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The
mosque
complex
stands
exactly
at
the
sport
where
Ayyub
Al
Ansaris.
He
was
a
friends
and
companion
of
Prophet
Muhammad
and
a
highly
respected
member
of
the
early
Islamic
leadership.
According
to
a
legend,
he
fell
in
front
of
the
walls
of
constantinopel
during
the
first
unsuccessful
siege
of
the
city
by
muslim
and
his
body
was
found
shortly
alternatif
the
Ottoman
conquest.
Also
the
Byzantine
residents
of
the
city
are
said
to
have
honored
his
tomb
as
a
place
of
worship.
Fatih
Sultan
Mehmed
the
Conqueror
built
Eyup
a
fitting,
grand
tomb
and
a
mosque
in
with
Ottoman
princes
were
girded
with
the
sword
of
Osman
on
their
coronation
ceremony.
It
simbolized
their
power
and
their
powerful
sultan
title.
The
Ablution
fountain
in
the
courtyard
was
built
by
the
Grand
Vizier
Ibrahim
Pasa.
Since
the
two
minarets
were
not
high
enough
to
attach
tradisional
ilumination
to
Ramadan,
Sultan
Ahmad
ll
had
the
demolished
in
1723
built
joget
ones.
In
1766,
the
Eyup
Sultan
Mosque
was
destroyed
by
a
severe
earthquake.
In
order
to
build
a
new
mosque,
sultan
Selim
lll
completely
demolished
it
except
for
the
minarets
in
1798.
In
1800
the
new
mosque
was
opened.
Chat
architect
was
Uzun
Husein
Aga
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