Sinan Paşa Mosque

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Construction Year :

1571

Location :

Üsküdar, İstanbul

Ordered by :

Sinan Pasha (He served as Grand Vizier five times and is known as theConqueror of Yemen)

Architects :

Mimar (Architect) Davud Agha

- Changes after its construction
  • By 1924, the mosque had fallen into ruin
  • In 1975, it was rebuilt by philanthropists on its remaining walls, and the fountain was moved back during the repair
  • The double bathhouse located behind the mosque was demolished long ago and has not survived to the present day.
- Prominent features
  • The material used was rubble stone, the roof was made of wood, the minbar was also made of wood, and the mihrab was made in the form of a niche embedded in the wall
  • It is a building with a single minaret and a single balcony
  • The graves of the mosque trustees and Raufi Seyyid Ahmed Efendi are located in the graveyard
  • Sinan Pasha had Mimar Davud Agha build not only this mosque but also his other mosques in Kasımpaşa and Kulaksız
  • The inscriptions have not survived to the present day, and attempts are being made to determine its history through foundation records
  • Among the neighborhoods, baths, fountains, and other structures built by Sinan Pasha, only certain parts of the mosque and its fountain have been preserved
  • Sinan Pasha, after whom the mosque was named, died on April 3, 1596 and was buried in his tomb in Divanyolu.