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Also Known As	jāmiʿ • masjid

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The Prophet's Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, with its green dome and tall minaret, as people walk across the marble courtyard.

Istanbul: Blue Mosque

mosque with minaret near Edirne

Badshahi Mosque

The Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmed Mosque) with its distinctive ensemble of six minarets, Istanbul.

Sultan Ahmed Cami (Blue Mosque), Istanbul, designed by Mehmed Ağa, 1609–16.

Mosque in Bukhara, Uzbekistan.

Bukhara, Uzbekistan: Char-Minar mosque and madrasah

Observing Ramadan at a German mosque

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Mehmed Ağa

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Hagia Sophia. Istanbul, Turkey. Constantinople. Church of the Holy Wisdom. Church of the Divine Wisdom. Mosque.

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