Rizvaniye Mosque and Madrasa

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Scenes

01 Square

02 Courtyard Entrance

03 Inner Courtyard

04 Bird Pond

05 Entrance to the Madrasa

06 Ablution

07 Said Nursi Tomb

This mosque, built along the northern edge of Lake Halil-ür Rahman, has an inscription above its main entrance stating that it was built in 1736 by Ridvan Ahmet Pasha, the Ottoman governor of Raqqa. Three sides of the mosque courtyard are surrounded by madrasa rooms.

The Ridvaniye Mosque was built on the site of the Byzantine-era St. Thomas Church. The rectangular structure is covered by three domes arranged along the mihrab wall. The three-bayed last prayer area is covered by three domes resting on two columns in the front and on the walls on the sides. The domes on the sides are covered with semi-domes.

The courtyard of the Ridvaniye Mosque consists of rooms with arcades in front. An inscription on the south-facing facade of the lecture hall-mosque in the north of the courtyard states that the madrasa was built by Ahmet Pasha in 1149 AH/1736 AD. The inscription above the main entrance of the Rızvaniye Mosque also states that the mosque was built in 1149 AH/1736 AD. This means that the mosque and the madrasa were built at the same time.