Özet:

Since the 17th century, the Malays, who were slave by the Dutch and placed in South Africa, did not fully learn the principles of Islam because of their religious restrictions, although they were Muslims; however, some practice errors were made due to the wrong religious rituals of the religious men in the region. When some of them returned from the area, they wanted to correct these errors, which caused a number of disputes. Then he was asked for help from the Ottoman state, which was the time of the Hilafet authority. The Ottoman state accepted the request and sent the religious scientist Abu Bekir Efendi to the region. So the first interaction and communication began. The mosque, which began to be built in Port Elizabeth in the previous years when Abu Bekir Efendi was here, was completed and on the request for assistance from the Ottoman State in the Sultan Abdülaziz Han period, a friendship and brotherhood bond that will continue for many years in the shadow of the mosque that was named Saint. In 1900, when the destruction of the mosque of Aziziye was scheduled to be sold, the office that Muslims living in the region wanted help was again the Ottoman State. Although the Ottoman State has not prevented this sale, the heart bond of the South African Muslims to the state and the Hilafet authority has continued. Muslims in South Africa have never forgotten the Ottoman State’s embracing attitude and assistance, and have been on the side of the Turkish people in the years of continued struggle against the imperialist states, from the Trablusgarp War to the victory of the National Struggle. In this study, the relations between the Muslims of the region and the Ottoman State were studied in South Africa in particular and the place of the Holy Mosque in the construction process was obtained. In this context, referring to the construction process and course of the mosque, it is intended to be assessed in terms of the art history discipline of the Holy Mosque.

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