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DOI article:Quirini-Popławski, Rafał; Özgüleş, Muzaffer [Contr.]: Haseki Gülnuş Sultan Camisi, that is on the History of the Dominican Church in Kamianets Podilsky in 1672-1699
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Haseki Gulnu§ Sultan Camisi
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sources it is understood that two minarets were meant to be added to this mosque. The
other minaret was to be erected above the chapel adjoining the northern wall of its choir,
yet it was never completed. Stone blocks from the demolition of the unfinished Jesuit
Church and Carmelite convent were used in the construction of both minarets.110 Mother
Queen Hadice Turhan’s Mosque also acquired another minaret.111
Another “souvenir” of the Turkish rule which in all likelihood comes from Kamianets
is a modest-looking gate which at one time led to the pulpit; at present the gate frames the
entrance to the pulpit in the early 17th -c. parish church of the nearby Zinkowce.112 Where-
as the two mosques built by the Turks in Kamianets itself - inside the New Castle (Yeni
Kale Camisi) and by the Lacka Gate (Polonya Kapisi Camisi), have not been preserved.113
Meanwhile, in Medzhybizh, the Turks carried out a renovation and reinforcement of
the castle, in whose basement they buried two Turkish dignitaries. According to tradition,
the two stone monuments which have been preserved until today in the town are their
mementos dating back to the period of the Turkish rule.114 It is possible that the chapel in
the local castle was used by the Turks as a mosque, though attempts to identify the wooden
turret on its roof as a miniature minaret dating back to those times is too far-fetched and
should rather be treated as a legend.115
The History of the Church and Convent Following 1699
Kamianets was retaken by the Poles in September 1699. Like other converted churches
in the town, Haseki Sultan Mosque was abandoned after the Treaty of Karlowitz.116 Altho-
ugh the retreatment had been scheduled to 15 May, the last Ottoman troops left the town
on 22 September 1699,117 which means the building functioned as a mosque up to this
date. And the most important remnant of the mosque, the minber remained inside. The
process of reinstating the cult to the churches (called “church purification”) began; the
110 MARCZYŃSKI, Statystyczne, topograficzne... (see n. 1), vol. I, p. 182; PRUSIEWICZ, Kamieniec Podolski... (see
n. 7), pp. 18-19; Karol IWANICKI, Katedra w Kamieńcu [The Kamianets Cathedral], Warszawa 1930, pp. 23-24;
MAŃKOWSKI, Orient w polskiej kulturze... (see n. 82), p. 95; KOŁODZIEJCZYK, „Kamieniec Podolski pod pano-
waniem tureckim...” (see n. 20), pp. 27-28; KOŁODZIEJCZYK, Podole pod panowaniem tureckim... (see n. 20),
p. 189; KOŁODZIEJCZYK, „Kamieniec Podolski pod panowaniem tureckim 1672-1699...” (see n. 20), p. 189; Lud-
wik GRZEBIEŃ, „Misyjna działalność Jezuitów z kolegium w Kamieńcu Podolskim” [The Missionary Activity of the
Jesuits from the College in Kamianets Podilsky], [in] Pasterz i twierdza... (see n. 2), pp. 35-48; BANIA-WIRASZKA,
Kamieniec Podolski miasto-legenda... (see n. 2), pp. 24, 97, 189-190; Kamieniec Podolski. Przewodnik turystyczny...
(see n. 11), p. 181; PLAMENIC’KA, Sakralna arhitektura Kam anca... (see n. 12), pp. 224-227.
111 BOA MAD 709 and MAD 4559, p. 5.
112 Following the fire which broke out in the church in Zinkowce in 1997, the gate leading to the pulpit became almost
totally destroyed; the losses were additionally exacerbated by the incompetent conservation by means of oil color.
113 KOŁODZIEJCZYK, „Kamieniec Podolski pod panowaniem tureckim 1672-1699...” (see n. 20), p. 189.
114 Kazimierz PUŁASKI, „Międzybóż”, Kłosy [Ears], vol. XV, 1871, Nos. 366-391, pp. 274-275; Pamdtniki gradostro-
itel’stva i architektury... (see n. 11), vol. 4, pp. 221-222. The graves of the pashas were discovered in the castle cellars
and then walled in in the first half of the 19th c.
115 Roman AFTANAZY, Materiały do dziejów rezydencji [Materials to the History of Residences], vol. 9A: Dawne
województwo podolskie [The Former Podolian Voivodeship], Warszawa 1992, p. 230.
116 Rifa’at A. ABOU-EL-HAJ, “The Formal Closure of the Ottoman Frontier in Europe: 1699-1703”, Journal of the
American Oriental Society, Vol. 89, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep. 1969), p. 170, footnote 19.
117 Dariusz KOŁODZIEJCZYK, “Polonya ve Osmanli Devleti Arasmda Tarih Boyunca Siyasi ve Diplomatik iliskiler”
[Political and Diplomatic Relations between Polish and Ottoman States Through History], Sava§ ve Banp 15.-19.
