BLUE MOSQUE:
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque or Sultan Ahmet Mosque is a
memorable mosque situated in Istanbul, Turkey. A well known traveler site, the
Sultan Ahmed Mosque keeps on working as a mosque today; men still stoop in
supplication on the mosque's rich celebrity main street after the call to
petition. The Blue Mosque, as it is prominently known, was built somewhere
around 1609 and 1616 amid the principle of Ahmed I. Its Külliye contains
Ahmed's tomb, a madrasah and a hospice. Great hand-painted blue tiles embellish
the mosque's inside dividers, and around evening time the mosque is showered in
blue as lights edge the mosque's five principle vaults, six minarets and eight
auxiliary arches.
Engineering:
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque has five fundamental vaults, six
minarets, and eight optional arches. The configuration is the finish of two
centuries of Ottoman mosque advancement. It fuses some Byzantine Christian
components of the neighboring Hagia Sophia with conventional Islamic design and
is thought to be the last awesome mosque of the established period. The
planner, Sedefkâr Mehmed Ağa, integrated the thoughts of his lord Sinan, going
for overpowering size, greatness and quality.
Inside:
Inside perspective, highlighting the supplication region and
the primary arch. At its lower levels and at each dock, the inside of the
mosque is fixed with more than 20,000 high quality Iznik style fired tiles,
made at Iznik (the antiquated Nicaea) in more than fifty distinctive tulip
plans. The tiles at lower levels are conventional in outline, while at
exhibition level their configuration gets to be showy with representations of
blooms, products of the soil. The tiles were made under the supervision of the
Iznik expert. The cost to be paid for every tile was altered by the sultan's
declaration, while tile costs when all is said in done expanded after some
time. Subsequently, the nature of the tiles utilized as a part of the building
diminished gradually.The upper levels of the inside are commanded by blue
paint. More than 200 recolored glass windows with mind boggling outlines concede
characteristic light, today helped by crystal fixtures. On the ceiling
fixtures, ostrich eggs are found that were intended to stay away from webs
inside the mosque by repulsing creepy crawlies. The enrichments incorporate
verses from the Qur'an, huge numbers of them made by Seyyid Kasim Gubari,
viewed as the best calligrapher of his time. The floors are secured with rugs,
which are given by the devoted and are routinely supplanted as they destroy.
The numerous open windows present a roomy impression. The casements at floor
level are enlivened with creation sectile. Each exedra has five windows, some
of which are visually impaired. Every semi-vault has 14 windows and the focal
arch 28. The shaded glass for the windows was an endowment of the Signoria of
Venice to the sultan. The majority of these shaded windows have at this point
been supplanted by advanced adaptations with practically no masterful
legitimacy.The most imperative component in the inside of the mosque is the
mihrab, which is made of finely cut and formed marble, with a stalactite
specialty and a twofold inscriptive board above it. It is encompassed by
numerous windows. The adjoining dividers are sheathed in clay tiles. To one
side of the mihrab is the lavishly embellished minber, or platform, where the
imam stands when he is conveying his sermon at the season of twelve petition on
Fridays or on heavenly days. The mosque has been outlined so that
notwithstanding when it is at its most swarmed, everybody in the mosque can see
and hear the imam.
Outside:
The veneer of the open forecourt was implicit the same way
as the exterior of the Süleymaniye Mosque, aside from the expansion of the
turrets on the corner vaults. The court is about as substantial as the mosque
itself and is encompassed by a consistent vaulted arcade (revak). It has
bathing offices on both sides. The focal hexagonal wellspring is little with
respect to the yard. The grand yet limit passage to the patio emerges
compositionally from the arcade. Its semi-vault has a fine stalactitestructure,
delegated by a little ribbed arch on a tall tholobate. Its chronicled primary
school is utilized as "Mosque Information Center" which is adjoining
its external divider in favor of Hagia Sophia. This is the place they give
guests a free orientational presentation on the Blue Mosque and Islam as a
rule.
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