Her mosque was built in 1418.
He must not sit in a mosque, except under necessity, but in some open, accessible place.
Here begins the mosque of Gauhar Shad.'
Of the principal mosques the large Buyuk Djamia, with nine metal cupolas, has become the National Museum; the Tcherna Djamia or Black Mosque, latterly used as a prison, has been transformed into a handsome church; the Banyabashi Djamia, with its picturesque minaret, is still used by Moslem worshippers.
The church, which was converted into a mosque by the Turks, was partly destroyed by earthquakes in 1818 and 1858.