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Elevation and plan of the mosque published by Cornelius Gurlitt in 1912. The interior of the mosque is almost a square, measuring 58.5 by 57.5 metres (192 by 189 feet), forming a single vast space dominated by its central dome. [30] The dome is 53 metres (174 feet) high and has a diameter of 26.5 metres (86.9 feet) which is exactly half the height.
This is one of the eight rectangular lunette panels above the windows on the north facade of the mosque. The tiles with the text in thuluth script were made in Iznik in around 1557 - the year when the mosque was completed. These lunette panels are the earliest example of tiles decorated with bole-red, a colour that would become a characteristic ...
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The mosque complex was built between 1545 and 1548. [22] Like all imperial külliyes, it included multiple buildings, of which the mosque was the most prominent element. The mosque has a rectangular floor plan divided into two equal squares, with one square occupied by the courtyard and the other occupied by the prayer hall.
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The Sultan Ahmed I Mosque, begun in 1609 and completed in 1617, [102] was designed by Sinan's apprentice, Mehmed Agha. [103] The mosque's size, location, and decoration suggest it was intended to be a rival to the nearby Hagia Sophia. [104] Its design essentially repeats that of the Şehzade Mosque. [105]
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