Great Mosque of Diyarbakir

The Great Mosque of Diyarbakir Turkish: Diyarbakir Ulu Camii, is the previous St. Thomas Christian Church, one of the most seasoned places of worship ever. The mosque is considered by some to be the fifth holiest site in Islam. It can suit up to 5,000 admirers and is renowned for facilitating four distinctive Islamic traditions. The mosque as it is known today was worked in 1091 by the Seljuk ruler Malik-Shah. The plan affected by the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, utilized the privately discovered dark basalt rock. The mosque endured broad harm in a fire in 1155.

The Great Mosque of Diyarbakir is the most established and a standout amongst the most huge mosques in Mesopotamia. Following the Muslim catch of Diyarbakir in 639, a mosque was assembled, however the building fell into neglect and destroy at some point later. Indeed, even after the transformation of the congregation into the mosque, it was utilized by the two Muslims and Christians. In 1091 Sultan Malik Shah coordinated the nearby Seljuk senator Maidud Davla to reconstruct a mosque on the site. Finished in 1092, the mosque is like and intensely impacted by the Umayyad Great Mosque in Damascus. The impact of the Damascus mosque conveyed Syrian engineering and design to Anatolia.