Hırka-i Şerif Mosque

Hırka-i Şerif Mosque is a historic in , Turkey. It takes its name from a relic, the mantle of prophet Muhammad, which is preserved in the mosque.
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Denomination: Sunni
  • Description: mosque in İstanbul, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Hirka-i Serif Mosque” and “Hırka-i Şerif Camii”
  • Address: İstanbul, Fatih
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Golden Horn and Akseki Kemalettin Mescidi.

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The is the district of surrounding the banks of the body of water of the same name, which is a bay of the Bosphorus along its western, European coast.

Mosque
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is a mosque.

Fountain
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is situated 150 metres north of Hırka-i Şerif Mosque.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include İskenderpaşa and Fener.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 12,024. It is in the European part of .

Quarter
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, also spelled Phanar, is a quarter midway up the in the district of in , . The Turkish name is derived from the Greek word "phanarion", meaning lantern, streetlight or lamppost; the neighborhood was so called because of a column topped with a lantern which stood here in the Byzantine period and was used as a street light or lighthouse.

Quarter
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is part of the district of in , and lies inside what was once the old walled city of Constantinople. It lies roughly northwest of the eastern section of the Aqueduct of Valens, and is rich in monuments, both Byzantine and Ottoman.

Hırka-i Şerif Mosque

Latitude
41.02187° or 41° 1′ 19″ north
Longitude
28.94164° or 28° 56′ 30″ east
Open location code
8GHC2WCR+PM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 499944875
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­mosque
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­sunni
Wiki­data ID
Q6097353
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Hırka-i Şerif Mosque” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جامع الخرقة الشريفة”
  • Arabic: “مسجد الخرقة الشريفة”
  • Bashkir: “Пәйғәмбәр хирҡәһе мәсете”
  • Bengali: “হিরকা-ই শরিফ মসজিদ”
  • Chinese: “希爾卡伊謝里夫清真寺”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جامع الخرقه الشريفه”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد الخرقه الشريفه”
  • Russian: “Мечеть плаща Пророка”
  • Turkish: “Hırka-i Şerif Camii”
  • Ukrainian: “Мечеть плаща Пророка”
  • Urdu: “خرقہ شریف مسجد”
  • Uzbek: “Hırka-i Şerif masjidi”

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