Küçük Selimiye Mosque

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Construction Year:

1801-1805

Location:

Üsküdar, İstanbul

Ordered by:

III. Selim

Architect:

Unknown

- Changes after its construction
  • It was repaired by Pertev Pasha in 1835 and the sheikh’s lodging, dervish cells and annexes were added.
  • The wooden annexes were destroyed over time and private properties were built in their place.
  • In the 1930s, the Royal Pavilion; and in the 1940s, some buildings were demolished and the Zeynep Kamil Hospital was expanded.
  • It underwent extensive restoration in 2015.
- Prominent Features
  • The building, also known as the Selimiye Tekke Mosque, Çiçekçi Mosque and Behçet-i Konevi Mosque, is a rectangular planned stone structure; it is made of rubble stone and brick, and its hipped roof is covered with lead.
  • It has a single minaret and a single balcony and consists of a mosque-tevhidhane, a Royal Pavilion and a graveyard.
  • The interior is decorated with woodwork and ornaments bearing traces of the Empire and Ottoman Baroque styles.
  • The main gate has an inscription in verse written by Pertev Mehmed Said Pasha and decorated with the calligraphy of Yesarizade Mustafa İzzet Effendi.
  • The Royal Pavilion supported by thin marble columns in the northeast corner of the mosque adds a unique beauty to the structure.