Author
Ajlan, Amer Hassan Ahmed
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Royal Danish Library
Library Asset ID
ISSN: 2536-9822, ISSN: 2536-9830, EISSN: 2536-9830, DOI: 10.21608/jguaa.2022.49525.1136
Record ID
cdi_crossref_primary_10_21608_jguaa_2022_49525_1136
Library Location
DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notes
The Ottoman Empire was able to conquer most of North Africa and annex it to its possession, and three Ottoman states were formed in the Islamic West: the state of Algiers in the Central Maghreb and the states of Tripoli and Tunisia in the lower Maghreb. The political change in that country was accompanied by cultural, architectural and artistic change, and new architectural and artistic styles and influences appeared with the new rulers. New styles of mosques appeared influenced by the plans of the Ottoman mosques in Anatolia, such as: the layout of mosques with a single dome, mosques with multiple domes, and mosques with two units or a bowl. At the same time, Ottoman mosques were found that retained their traditional, locally inherited layout. Both the Ottoman and local styles carried mutual influences. In addition, new architectural elements appeared in mosques, such as octagonal and cylindrical minarets, fixed marble pulpits, preachers’ benches, and others. In this research, we shed light on the architectural features of the mosques that were established in the three states of the Islamic West during the Ottoman era, in their local and Ottoman styles, in a comparative framework between their layouts and architectural elements to highlight the similarities and differences between them, and what distinguishes each of them from its counterpart and from other mosques.
Görüntüle
Majallat al-Ittiḥād al-ʻĀmm lil-Āthārīyīn al-ʻArab, 2022, Vol.23 (1), p.577-633
