Kaptan İbrahimağa Mosque

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Construction Year:

1622

Location:

Beşiktaş, İstanbul

Ordered by:

Kaptan (Admiral) Ibrahim Pasha

Architect:

Unknown

- Changes after its construction
  • It was rebuilt in 1763 by Grand Vizier Hamid Hamza Pasha.
  • It was rebuilt in 1899 by Sultan Abdul Hamid II with masonry walls and a wooden roof.
  • The minbar belonging to the first structure of the mosque was built by Mehmed Agha, the treasurer of Hacı Mehmet Eşref Pasha.
  • According to the records of the General Directorate of Foundations, next to the mosque there was a school and a fountain donated by Safiye Sultan, the daughter of Sultan Mustafa II.
- Prominent Features
  • It is a multi-storey building and in the past there were gardens and rooms belonging to the foundation of the mosque.
  • There is an inscription dated 1899 on the entrance gate of the mosque.
  • It is a building with masonry walls, a wooden roof, a lath-and-plaster ceiling and a tiled roof.
  • The mihrab and the minbar are decorated with relief motifs and are decorated with white paint and gold gilding.
  • The women’s gallery is made of wood and covers the narthex and the northern part of the Harim.
  • The minaret on the left of the mosque is made of stone and has a single balcony.
  • In the northwest corner of the prayer hall, there is a muezzin’s gallery separated by wooden railings.
  • The preacher’s pulpit has a plain appearance and is made entirely of wood.
  • The narthex of the mosque has a transverse rectangular plan and is illuminated by three windows on the north wall.