Hazreti Süleyman Mosque

Hazreti Süleyman Mosque (Turkish: Hazreti Süleyman Camii, Kurdish: Mizgefta Hezretî Silêman) is a mosque in Diyarbakır, Turkey.

The mostly ashlar structure was built between 1155 and 1169 by Nisanoğlu Ebul Kasim. The mosque is divided into three sections and has a square-based minaret, which has an inscription dated to 555 AH (1160 CE) according to the Islamic calendar. It contains the tombs of Süleyman, son of Khalid ibn al-Walid of the Bekir clan and his followers. The mosque was brought to its current state in 1631 by Silahdar Murtaza Pasha.

Key facts

Type: mosque
Built: 1160
Architectural style: Inalids, Ottoman architecture
Located in: Southeastern Anatolia Region

Facts from Wikidata.

Coordinates: 37.914882, 40.242031Open in Google Maps

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Sources

The text on this page comes from: Hazreti Süleyman Mosque (en.wikipedia.org), as of 30 July 2026

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