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Jami

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

is a Turkish name for the temples in which worship is performed on Fridays (the worship itself bearing the name of Jema-namazi). it being unlawful to use the lesser temples (mosques) on that day. The first. Jami, called Selalyn (i.e. royal), being founded by a sultan, was built by Orkhan the Second, sultan of the Turks, who began his reign in 1326. Broughton, Eio. Hist. Sac. 1, 501.

Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Jami'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​j/jami.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.