Sahaf Muhiddin Mosque

Sahaf Muhiddin Mosque

Year Built
1625
Commissioned By
Sahaf Muhittin
Architect
Unknown
Location
Beyoglu
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Changes After Construction

  1. It was revived by Grand Admiral Kaymak Mustafa Pasha in the 17th century.

  2. During these works, a minbar was added to the mosque and a school was built next to it.

  3. In recent years, a women's gallery has been added.

  4. It has lost much of its original texture, and the facades have been plastered inside and out with recent restorations.

Featured Highlights

  • Also known as Karamanlı Mosque and Kara Imam Mosque

  • It was built on a 252 m² land. It is covered with masonry walls.

  • Its single-balcony minaret is made of brick and was built with a cylindrical body on a square base.

  • The mihrab protrudes from the exterior and is decorated with plant ornaments.

  • There are stylized vegetal and geometric ornaments on the side panels and railings of the wooden minbar, and they are painted with gilding.

  • There is a two-storey wooden women's gallery added later, on the northern side of the Harim.

  • The north, south and east sides of the square-planned mosque are surrounded by courtyards.

  • The grave of Sahaf Muhittin is in the graveyard of the mosque.

  • There is a fountain, a burial area and a water well in the mosque courtyard.

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