The principal dome rises to a height of 260 feet, and is surrounded by four smaller ones.

Round the outside of the mosque extracts from the Koran are inlaid in characters of black marble.
In the principal apartment stand two sarcophagi, of which one contains the remains of the sultan, the other those of his favourite.

The lower part of the walls of this apartment, as well as both sarcophagi, are covered with costly mosaic work of the most beautiful stones.

A marble lattice-work, six feet high, surrounding the two sarcophagi, is a masterpiece of art.

It is so delicate and finely worked, that it seems as if turned out of ivory.