OSMANLI PADİŞAHLARININ ÖZEL İMAMLARI: İMÂM-I SULTÂNÎLER

The imams of the Ottoman sultans played a significant role in the learning institution. The persons who were good at recitation of the Qur’an and well educated in music and Qur’anic sciences were appointed as the imams of the sultans. The imams of the sultans led five daily prayers, congregation...

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Main Author: Murat Akgündüz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Necmettin Erbakan University Press 2006-12-01
Series:İstem
Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/260674
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Summary:The imams of the Ottoman sultans played a significant role in the learning institution. The persons who were good at recitation of the Qur’an and well educated in music and Qur’anic sciences were appointed as the imams of the sultans. The imams of the sultans led five daily prayers, congregational friday prayer and two congregational prayers in religious festivals in the palace mosque and the others which the sultan was attending. Furthermore, wrapping in a shroud of the corpses of the sultan was also carried out by the imams of the sultans and sometimes they led the funeral prayer. They accompanied the sultans in the wars and journeys. It is in the reign of the last Ottoman sultan Vahidüddin that the office of the imams of the sultans vanished
ISSN:1304-0618
2602-408X