the "Comparative & Analytical Study" Ottoman mosques

Document Type : Original Article

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Assistant Prof. Department of History and the Egyptian, Islamic monuments - Faculty of Arts - Alexandria University(Egypt)

Abstract


This study deals with the idea of the outer rewaq, or the so-called portico, which in the front of the Ottoman religion buildings, inherited by the Ottomans from Seljuk, with an analysis of the origins of the Islamic world, its Maghreb and its most important models, and the analytical study of the types of these portico and the evolution of its forms in order to add extra space for the buildings attached to it as an alternative to the sahn, which is devoid of it:
1- The portico in front of the building on the axis of the mihrab.
2- The portico in front of the building on the other than the axis of the mihrab.
3- The portico that surrounds the building from two sides in the form of the English letter (L).
4- The portico that surrounds the building from three sides except the wall of the Qibla in the form of the English letter (U).
5- The Double portico.
With mention the different models of each type, and explaining the plan of the building which a portico in front of it.
In conclusion, the study presented a set of results God Almighty call for to be a new good vision about the shape of the portico and its architecture and construction types in the Ottoman architecture in particular, and Islamic architecture in general.
 

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