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Page 62
... mosque of Sultán Báyazíd . The Suleimaniye Mosque There never has been to this day , nor ever will be , any writing which can compare with that of Ahmed Karah Hisárí , outside and inside of this mosque . In the centre of the dome there ...
... mosque of Sultán Báyazíd . The Suleimaniye Mosque There never has been to this day , nor ever will be , any writing which can compare with that of Ahmed Karah Hisárí , outside and inside of this mosque . In the centre of the dome there ...
Page 74
... Mosques and Türbehs of Brûsa are very numerous , and the place is said to have a Mosque and a walk for every day in the year . The ' Great Mosque ' is a perfect square , and is built on the plan of the earliest Mosques , very different ...
... Mosques and Türbehs of Brûsa are very numerous , and the place is said to have a Mosque and a walk for every day in the year . The ' Great Mosque ' is a perfect square , and is built on the plan of the earliest Mosques , very different ...
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... mosque . The abecedarian schools for boys are that of Mohammed II in the middle castle ; the school of the new mosque , a school so blessed , that a boy who has been taught here to read the Bismillah ( in God's name ! ) cannot fail to ...
... mosque . The abecedarian schools for boys are that of Mohammed II in the middle castle ; the school of the new mosque , a school so blessed , that a boy who has been taught here to read the Bismillah ( in God's name ! ) cannot fail to ...
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