The Hacı Bayram-ı Veli Mosque - HD stock video

Hacı Bayram-ı Veli Hacı Bayram-ı Veli, whose real name was Numan-bin Koyunluca Ahmet was born in the Solfasol village of Ankara in 1352 (753 H.) He is the founder of the Bayrami sect, a sufi poet and composer of hymns. Upon competing his education in Ankara and Bursa, he started to teach at the theological school called Karamedrese in Ankara, which was built by a philantrophic lady called Meklike Hatun. The Hacı Bayram Mosque It is located in the Ulus section of Ankara next to the Augustus temple. Originally built in 831 H (1427/28), the mosque as it stands today shows the characteristics of the late 17th century and the 18th century mosques. It has a lengthwise rectangular plan and the sections in the north and west are later additions. At the south-east wall of the mausoleum, there is a two - gallery minaret with a square plan, a stone base and a brick body. There is an inscription of the Word of the God (Kelime-i Tevhid) in the large Arabic calligraphy (sülüs) on the protruding southern wall of the late-comer's section. The lower windows of the mosque are rectangular and have iron grids. On the exterior they are bordered with niches with pointed arches. Upper windows are pointed arched, have plaster gratings and stained glass and are bordered with chiselled plant motives. On the interior, Kütahya tiles are placed up to the top of the windows. After the tiles, transition to a plain wall is made with a border of a chiselled palmette. The plaster Mihrab is built with a moulding technique and is in the form of stalacti niched. Pieces from the Koran are inscribed in five rows on the pediment of the Mihrab The Word of God can be seen on Mihrab borders as decoration. Coloured Mimbar is made with the false "kündekari" technique and displays a fine workmanship. The painted engravings on wood are made by the engraver Nakkaş Mustafa. Two inscriptions on a kıble side indicate that the mosque was restored in 1714 by one of the grandson