the; splendid mosque; oi^ yeni vaeideh djami, "the most eeegant mosque 
WHICH exists at CONSTANTINOPLE'' 
It is built of white marble. Its interior is profusely decorated with intricate mosaics, 
mother of pearl, and precious tiles. "The scores of columns which sustain the galleries 
withm were brought from the plain of Troy, and may have once been set up in temples 
named by Homer. One column, of such peculiar rose as is rarely seen, was brought as a 
trophy from Crete, in 1645, by the victorious Kapoudan Pasha Yousouf. This pasha was 
counted the handsomest man of his time. His beauty and the roseate marble could not save 
him; or, rather, they caused his death. A jealous rival accused him of having brought a 
worthless colored stone to the Sukan, while keeping a column of solid gold for himself. 
The luckless admiral was speedily deposed from office, and shortly sent to execution. "— 
Edwin A. Grosvenor, in "Constantinople." 
