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The Sultan Ahmed Mosque was built in the early seventeenth century under the Ottoman sultan Ahmed I and is located in Istanbul, Turkey. Although not constructed during the Golden Age of Islam, its architectural style emulates the efflorescent Islamic architecture from that period.

 Abbasid Qur’an Folio, 9th–10th century

Name: Sultan Ahmed I Mosque

Material: Marble, stone, ceramic tiles (interior)

Size:
Diameter: (dome) 23.5 m (77 ft)
Height: (dome) 42.9 m (141 ft)

Date: Early seventeenth century CE

Place of Origin: Istanbul, Turkey

Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Source and Registration#:
Wikimedia Commons
(accessed April 30, 2010).

Wadad Kadi

Avalon Foundation Distinguished Service Professor of Islamic Studies, Emerita, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, University of Chicago