Al-Adiliyah Mosque

Al-Adiliyah Mosque ( ) is a mosque complex in Aleppo , located to the west of the Citadel , in "Al-Jalloum" district of the ancient city, few meters away from Al-Saffahiyah mosque . The mosque was built by the Ottoman governor of Aleppo Muhammed Pasha in 1551 or 1557. It is considered to be one of the oldest mosques of the Ottoman period in Aleppo after the Khusruwiyah Mosque . The complex is built at the southern entrance of the covered suq of ancient Aleppo. The name of the mosque is derived from the Arabic word al-Adl ( ) -meaning: justice- as the complex is located adjacent to the former House of Justice or Dar al-Adl ( ) of Aleppo.

Al-Adiliyah Mosque ( , ) or Dukaginzâde Mehmed Pasha mosque is a mosque complex in Aleppo , located to the southwest of the Citadel , in "Al-Jalloum" district of the ancient city, few meters away from Al-Saffahiyah mosque . The 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 1565-66 (AH 973). It is considered to be one of the oldest mosques of the Ottoman period in Aleppo after the Khusruwiyah Mosque . The complex is built at the southern entrance of the covered suq of ancient Aleppo. The mosque became known as the Adiliyya because of its position near to the governor's palace, the Dar al-Adl, also known as the Dar al-Saada. The mosque has 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. These were probably imported from Iznik in Turkey.

Mosque in Aleppo, Syria For the madrasa of the same name in Damascus, see Al-Adiliyah Madrasa . Al-Adiliyah Mosque ( Arabic : جَامِع الْعَادِلِيَّة , romanized : Jāmiʿ al-ʿAdilīyah , Turkish : Adliye Camii ) or Dukaginzâde Mehmed Pasha mosque was a külliye in Aleppo , Syria, to the southwest of the Citadel , in "Al-Jalloum" district of the ancient city, few meters away from Al-Saffahiyah mosque . The 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 1565-66 (AH 973). 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 mosque has 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. These were probably imported from Iznik in Turkey. It was almost entirely destroyed during the Battle of Aleppo in the summer of 2014 or 2015.