Two Sultan’s Structures with Multi Patrons (Bani) in the Balkans: Didymóteicho Celebi Mehmed Mosque and Murad II (Carsi) Mosque in Pristina

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Pages: 241-255
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/QCEO8334

Abstract:

It has been proposed that both of the mosques, Didymóteicho Çelebi Mehmet Mosque (1420– 1421) and the Prishtina Murad II /Çarşı/Küçük Fatih Mosque(the first half of the 15th century) were constructed by the Ottoman sultans and that they had multi patrons. It has been suggested that for Didymóteicho Çelebi Mehmed Mosque, the construction works were started by Sultan Bayezid I (1389–1402) and were completed by Mehmed I (1413–1421). In the case of Murad II Mosque in Prishtina, on the other hand, the foundation was laid by Bayezid I, the construction was started by Murad II (1421–1451) and was completed by Sultan Mehmed II (1452–1481). With these facts in mind, our purpose is to investigate and explain the multi possessive state of these structures and their relations with the Balkans, the political conditions of the period and the architectural specificities.

Keywords:

Didymóteicho (Turkis: Dimetoka), Prishtina, Bayezid I, Mehmed I, Murad II

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