Hoca Kasım Günani Mosque

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Construction Year:

15th century, (Mehmed the Conqueror period); renovated by Mahmud II in 1835.

Location:

Fatih, İstanbul

Ordered by:

Hoca Kasım Gunani

Architect:

Unknown

- Changes the building has undergone since its construction
  • It was repaired and revived in 1835 during the reign of Sultan Mahmud II.
  • In 1970, the wooden cladding was renewed under the supervision of the Foundations Administration.
- Prominent features of the mosque
  • It is also known as Meydancık Mosque.
  • According to legend, it is also known as the “Hasan Husayn Mosque” because two men named Hasan and Hussein, who were martyred in the service of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, were buried here.
  • It is n elevated building with wooden cladding; its roof is wooden and its walls are covered with hand-drawn decorations.
  • Its interior area is 110 m². Its minbar, pulpit, mihrab and women’s gallery are made of wood.
  • There are four long windows on the street side, one above the other, and two windows to the right and left of the altar.
  • Its single-balcony minaret was made of brick and later plastered with concrete.
  • In front of the mosque, the shrine of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari and the shrine of another of the honorable companions, Jafar b. Abdullah al-Ansari, are located.