Süleymaniye Camii, Şam

Sulaymaniyya Takiyya التَّكِيَّة السُّلَيْمَانِيَّة
View of the mosque from its courtyard
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Region	Levant
Status	Active
Location
Location	Damascus, Syria
Geographic coordinates	33°30′45″N 36°17′29″E / 33.51250°N 36.29139°E / 33.51250; 36.29139
Architecture
Architect(s)	Mimar Sinan
Type	takiyya (mosque complex)
Style	Ottoman architecture
Completed	1554–1558/59 (western building: mosque and imaret) 1566–67 (eastern building: Salimiyya Madrasa)
Specifications
Minaret(s)	2
Materials	Stone, marble, mosaic

The Sulaymaniyya Takiyya (Arabic: التَّكِيَّة السُّلَيْمَانِيَّة, romanized: at-Takiyya as-Sulaymāniyya; Turkish: Şam Süleymaniye Külliyesi^[1]) is a takiyya (Ottoman-era Arabic name for a mosque complex which served as a Sufi convent) in Damascus, Syria, located on the right bank of the Barada River.^[2] Commissioned by the Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, the western building of the complex was built, following the plans of Mimar Sinan, between 1554 and 1559. Another building was added eastwards from it in 1566 to be used as a madrasa (which became known as the Salimiyya Madrasa, named after Suleiman's son Selim II, although this building too may have been commissioned by Suleiman before his death).

Although not the first Ottoman building in Damascus (that is considered to have been the Salimiyya Takiyya in as-Salihiyya^[3]), the Sulaymaniyya Takiyya is considered to have marked the introduction of the Ottoman architectural style to Damascus.^[4] In the centuries following its construction, the Sulaymaniyya Takiyya became an important stop on the "Syrian route" of pilgrims to Mecca, and it is considered to this day "as the most important Ottoman cultural building" in Damascus.^[5]

In the cemetery of the complex, the last Ottoman sultan is buried, Mehmed VI, who was forced into exile upon the abolition of the Ottoman sultanate in 1922.^[6][7]