Yiizyil Osmanh-Lehistan Ilifidleri [War and Peace-Relations between Polish and Ottoman States in 15th-19th Centu-
ries], Istanbul 1999, p. 30.
401
sources it is understood that two minarets were meant to be added to this mosque. The
other minaret was to be erected above the chapel adjoining the northern wall of its choir,
yet it was never completed. Stone blocks from the demolition of the unfinished Jesuit
Church and Carmelite convent were used in the construction of both minarets.110 Mother
Queen Hadice Turhan’s Mosque also acquired another minaret.111
Another “souvenir” of the Turkish rule which in all likelihood comes from Kamianets
is a modest-looking gate which at one time led to the pulpit; at present the gate frames the
entrance to the pulpit in the early 17th -c. parish church of the nearby Zinkowce.112 Where-
as the two mosques built by the Turks in Kamianets itself - inside the New Castle (Yeni
Kale Camisi) and by the Lacka Gate (Polonya Kapisi Camisi), have not been preserved.113
Meanwhile, in Medzhybizh, the Turks carried out a renovation and reinforcement of
the castle, in whose basement they buried two Turkish dignitaries. According to tradition,
the two stone monuments which have been preserved until today in the town are their
mementos dating back to the period of the Turkish rule.114 It is possible that the chapel in
the local castle was used by the Turks as a mosque, though attempts to identify the wooden
turret on its roof as a miniature minaret dating back to those times is too far-fetched and
should rather be treated as a legend.115
The History of the Church and Convent Following 1699
Kamianets was retaken by the Poles in September 1699. Like other converted churches
in the town, Haseki Sultan Mosque was abandoned after the Treaty of Karlowitz.116 Altho-
ugh the retreatment had been scheduled to 15 May, the last Ottoman troops left the town
on 22 September 1699,117 which means the building functioned as a mosque up to this
date. And the most important remnant of the mosque, the minber remained inside. The
process of reinstating the cult to the churches (called “church purification”) began; the
110 MARCZYŃSKI, Statystyczne, topograficzne... (see n. 1), vol. I, p. 182; PRUSIEWICZ, Kamieniec Podolski... (see
n. 7), pp. 18-19; Karol IWANICKI, Katedra w Kamieńcu [The Kamianets Cathedral], Warszawa 1930, pp. 23-24;
MAŃKOWSKI, Orient w polskiej kulturze... (see n. 82), p. 95; KOŁODZIEJCZYK, „Kamieniec Podolski pod pano-
waniem tureckim...” (see n. 20), pp. 27-28; KOŁODZIEJCZYK, Podole pod panowaniem tureckim... (see n. 20),
p. 189; KOŁODZIEJCZYK, „Kamieniec Podolski pod panowaniem tureckim 1672-1699...” (see n. 20), p. 189; Lud-
wik GRZEBIEŃ, „Misyjna działalność Jezuitów z kolegium w Kamieńcu Podolskim” [The Missionary Activity of the
Jesuits from the College in Kamianets Podilsky], [in] Pasterz i twierdza... (see n. 2), pp. 35-48; BANIA-WIRASZKA,
Kamieniec Podolski miasto-legenda... (see n. 2), pp. 24, 97, 189-190; Kamieniec Podolski. Przewodnik turystyczny...
(see n. 11), p. 181; PLAMENIC’KA, Sakralna arhitektura Kam anca... (see n. 12), pp. 224-227.
111 BOA MAD 709 and MAD 4559, p. 5.
112 Following the fire which broke out in the church in Zinkowce in 1997, the gate leading to the pulpit became almost
totally destroyed; the losses were additionally exacerbated by the incompetent conservation by means of oil color.
113 KOŁODZIEJCZYK, „Kamieniec Podolski pod panowaniem tureckim 1672-1699...” (see n. 20), p. 189.
114 Kazimierz PUŁASKI, „Międzybóż”, Kłosy [Ears], vol. XV, 1871, Nos. 366-391, pp. 274-275; Pamdtniki gradostro-
itel’stva i architektury... (see n. 11), vol. 4, pp. 221-222. The graves of the pashas were discovered in the castle cellars
and then walled in in the first half of the 19th c.
115 Roman AFTANAZY, Materiały do dziejów rezydencji [Materials to the History of Residences], vol. 9A: Dawne
województwo podolskie [The Former Podolian Voivodeship], Warszawa 1992, p. 230.
116 Rifa’at A. ABOU-EL-HAJ, “The Formal Closure of the Ottoman Frontier in Europe: 1699-1703”, Journal of the
American Oriental Society, Vol. 89, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep. 1969), p. 170, footnote 19.
117 Dariusz KOŁODZIEJCZYK, “Polonya ve Osmanli Devleti Arasmda Tarih Boyunca Siyasi ve Diplomatik iliskiler”
[Political and Diplomatic Relations between Polish and Ottoman States Through History], Sava§ ve Banp 15.-19.
Yiizyil Osmanh-Lehistan Ilifidleri [War and Peace-Relations between Polish and Ottoman States in 15th-19th Centu-
ries], Istanbul 1999, p. 30.