. Construction : a journal for the architectural engineering and contracting interests of Canada . IIF MAHMll) H. AMI ABDUL AZIZ. man architect, and comprised a court, fountams,colonnades, twenty-three small domes and four ex-quisite minarets with accompany-ing galleries. In plan the mainstructure covers practically fiftythousand square feet with a fore-court 150 by 190 feet surround-ed by an arcade. The dome, 86feet inside diameter and 1 56 feetin height, rests on four mono-lithic columns of ancient the interior are splendidexamples of colored glass fromthe manufactory of Ib
. Construction : a journal for the architectural engineering and contracting interests of Canada . IIF MAHMll) H. AMI ABDUL AZIZ. man architect, and comprised a court, fountams,colonnades, twenty-three small domes and four ex-quisite minarets with accompany-ing galleries. In plan the mainstructure covers practically fiftythousand square feet with a fore-court 150 by 190 feet surround-ed by an arcade. The dome, 86feet inside diameter and 1 56 feetin height, rests on four mono-lithic columns of ancient the interior are splendidexamples of colored glass fromthe manufactory of Ibrahim,pamted m a design with the nameof God set in an appropriatebevy of flowers. The screen ofwindows under the great lateralarches of the dome are borne bymonolithic shafts of porphyry,28 feet in height, with base andcapital of 35 feet. The mosquewith its forecourt is surroundedby a still larger court having tengates and arranged in conjunc-tion with four academies, threeschools, a hospital, kitchen for feeding the poor,school of medicine, library and a house of refuge. TOMRS OP SULTAX AXD SULTANA ROXALANA. for strangers. It is surely a pity that such a monu-mental structure should suffer from the quality ofmaterials with which it is con-structed. The walls are coveredwith stucco, the dome with lead,and the masonry abutments withmetal The tomb of Suleiman ispleasing and artistic; octagonalin shape, with a fluted roof. Toosmall to be grand, it is of unusualmerit and contains exquisitemarble of various colors carefullyelaborated. Upon the interiorwalls are painted designs of deli-cate lace-like arabesques. Thecostly decorations of the biers,mother-of-pearl work, shawls,turbans and aigrettes to be foundin his resting place are only sym-bolical of his work and its accom-plishments. What greater hom-age could be paid so great anempire builder? The turbeh of Mahmud II. is perhaps the most splendid last tomb erected for a sultan. larble, it presents an interesting
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