Ahmed I, Sultan · Builder of the Blue Mosque

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Ahmed Iأحمد الأول

Istanbul

The young sultan who built the Blue Mosque and ended the killing of brothers.

He spared his brother Mustafa, beginning the custom of the eldest male relative inheriting. He built the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, with its six minarets, facing Hagia Sophia.

Who came before and after?

Mehmed IIIMustafa I

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