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Süleyman commanded Sinan to build it
Mehmed came two generations before
Selim II was his son, not the patron
Abdülmecid came centuries later
Sinan, the greatest Ottoman architect
Davud Agha was another architect
no link to him
not this mosque's name
construction ended in 1557
1453 is the conquest year, not its building
1616 is the Blue Mosque's year
1923 is the republic's year
four minarets at its corners
it has four, not two
six is the Blue Mosque's count
it has four, not one
schools, hospital, kitchen and bath around it
not a dome but a complex
not a tomb but services
not a market but a charity complex
institutes, hospital, poor kitchens and bath
no fortress in the complex
no port in the complex
no prison in the complex
he called it his peak of grace and balance
he took no pride in speed
he said greatest, not smallest
he called it complete, not lacking
a dome over four piers
not one pillar but four
not one wall but piers
no wood under its dome
a public kitchen feeding the needy
for the poor, not the sultan
for charity, not sale
a kitchen, not a store
it joined the dome's beauty and the complex's services
it is not the oldest mosque
it is stone, not gold
it is not the world's largest
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