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The great fire of Edirne

حريق أدرنة الكبير

1745 CE · 1158 AH

Edirne

Edirne's decline was hastened by the fire of 1158/1745, in which some sixty quarters of the city were burnt down, followed by the earthquake of 1164/1751 1.

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The Gunpowder Empires
Region
Anatolia
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The Gunpowder Empires

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Edirne

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Overview

The fire of 1158/1745 burnt down some sixty quarters of Edirne and hastened the city's decline 1.

Fire and earthquake

It was followed by the earthquake of 1164/1751; the Selimiye itself was repaired after the 1752 earthquake and again in 1808 2.

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Eski Mosque, Edirne· Uc Serefeli Mosque, Edirne· Battle of Adrianople (1829)· The Bayezid II complex (Beyazidiye) is built at Edirne· The capital moves from Bursa to Edirne· Ottoman conquest of Edirne· Murad I builds the Old Palace at Edirne· Edirne Incident

Sources

  1. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 2 p. 711
  2. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 2 pp. 711-712
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islam.museum contributors. “The great fire of Edirne”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/edirne-fire-1158/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.

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Eski Mosque, Edirne

Draft card for the Eski (Old) Mosque of Edirne, built under Mehmed I when Edirne was the Ottoman capital; per the cited architecture survey, the page not yet checked.