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The Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Sultan Ahmet Camii) is a historic mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. The Blue Mosque, as it is popularly known, was constructed between 1609 and 1616 during the rule of Ahmed I. With Hand-painted blue tiles adorn the mosque’s interior walls,with five main domes, six minarets and eight secondary domes[image:Dersaadet [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]]

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Interior in Blue Mosque showing dome and blue tiles [Image:Benh LIEU SONG CC BY-SA 3.0(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]

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The Piri Reis map was discovered in 1929 in Topkapi Palace,Constantinople, Turkey.The map is considered to have been drawn in 1513 by Piri Reis, a famous admiral of the Turkish fleet. Map was one of the earliest world maps to include the Americas.Approximately one third of the map survives; it shows the western coasts of Europe and North Africa and the coast of Brazil with reasonable accuracy.

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The Mehmed Pasa Sokolovic Bridge is a historic bridge in Visegrad, in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, over the Drina River . It was completed in 1577 by the Ottoman court architect Mimar Sinan .The 179.5-meter-long (589 ft) bridge has 11 masonry arches. [Image:AtinaZaharijev https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]]

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The Suleymaniye Mosque (Suleymaniye Camii) is a mosque located on the Third Hill of Istanbul, Turkey. The mosque was built  by Ottoman Emperor Suleiman the Magnificent . An inscription specifies the inauguration date as 1557. It is one of the best-known sights of Istanbul. This place was known as Külliye-a place for public service- It had hospital,Madrasa  and soup kitchen.[Image: Jpbazard Jean-Pierre Bazard [CC BY-SA 3.0]]

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Firuz Shahi madrasa at Hauz Khas :Built by Firuz Shah Tughlaq in 1352,this Madrasa was considered to be the largest and best equipped Islamic seminary in the world. Madrasa has an innovative L shaped design. In this 2 storied Madrasa built near Haus Khas lake, staircases are provided to go down to the lake from each floor.[Image:Nvvchar at English Wikipedia [CC BY-SA 3.0  or GFDL]]

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Hauz Khas : The Royal water tank was built during Alauddin Khalji]‘s reign (1296–1316) in the second city of Delhi,India  to meet the water supply needs of the newly built fort at Siri. The tank was originally of about 123.6 acres area with dimensions of 600m width and 700m length with 4m depth of water.[Image:https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/]

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Qutb Minar: Qutb Minar located in Delhi ,India ,is the tallest minaret in the world made up of bricks .Qutubdin Aibak - founder of the Delhi Sultanate, started construction of the Qutub Minar’s first storey around 1192. In 1220, Aibak’s successor Shamsuddin Iltutmish completed a further three storeys.[Image:By Amruthastar99 [CC BY-SA 3.0  (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons]

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Caligraphy found in Qutub Minar . [Image:By Madan Inamdar [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 4.0  (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons]

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Masjid Agung Demak (Demak Great Mosque) is one of the oldest mosques in Indonesia, located in Demak, Central Java.The mosque is believed to be built  by one of the the nine saints (Wali Songo) ,in 15th century , during the first Demak Sultanate ruler, Raden Patah  . It is a classic example of a traditional Javanese mosque.[Image:By Astayoga at English Wikipedia [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons]

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Sankore Madrasa: is an ancient center of learning located in Timbuktu, Mali, West Africa. The Sankore University prospered and became a very significant seat of learning in the Muslim world, especially in 14th century under the reign of Mansa Musa. This Masjid was capable of housing 25,000 students and had one of the largest libraries in the world with between 400,000to700,000 manuscripts.[image:By Baz Lecocq at nl.wikipedia, CC BY 2.5 nl, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3406814}]

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Bou Inania Madrasa : is a madrasa in Fez, Morocco , founded in AD 1351–56 by Marinid Sultan Abu Inan Faris . It is acknowledged as an excellent example of Marinid architecture. The madrasa functioned both as an educational institute and as a congregational mosque. [Image :By Bjørn Christian Tørrissen [CC BY-SA 3.0  (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons]

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Palaiya Juma Palli: is a mosque in Kilakarai, Tamil Nadu, India. This masjid was Built in 628-630 AD and was rebuilt in the 11th century after saheed war. Constructed by the Yemeni merchants in Pandiya kingdom ,ordered by Baadhan-then Governor of Yemen . It is said that Baadhan, Ibnu Batuta , Sultan of Ottoman Murad have visited this mosque.

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Mihrab inside Palaiya Juma Palli :   Elaborate carvings are present on the surfaces of the walls of the mosque. This mosque is one of the greatest examples of Dravidian Islam architecture.

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Ibn Batuta (1304–1369) was a Moroccan scholar who widely travelled the medieval world. He dictated an account of his journeys- “A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities” and “The Marvels of Travelling”.(Illustration by Léon Benett published in 1878 showing Ibn Batuta (right) in Egypt). [Image:Wikimedia Commons]

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Ibnu Batuta’s travel map. Over a period of thirty years, Ibn Battuta visited North Africa, the Horn of Africa, West Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia and China. [Image:Wikimedia Commons]

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Bibi-Khanym Mosque , Samarkand , Uzbekistan built by king Timur in 14th century, is one of the largest and most magnificent mosques in the Islamic world.Mosque said to be built by the Timur’s wife, Bibi-Khanym, in honor of his return from a trip to India.