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The mosque was endowed by the Ottoman admiral Sinan Pasha who was the younger brother of the grand vizier Rüstem Pasha. The mosque was designed by the imperial architect Mimar Sinan. Sinan Pasha died in 1554 and work began after his death. The gilded Arabic foundation inscription above the arched gateway of the mosque records the completion ...
Laleli Mosque Dome of Şehzade Mosque Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque) Courtyard Mihrima Mosque Ortaköy Mosque. Eyüp Sultan Mosque, 1458; Mahmut Pasha Mosque, Eminönü, 1463 ...
Rüstem Pasha Mosque: Istanbul: 1563 Commissioned by Rüstem Pasha: Sabancı Mosque: Adana: 1998 Salepçioğlu Mosque: İzmir: 1905 Ottoman mosque, built by Salepçizade Hoca Ahmed Efendi. Selimiye Mosque: Edirne: 1575 Commissioned by Selim II: Sultan Ahmed Mosque: Istanbul: 1609–1616 Largest mosque in İstanbul, commissioned by Ahmet I ...
Sinan Pasha Mosque may refer to: Sinan Pasha Mosque (Damascus) in Damascus, Syria; Sinan Pasha Mosque (Istanbul) in Istanbul, Turkey; Sinan Pasha Mosque (Prizren) in Prizren, Kosovo; Sinan Pasha Mosque (Kaçanik) in Kaçanik, Kosovo; Sinan Pasha Mosque (Bulaq) in Bulaq, Cairo, Egypt
The Nışançı Mehmed Pasha Mosque (Turkish: Nışançı Mehmed Paşa Camii) is a late 16th-century Ottoman mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. The mosque is part of an architectural complex ( külliye ) that also includes the tomb of its founder, Nışançı Mehmed Pasha , and formerly included two madrasas and a Sufi lodge ( tekke ).
Turkey formally converted The Church of St. Saviour in Chora, known as Kariye in Turkish, into a mosque in 2020, soon after it similarly turned Istanbul’s landmark Haghia Sophia into a Muslim ...
The Rüstem Pasha Mosque was designed by Ottoman imperial architect Mimar Sinan for the Grand Vizier Rüstem Pasha.Rüstem Pasha was the husband of Mihrimah Sultan, one of the daughters of Suleiman the Magnificent by Hurrem Sultan, and served as Grand Vizier (a role comparable to a European prime minister) from 1544 to 1553 and from 1555 to 1561.
When Kılıç Ali Pasha decided to endow a mosque toward the end of his life, he applied to the state for a grant of land (all land in the Ottoman Empire belonged to the state). He and the Grand Vizier Rüstem Pasha disliked each other intensely, so the Vizier is reported to have said: "Since he is the admiral, let him build his mosque on the sea."