- A Dar al-Muwaqqit (Arabic: دار المؤقت), or
muvakkithane in Turkish, is a room or
structure accompanying a
mosque which was used by the
muwaqqit or timekeeper...
- and
altered so that they were of
equal height. A
clock building, the
Muvakkithane, was
built by the
Fossatis for use by the
muwaqqit (the
mosque timekeeper)...
-
noted that many
mosques in
Istanbul have
buildings or
rooms called muvakkithanes [tr] ("lodge of the muwaqqit").
Ottoman sultans and
other notables built...
- side of the
portal mark the
presence of
interior rooms which housed the
muvakkithane (chamber of the timekeeper). The courtyard,
measuring around 47 by 57...
-
Emetullah Râbi'a Gülnûş Sultan, a
courtyard shadirvan (fountain), a
muvakkithane (clock tower) and offices. The
building is
typical of the
classical Ottoman...
- (charitable complex) that also
included a
mektep (primary school), a
muvakkithane (timekeeper's house), a
fountain and a
hamam (bathhouse). More innovative...
-
muwaqqit he
likely taught astronomy in the muwaqqit's
institutions (
muvakkithanes) of
these mosques, and that
Turkish was the
language of instruction...
- of the
nineteenth century and were used as
textbooks in
madrasa and
muvakkithanes (offices of the muwaqqits). Fazlıoğlu
characterised his
works by their...
