Sedefkar Mehmed Agha

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Sedefkar Mehmed Agha was a prominent Ottoman architect best known for designing the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque) in Istanbul in the early 17th century.


Statements (34)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman architect
architect
person
activeIn 17th century
architectOf imperial mosques
architecturalStyle classical Ottoman
associatedWith Sultan Ahmed Mosque complex
basedIn Istanbul
countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Empire
culture Ottoman
designed Blue Mosque
Sultan Ahmed Mosque
employer Ottoman court
era early 17th century
fieldOfWork Islamic architecture
Ottoman architecture
genre mosque architecture
hasPartInCareer imperial building projects in Istanbul
influencedBy Mimar Sinan
classical Ottoman school of architecture
knownFor designing the Blue Mosque
designing the Sultan Ahmed Mosque
languageOfWorkOrName Ottoman Turkish
notableFor integration of multiple minarets in mosque design
large central-dome mosque designs
notableWork Blue Mosque
Sultan Ahmed Mosque
occupation architect
court architect
placeOfWork Istanbul
positionHeld chief imperial architect
religion Islam
residence Istanbul
workedUnder Sultan Ahmed I

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Blue Mosque
architect
Ottoman architecture
hasNotableArchitect

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