Library of Ahmed III

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Ottoman library library building pavilion

The Library of Ahmed III is an 18th-century Ottoman library pavilion in Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace, notable for its richly decorated interior and collection of manuscripts.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Topkapi Palace Library 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman library ⓘ
library building ⓘ
pavilion ⓘ
architecturalStyle Ottoman architecture ⓘ
Tulip Period style ⓘ
builtDuringReignOf Ahmed III NERFINISHED ⓘ
collection Arabic manuscripts ⓘ
Islamic manuscripts ⓘ
Ottoman manuscripts ⓘ
Persian manuscripts ⓘ
Turkish manuscripts ⓘ
completionDate 1719 ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
era Tulip Period of the Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
floorCount 2 ⓘ
function storage of palace manuscripts ⓘ
study and reading space ⓘ
hasPart ablution fountain ⓘ
book stacks ⓘ
central hall ⓘ
fountain ⓘ
inscription panels ⓘ
marble revetments ⓘ
mihrab ⓘ
painted dome ⓘ
porch ⓘ
reading room ⓘ
staircase ⓘ
tiled panels ⓘ
wooden bookcases ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site component NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception 1719 ⓘ
locatedIn Fatih district NERFINISHED ⓘ
Historic Peninsula of Istanbul NERFINISHED ⓘ
Istanbul ⓘ
Topkapi Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInComplexSection Third Courtyard of Topkapi Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ
material Iznik tiles NERFINISHED ⓘ
marble ⓘ
stone ⓘ
wood ⓘ
namedAfter Ahmed III NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Topkapi Palace complex NERFINISHED ⓘ
patron Ahmed III NERFINISHED ⓘ
roofShape domed roof ⓘ
significantFor Ottoman book arts history ⓘ
rich interior decoration ⓘ
use manuscript library ⓘ
royal library NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Third Courtyard → contains → Library of Ahmed III ⓘ
Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars → hasManuscriptCopy → Library of Ahmed III ⓘ
this entity surface form: Topkapi Palace Library
Third Courtyard → notableBuilding → Library of Ahmed III ⓘ