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Dick Osseman | all galleries >> Special: Sinan mosques >> Sinan outside Istanbul >> Behram Paşa Camii (Diyarbakır) > Diyarbakir Behram Pasha Mosque June 2010 7771.jpg
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13-JUN-2010

Diyarbakir Behram Pasha Mosque June 2010 7771.jpg

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On the picture: Close-up or the muqarnas (stalactites) vaulting above the main entrance to the prayer hall.
Under the muqarnas (and above the door) there is a ‘kitabe’ (building inscription) that names Behram Paşa as commissioner and gives the date the mosque was finished: H. 980 (= 1572-1573 AD).

Behram Paşa was the 13th Ottoman governor of Diyarbakır since the town became Ottoman. He was a son of Kara Şahin Mustafa Paşa (of the prominent Sokollu family).

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Sources: ‘Türkiye Tarihi Yerler Kılavuzu’ – M.Orhan Bayrak, Inkılâp Kitabevi, Istanbul, 1994.
& Websites of ‘diyarbakirmuftulugu.gov.tr’ and ‘beautifulmosque.com’ .

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