Kürkçübaşı Hacı Hüseyin Ağa Mosque

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Construction Year:

1613

Location:

Fatih, İstanbul

Ordered by:

Kürkçübaşı Hacı Hüseyin Agha

Architects:

Unknown

- Changes after its construction
  • A philanthropist named Fatma Hatun had the minbar built and converted the small masjid into
    a mosque.
  • It was renovated in 1871.
  • It was repaired by a benefactor named Rahmi Gezer in 1945.
  • The date 1871 and the “Basmalah Prayer” are written on the marble inscription above the
    courtyard entrance door.
  • It has a fountain dated 1927 and is not working.
- Prominent features
  • The walls of the mosque are made of masonry; the roof is wooden; the minaret is made of
    stone and brick with an alternating weave and has a single balcony and the balcony railing is
    made of iron.
  • The interior walls are covered with paneling up to the bottom of the windows; they are
    decorated with tiles up to the ceiling.
  • The upper gallery is accessed from the muezzin’s gallery on the left and is seated on four
    wooden poles.
  • There are three long windows on the right and left walls, and two windows of the same size on
    the mihrab wall.
  • The ceiling is wooden, the mihrab is made of tiles; the minbar and the preacher’s pulpit are
    polished wood.
  • The “Basmalah” (“In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Gracious”) above the
    mosque door, dated 1871, was written during the restoration of the mosque.
  • In its courtyard, there are water basins decorated with reliefs and ornaments of tulip, rose and
    fruit motifs.