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Dick Osseman | all galleries >> Edirne pictures - Turkey >> Edirne mosques >> Beyazit II mosque in Edirne >> Interior >> hünkâr mahfili > Edirne Beyazit II mosque dec 2006 1138.jpg
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10-DEC-2006

Edirne Beyazit II mosque dec 2006 1138.jpg

There was an interesting platform to the left, I took some close ups of its architectural details.

I was informed that it is a hünkar (a name for Sultan or Padişah) mahfil. Only the Sultan could pray here.

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1/60s f/8.0 at 18.0mm iso320 full exif

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engineer 26-Feb-2007 13:50
This is a hünkar (a name for Sultan or Padiþah) mahfil ( a platform for prayer of Sultan). Only Sultan make prayer here.