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 The Age of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Compare the Mosque of Sultan Ahmed and the Masjid-i Shah in Iran, which were built at roughly the same time, both abutting public squares.
Focus on the specific case of the architect Mehmed Aga and analyze the Sultan Ahmed mosque complex in terms of this document.
It is an illustrated life of the Sultan focussing on the highlights of his career.
archnet.org /courses/necipoglu-suleyman.html   (1189 words)

  
 Ahmed Ibn Tulun Mosque, Cairo, Egypt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The whole is enclosed on three sides in a Ziyada (The outer court of a mosque, common to congregational mosques in the early Islamic period) measuring 162 meters (530 feet) each side.
The mosque is built of red brick plastered with white stucco.
The mosque and its accompanying minaret are normally interpreted by modern scholars as architectural expressions of the power of a central authority over the provinces through the imposition of distinctive, foreign forms.
www.islamicarchitecture.org /architecture/ibntulunmosque.html   (1119 words)

  
 Mecca mosque - Sultan Ahmed Mosque - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In a sermon at a Mecca mosque, he cited it as proof that "Christian missionaries are In a sermon delivered at the Manar Al-Islam mosque in Mecca,
At the center of this huge mosque's central courtyard is the Ka'abah,
The Holy Mosque in Makkah houses the Ka'aba, in the corner of which is set the Black Stone which marks the starting point for the seven circumambulations of
usefullib.com /?q=mecca-mosque   (299 words)

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