Saturday 8 October 2011

Istanbul

Istanbul

Geographic Location:

The city of Istanbul in the European part of Turkey, over the city «Constantinople» ROMANIAN old, the unique geographical nature, as bounded on the north, "Black Sea", and the East "the Sea of ​​Marmara," and South "Aegean Sea", on the west by a narrow strip Post continent of the Earth Europe. The importance of this site that makes Istanbul one of the most important points of contact between Asia and the continent of Europe, and it is one of the guarding strategic sites in the world, as it is the key to Europe from the east.

Istanbul through history:

Entered the city of "Islam, Paul" Islamic history and the world to replace the city "Constantinople" ROMANIAN old since the opening of Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror years (857 AH) was renamed to "Islam, Paul," and then misrepresented to Istanbul after that, the Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror changed a lot of sightseeing ROMANIAN Around the old church of "Hagia Sophia" to a large mosque, and built a mosque at the tomb of the great companion Abu Ayyub al-Ansari - may Allah be pleased with him, and then became the inauguration of the sultans are at this mosque.

And continued to Istanbul in the historical role metropolis of the Ottoman state that moved the capital from Istanbul to the "Ankara" center "Anatolia" year (1923), although it still lives the city past-form and memories of past glory and has been the heart of Turkey's cultural and economic.

Istanbul .. Parameters and effects:

1 - ROMILLY Castle Siege: a castle built by Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror in preparation for the conquest of Constantinople and to tighten the siege around it, is the Castle Siege ROMILLY of the most important features of the historical city of Istanbul, and is characterized by the castle, which overlooks the Strait of "Bosphorus" Bosoarha and lofty towers.

2 - Mosque Hagia Sophia, after the conquest of Constantinople year (857 AH), and the Fatih Sultan Mehmet convert the church «Hagia Sophia» into a mosque after he had been with four minarets, and remained a mosque of Hagia Sophia of the highlights of Istanbul that was Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and about the mosque to a museum!!

3 - Palace "Tobkaba": built by Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror after the conquest of Constantinople, the Palace was "Tobkaba" the headquarters of the rule of Al Othman, a long time, and around the houses of ministers and friends and the military, turning to the "Tobkaba" is now a museum containing a collection of the most important Islamic monuments, and its holdings from all over the Muslim world, and in this museum there are «Koran Osman» is the first Quran written in Kufic script, and cloak of the Prophet - peace be upon him - the gift of the poet Ka'b bin Zuhair, and a large collection of paintings, carvings and ornaments, swords, pearls local by daggers and thrones, which appear All Splendor of Islamic Art, which fascinates the tourists who visit the museum.

4 - Bosphorus Bridge: The most famous bridge in the world; it is the only link between the two continents, the fourth longest bridge in the world, a large engineering work rises above the water surface (64) meters to allow passage of larger ships and higher carriers.

5 - Suleymaniye Mosque is located in the region of Sulaimaniya, one of the masterpieces of Islamic architecture, and has over the mosque in the building and the determination to «Hagia Sophia» wonderful Byzantine architecture, where there is a seating capacity and height, and its uniqueness Palmazn four building was designed by famous architect Sinan, who is one of the great designers of Islamic architecture.

6 - Library Sulaimaniyah, one of the largest libraries in the Muslim world, established by the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent years (957 AH / 1550 AD), and designed the library building architect Sinan, and follows the Library of Sulaimaniya main attributed to Sultan Suleiman the number of libraries established by individuals.

The number of the content library of Sulaimaniyah manuscript and printed books (98 955) a book, from which (64 267), mostly in Arabic manuscript, and the rest in Persian and Turkish. This with the knowledge that the system of counting inventory of manuscripts and does not mention the duplicate copies of one book.

And the Department of indexes in the library was established at the end of year (1979), based in Sulaymaniyah, which includes three branches: a branch of the indexing of Arabic manuscripts, and the second of the Turkish, Persian and third.

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