Court of the Mosque Of Eyoub-Cour De La Mosquee D'Eyoub-Der Hof Der Moschee Zu Eyoub

Artist	William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854)
Engraver	James Carter (1798-1855)
Date	1840
Technique	Steel Engraving-Hand Colored
Category	Ottoman Empire And Turkey
Source	The Beauties Of The Bosphorus (London Published For Proprietors By Geo. Virtue 26 Ivy Lane, 1840)

Description

Eyüp mosque, located on the shore of the Golden Horn in Eyüp district, was built by Fatih Sultan Mehmet in 1458. The mosque was named Eyup Sultan because of the tomb of Ebu Eyyub el-Ansari, who was a bannerbearer and martyred in front of the walls of Istanbul during the failed campaign of the Umayyads to Constantinople (Istanbul) in the 7th century.