MOSQUE OF OTHMAN IBN OGELBEK IN ALEPPO: AN ARCHITECTURAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY

Abstract

This paper aims to study Ogelbek mosque, which is considered to be one of the most importantMamluk mosques in the city of Aleppo (Syria). The paper made a descriptive and analytical studyof the surviving architectural elements, decorations, and inscriptions of the studied mosque. Thismosque was subjected to many renewal works after its construction; all of these works weredocumented in this study. The paper studied also the endowments which were allocated to themosque by its founder, in addition to the Ottoman endowments. This paper is considered to be adocumentation study to the mosque especially after the destruction which occurred to the wholeSyrian monuments during the current events of the Syrian revolution. Many figures and plates areincluded in this study and they were published for the first time, noting that all the plates weretaken by the author in July 2010.