abstract:Selim II (Ottoman Turkish: سليم ثانى Selīm-i sānī, Turkish:II.Selim; 28 May 1524 – 12 December/15 December 1574), also known as "Selim the Sot (Mest)" and as "Sarı Selim" (Selim the Blond), was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1566 until his death in 1574.
Built for Sultan SelimII in the sixteenth century, it has withstood numerous earthquakes and can accommodate more than five thousand kneeling worshippers.