Davut Ağa Mosque
Changes after its construction:
- At the end of the 19th century, the outer surface of the narthex was covered with wood.
- It was repaired by the Directorate General of Foundations in 1968.
- Recently, restoration work was completed and it was reopened for worship.
Prominent Features:
- It is built with stone and wooden materials and has a square plan. Its minbar is wooden. Its roof is wooden and covered with tiles.
- It is also known as “Kapıağası Mosque” and is recorded in “Tezkiretü’l-Ebniye” (The book containing the works of Mimar Sinan) as “The Mosque of Davud Ağa, the Imperial Palace Agha from Edirne Kapısı”.
- The mihrab was designed to project outwards.
- The minaret is short, located on the right side of the building, and is made of stone; its cone is covered with lead.
- The grave of its founder, Davut Ağa, is located in the graveyard of the mosque. He died in the year he had the mosque built.
- Today, only one of its doors and its inscription remain original.
*Akhadım (White Eunuch): The eunuchs, purchased by the Imperial Palace from Hungarians, Germans, Slavs and later from Georgians and Armenians etc.
