i minaret represents a mosque built by a private benefactor 2 minarets show a mosque built by a community 4 minarets adorn a mosque built by the sultan (pre-1923 in Turkey) 6 minarets means you are looking at the Blue Mosque in Istanbul 7 minarets means you are in front of the mosque at Mecca
It has 6 minarets because when Sultan directed his architect to make gold (altin) minarets, it was misunderstood as six (alti) minarets. The Haram Mosque in Mecca also had 6 minarets and it is the holiest in the world. So Sultan sent his architect to add a seventh to the Haram Mosque.
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The towers are minarets. The domes are domes.
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Muslims call their pillars/towers minarets.
The Sidi Bashir Mosque is located in the city of Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Due to its unique construction, the mosque is also called Jhulta Minar or Shaking Minarets.
It is just a symbol of a mosque. It is called Meenar.