The Juma-Jami Mosque (Yevpatoriya / Yevpatoriia)

 mosque, historical building, 16th century construction, object of cultural heritage of federal importance (Russia), tourist attraction

The construction of the Friday mosque DjumaDjami (Prophet Mohammed as it is well known was born on Friday) began in Geslev one year following the coronation of Devlet-Geray, in 1552. The construction went on for more than 10 years and was presumably in 1564. It was here, under the vaults of the new temple where the royal mandate (firman) for the Crimean Khanate used to be proclaimed, signed by the Khan in a special deed which was kept permanently in the mosque.

The creative work of Sinan is a very important connecting link between the proper Anatolia (Asia Minor) and other Turkish domains, in particular, at the Balkans and also in the regions formally not belonging to the Ottoman Empire, however being a part of perhaps not ethnic but cultural and religious whole – Black Sea and Mediterranean Moslem world.

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