Damat İbrahim Paşa Madrasa
Changes After Construction:
- The inscription above the mosque gate states that the structure is also a madrasa Dar al-Hadith and gives the construction date as 1132 (1719–1720).
- It is recorded that the mosque and the madrasa were completed in 1720 and that an opening ceremony was held on 22 May 1720.
- In the list dated 2 September 1914, it is stated that the madrasa had seventeen rooms and three later-added barracks; the rooms were noted as suitable in terms of ventilation and sunlight.
- In 1959–1960 the structure was restored by the Directorate of Foundations; during this process the spaces between the porticoes were enclosed with glass panels.
Prominent Features:
- The complex is defined by a plan arrangement established on the main street with mosque, madrasa, library, sebil, fountain, and market components.
- The madrasa was designed with the function of a Dar al-Hadith.
- The courtyard is surrounded on two sides by porticoes and the domed cells behind them; it is recorded that the madrasa had thirteen domed rooms.
- Three rooms located in the sebil row have a rectangular plan and are covered with mirror vaults; it is stated that there was no portico in front of these three rooms.
- In the madrasa section, it is recorded that three latrines were located at the end of a narrow corridor in the left corner.
