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Dick Osseman | all galleries >> Elazığ pictures - Turkey >> Harput near Elazig in Turkey >> Harput Kurşunlu Camii > Harput Kurşunlu Camii 9576.jpg
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15-SEP-2006

Harput Kurşunlu Camii 9576.jpg

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The Kurşunlu Camii or Mosque with Lead (referring to the roof). Is was built by a member of the Carsancak lords that reigned 1151 / 1738, Osman Aga.
Inside is a minbar that comes from the Ulu Camii, and was supposedly a gift from Murat IV while on his Baghdad Campaign. It has Kufic writing and has very good woodcarving. I may have distorted (slightly) some of the pictures, that I had to take from awkward angles to avoid glare, later using perspective control to make them look more natural.

Nikon D2x
1s f/5.6 at 55.0mm iso400 full exif

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