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Sedefkar Mehmed Agha information


Sedefkar Mehmed Agha
Portrait of Sedefkar Mehmed Agha
Born1540
Elbasan, Ottoman Empire (modern day Albania)
Died1617 (aged 76 or 77)
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (modern day Turkey)
NationalityOttoman, Albanian
OccupationArchitect
BuildingsSultan Ahmed Mosque

Sedefkar Mehmed Agha or Sedefqar Mehmeti of Elbasan (Modern Turkish: Sedefkâr Mehmet Ağa, Albanian: Sedefqar Mehmeti Aga Elbasanit, about 1540–1617) is recorded as the Ottoman Albanian architect of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (the "Blue Mosque") in Istanbul.

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