THE SULTAN AHMAD MOSQUE IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE MONUMENTS IN THE WORLD. IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE BLUE MOSQUE BECAUSES THE BLUE TILES THAT EMBELLISH ITS INTERIOR ,SITUATED IN ISTANBUL ,THE LARGEST CITY IN TURKEY AND THE CAPITAL OF OTTOMAN EMPIRE FROM 1609 AND 1616 ,DURING THE RULE OF AHMAD1.AS WAS THE CUSTOM THIS MOSQUE LIKES OTHER MOSQUES OF THE TIME ,COMPRISES OF A TOMB OF THE FOUNDER ,A MADRASSAH AND A HOSPICE.
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MOSQUE WAS STARTED IN 1609.THE ROYAL ARCHITECT SEDEFHAR MEHMAT AG,was APPOINTED THE SULTAN AS THE IN-CHARGE OF THE CONSTRUCTION .THE OPENING CEREMONIES WERE HELD IN 1616.UNFORTUNATELY , THE SULTAN COULD NOT SEE THE COMPLETION OF THE MOSQUE IN HIS LIFE .THE LAST ACCOUNT WERE SIGNED BY HIS SUCCESOR MUSTAFA1.
THE DESIGN OF THE BLUE MOSQUE ATTAINED THE BEST OF THE TWO CENTURIES OF BOTH OTTOMAN MOSQUE AND BYZENTINE CHURCH DEVELOPMENT. HAGIA SOPHIA MOSQUE , WHICH WAS ALSO ONE OF THE WONDERS OF MUSLIM ARCHITECTURE WAS ALSO KEPT IN VIEW AS A MODEL .BLUE MOSQUE EVEN TODAY IS CONSIDERED UNMATCHED IN SPLENDOUR ,MAJESTY IN SIZE .
THE MOSQUE HAS A SPACIOUS FORCE COURT SURROUNDED BY A CONTINOUS VAULTED ARCADE .IT HAS ABLUTION FACITIES ON BOTH SIDES .IN THE CENTRE THERE IS A FOUNTAIN WHICH IS RATHER SMALL IN CONTRAST WITH THE MAGNITUDE OF THE COURTYARD /.A HEAVY IRON CHAIN HANGS IN THE UPPER PART OF THE COURT ENTRANCE ON THE WESTERN SIDE . THIS SIDE WAS MEANT FOR THE SUTAN ALONE.THE CHAIN WAS PUT THERE, SO THATT THE SULTAN HAD TO LOWER HIS HEAD EVERY TIME HE ENTERED THE COURT IN ORDER NOT TO GET HIT AND ALSO AS THE SYMBOLIC GESTURE ,TO ENSURE THE HUMILITY OF THE RULER IN THE FACE OF THE DIVINE.
THE INTERIOR OF THE MOSQUE AT THE LOWER LEVEL IS LINED WITH MORE THAN 20,000 HAND MADE CERAMIC TILES IN MORE THAN 50 DIFRENT TULIP DESIGNS.
THE BLUE MOSQUE HAS SIX MINARETS .FOUR MINARETS STAND AT THE CORNER OF THE MOSQUE .EACH OF THESE PENCIL SHAPED MINARES HAS THREE ,BALCONIES, WHILE TWO OTHERS AT THE END OF THE FORCECOURT ONLY HAVE TWO BALCOMNIES.
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THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MOSQUE WAS STARTED IN 1609.THE ROYAL ARCHITECT SEDEFHAR MEHMAT AG,was APPOINTED THE SULTAN AS THE IN-CHARGE OF THE CONSTRUCTION .THE OPENING CEREMONIES WERE HELD IN 1616.UNFORTUNATELY , THE SULTAN COULD NOT SEE THE COMPLETION OF THE MOSQUE IN HIS LIFE .THE LAST ACCOUNT WERE SIGNED BY HIS SUCCESOR MUSTAFA1.
THE DESIGN OF THE BLUE MOSQUE ATTAINED THE BEST OF THE TWO CENTURIES OF BOTH OTTOMAN MOSQUE AND BYZENTINE CHURCH DEVELOPMENT. HAGIA SOPHIA MOSQUE , WHICH WAS ALSO ONE OF THE WONDERS OF MUSLIM ARCHITECTURE WAS ALSO KEPT IN VIEW AS A MODEL .BLUE MOSQUE EVEN TODAY IS CONSIDERED UNMATCHED IN SPLENDOUR ,MAJESTY IN SIZE .
THE MOSQUE HAS A SPACIOUS FORCE COURT SURROUNDED BY A CONTINOUS VAULTED ARCADE .IT HAS ABLUTION FACITIES ON BOTH SIDES .IN THE CENTRE THERE IS A FOUNTAIN WHICH IS RATHER SMALL IN CONTRAST WITH THE MAGNITUDE OF THE COURTYARD /.A HEAVY IRON CHAIN HANGS IN THE UPPER PART OF THE COURT ENTRANCE ON THE WESTERN SIDE . THIS SIDE WAS MEANT FOR THE SUTAN ALONE.THE CHAIN WAS PUT THERE, SO THATT THE SULTAN HAD TO LOWER HIS HEAD EVERY TIME HE ENTERED THE COURT IN ORDER NOT TO GET HIT AND ALSO AS THE SYMBOLIC GESTURE ,TO ENSURE THE HUMILITY OF THE RULER IN THE FACE OF THE DIVINE.
THE INTERIOR OF THE MOSQUE AT THE LOWER LEVEL IS LINED WITH MORE THAN 20,000 HAND MADE CERAMIC TILES IN MORE THAN 50 DIFRENT TULIP DESIGNS.
THE BLUE MOSQUE HAS SIX MINARETS .FOUR MINARETS STAND AT THE CORNER OF THE MOSQUE .EACH OF THESE PENCIL SHAPED MINARES HAS THREE ,BALCONIES, WHILE TWO OTHERS AT THE END OF THE FORCECOURT ONLY HAVE TWO BALCOMNIES.
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