

selimiye mosque (Turkey) interior wallpapers

Selimiye Mosque (Turkey) Wallpapers

The Selimiye mosque complex, built at Edirne 1569-75. Sinan Pasha, the royal architect, was inspired by the 1000 year old cathedral church of St. Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. He felt that it was an affront to Islam that the emperor Justinian’s architects had been able to span with a dome a greater area than Ottoman architects had been able to achieve. With the Selimiye he succeeded in surpassing the Hagia Sophia.

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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Muhammad Ali Pasha Mosque Wallpapers

Capacity:- 6,443,943.95 ft

The Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha or Alabaster Mosque (Arabic: مسجد محمد علي, Turkish: Mehmet Ali Paşa Camii) is a mosque situated in the Citadel of Cairo in Egypt and commissioned by Muhammad Ali Pasha between 1830 and 1848.

Situated on the summit of the citadel, this Ottoman mosque, the largest to be built in the first half of the 19th century, is, with its animated silhouette and twin minarets, the most visible mosque in Cairo. The mosque was built in memory of Tusun Pasha, Muhammad Ali’s oldest son, who died in 1816.

This mosque, along with the citadel, is one of the landmarks and tourist attractions of Cairo and is one of the first features to be seen when approaching the city from no matter which side.

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Sunday, August 15, 2010

Sheikh Zayed Mosque Abu Dhabi Wallpapers

sheikh zayed mosque abu dhabi wallpapers

Capacity:- 40,000
Sheikh Zayed Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الشيخ زايد) in Abu Dhabi is the largest mosque in the United Arab Emirates and the sixth largest mosque in the world.It is named after Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founder and the first President of the United Arab Emirates, who is also buried there. The mosque was officially opened in the Islamic month of Ramadan in 2007.

The Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority announced that tours of the mosques will be given to both Muslims and non-Muslims beginning in mid-March 2008 in order to promote cultural and religious understanding.

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Sheikh Zayed Mosque Abu Dhabi Interior wallpapers

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Jamia Masjid Delhi Interior Wallpapers

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Jamia Masjid Delhi Wallpapers

Capacity:- 35,000
The Masjid-i Jahān-Numā (Persian: مسجد جھان نما, the ‘World-reflecting Mosque’), commonly known as the Jama Masjid of Delhi, is the principal mosque of Old Delhi in India. Commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, builder of the Taj Mahal, and completed in the year 1656 AD, it is the largest and best-known mosque in India. It lies at the origin of a very busy central street of Old Delhi, Chandni Chowk.

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Friday, August 13, 2010

Abu Al Abbas al Mursi Mosque Interior Wallpapers

abu al abbas al mursi mosque interior pics

Abu Al Abbas al Mursi Mosque Wallpapers

abu al abbas al mursi mosque pics

The Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque is the most historic and most beautiful mosque in Alexandria. It was built primarily in 1775 over the tomb of a Spanish scholar, Abu El Abbas El Mursi (1219-86), and stands on Mosque Square overlooking the eastern harbor. Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi was born to a wealthy family in the Andalusia region of Spain in 1219. In the wake of increasing Christian control of Spain, he and his family left for Tunisia in 1242. He later went on to Alexandria, a popular destination of many Muslim scholars at the time. Abu al-Abbas lived in Alexandria for 43 years as a scholar and teacher until his death in 1286. He was buried in a small building near the eastern harbor in Alexandria.In 1307, El Sheikh Zein El Din Ibn El Qattan, one of the richest traders of Alexandria, visited the tomb. He funded a mausoleum and dome for the tomb, along with a small mosque.

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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Mosque Of Omar Jerusalem Wallpapers

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