Assignment 1

BLUE MOSQUE- ISTANBUL

The Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Turkish : Sultanahmet Camii) is a historical mosque in Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey and was the capital of the Ottoman Empire from 1299 to 1923. The mosque is one of several mosques known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles adorning the walls of its interior. It was built between 1609 and 1616, during the rule of Ahmed I. Like many other mosques, it also comprises a tomb of the founder, a madrasah and a hospice. The Sultan Ahmed Mosque has become one of the greatest tourist attractions of Istanbul. The design of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque is the culmination of two centuries of both Ottoman mosque and Byzantine church development.
It incorporates some Byzantine elements of the neighboring Hagia Sophia with traditional Islamic architecture.

Khairiah Binti Muhamad.
A119271.