Panipat Mosque, Jama Masjid, Babri Mosque
The Qaba in Mecca and the Mosque in Medina
The Qaba in Mecca and the Mosque in Medina
-- the alamgiri gate -- lagbagh fort in dhaka -- badshahi mosque
Minaret. The Steeple can be a neutral term in architecture and can therefore apply to the minaret of a mosque, but steeple usually refers to the tower placed on the side of a church.
Hagia Sophia in Istanbul is a prime example of Byzantine architecture that has served as both a Christian church and a mosque. Originally constructed as a cathedral in the 6th century, it was the largest cathedral in the world for nearly a thousand years. After the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453, it was converted into a mosque. In 1935, it was secularized and turned into a museum, and in 2020, it was reconverted into a mosque.
Islamic Architecture features are domes with many ornamentals with natural colors. The types are mosque, tomb, palace, and forts.
Byzantine culture influenced a lot of Islamic architecture especially the dome shape that many Mosque have.
mosque and tomb
They built several new mosques like the Mehmet el-Fatih Mosque, the Blue Mosque, the Süleimaniye Mosque, and several others. However, they did not change the architectural style of the city.
The Blue Mosque, or Sultan Ahmed Mosque, in Istanbul features a total of six minarets. However, it has a central dome that is surrounded by eight smaller domes, making a total of nine domes in the mosque complex. The main dome stands at a height of 43 meters and is a prominent feature of the mosque's architecture.
Human and/or animal pictures is not a type of decoration at any Islamic mosque.