Quick Guide 25: Ottoman Sultans and Their Ottoman Mosques
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Ottoman Mosques; In the Ottoman Period, many Ottoman Sultans, to make their names memorable built mosques in their own names. The names of Imperial Mosques later have been given to the neighbourhoods. The Suleymaniye, Fatih, Sultan Ahmet or Yavuz Sultan Selim neighbourhoods are examples of this.
Ottoman Mosques
Another very common system with the mosques was that they were always built as parts of larger complexes. In other words the Ottoman Mosques would not be the only building in the complex. Other buildings in the complex are medreses, tombs, kitchens for the poor, libraries, hospitals or rental shops. The rental income from the shops would sustain the whole complex.
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