السمات المعمارية للمساجد بالمغربين الأدنى والأوسط في العصر العثماني: دراسة مقارنة

Abstract EN

Architectural features of the Ottoman mosques in the states of the Islamic West "A Comparative Archaeological Study
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The Ottoman Empire was able to conquer most of North Africa and annex it to its possession, where three Ottoman states were formed in the Islamic West, which are: Algiers, Tripoli and Tunisia.

The political change in those countries was accompanied by a cultural, architectural and artistic change, and new architectural and artistic styles and influences appeared with the new rulers, as new mosque models appeared influenced by the designs of Ottoman mosques in Anatolia, such as in planning in mosques with one dome, mosques with multiple domes, and Imperial or two-unit mosques.

At the same time, it was found that Ottoman mosques kept their traditional, locally inherited layout.

Both the Ottoman and the local styles bore mutual influences.

In addition to that, new architectural elements appeared in the mosques, such as octagonal and cylindrical minarets, fixed marble pulpits, pews (muezzins' benches) and others.

In this paper, we shed light on the architectural features of the mosques that were established in the three provinces of the Islamic West in the Ottoman era, with their local and Ottoman styles, in a comparative framework between their layouts and architectural elements to highlight the similarities and differences between them, and what distinguishes each of them from its counterpart and from other mosques.