Sofu Karaali Çavuş Mosque

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Construction Year:

1464

Location:

Eyüpsultan, İstanbul

Ordered by:

Çavuş Ali Agha (Sergant Ali Agha)

Architect:

Unknown

- Changes the building has undergone since its construction
  • The minaret was damaged by lightning in 1775 and was repaired by Ser Mimaran-ı Hassa (Head Architect of the Palace).
  • It underwent extensive repairs between 1975 and 1977, the narthex was rebuilt and the building was opened for worship.
  • In 2010, a restoration work was carried out by the Regional Directorate of Foundations.
- Prominent features of the mosque
  • It is a building with masonry walls and a wooden roof. There are 9-10 steps leading down to the courtyard, and its mihrab protrudes outwards. The base of the minaret is made of two rows of bricks and one row of cut stone.
  • The narthex was rebuilt in 1975 and has a portico supported by 9 wooden columns. The roof is wooden and the entrance door is not in the middle of the building but on the side.
  • The windows have wooden shutters, and the chains and knobbed bars on them have been preserved in their original state.
  • In the graveyard of the mosque is the grave of its founder, Sofu Kara Ali Çavuş; there is an inscription on its stone dated 1785.
  • It is also known as Çavuş Ali Ağa Masjid.