Al-Adiliyah Mosque
The Al-Adiliyah Mosque, or Dukaginzâde Mehmed Pasha Mosque, was a former külliye, now in partial ruins, in Aleppo, Syria.
Located to the southwest of the Citadel, in "Al-Jalloum" district of the Ancient [City of Aleppo], a World Heritage Site, a few metres away from Al-Saffahiyah mosque, the former mosque was endowed by the Dukakinzade Mehmed Pasha in 1556. Dukakinzade Mehmed Pasha was the Albanian-Ottoman governor-general of Aleppo from 1551 until 1553 when he was appointed as governor-general of Egypt. He died in 1557 and the mosque was not completed until.
Description
The complex was at the southern entrance of the covered suq of ancient Aleppo. The mosque became known as the Adiliyya because of its position near the governor's palace, the Dar al-Adl, also known as the Dar al-Saada. The former mosque had a large domed prayer hall preceded by a double portico. Above the windows on the north side and in the prayer hall are brightly coloured tiled lunette panels; probably imported from Iznik in Turkey.The mosque was partially destroyed during the Battle of Aleppo in the summer of 2014 or 2015.