Kaptan Paşa Mosque

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Construction Year:

1499 (First structure, as a masjid); 1728-1729 (Reconstruction, as a mosque)

Location:

Üsküdar, İstanbul

Ordered by:

Hamza Fakih Efendi (masjid); Grand Admiral Kaymak Mustafa Pasha (mosque)

Architect:

Unknown

- Changes after its construction
  • It was destroyed by fire in 1890 and was repaired by Şerife Nefise Hanım in the same year.
- Prominent Features
  • It is a square-plan, single-domed mosque made of Kufeki stone.
  • The mosque receives light from the upper and lower windows and has colored plaster grids on the upper windows, while the lower windows have classical iron bars and marble jambs.
  • The marble minbar has exquisite workmanship; the side rails are latticed and the preacher’s pulpit is wooden.
  • The mihrab is decorated with plaster stalactites, and the interior is decorated with tiles and hand-drawn works.
  • The tiles were made in the Tekfur Palace near Edirnekapı and include the most beautiful examples of the 18th century.