Seferikoz Mosque

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Construction Year:

1495

Location:

Fatih, İstanbul

Ordered by:

Seferikoz Mehmet Efendi

Architects:

Unknown

- Changes after its construction
  • It was repaired in 1858 and 1900.
  • The mihrab inscription is dated 1403, and the marble inscription is dated 1880.
- Prominent features
  • It is also known as the “Cibali Mosque”.
  • It is a rectangular-plan, brick building with a wooden roof and tiled roof.
  • It was built as “fevkani” (elevated, multi-storey).
  • There is a cistern underneath, dating back to the Byzantine period.
  • The upper part of the narthex is used as the women gallery.
  • The minbar is made of marble, the preacher’s pulpit is made of wood, and the inner wall
    skirtings and the mihrab are covered with marble.
  • It has a single-balcony minaret.
  • The grave of its founder is next to the grave of the Former Admiral Abdulfettah Pasha on
    the road to Meyyit Pier.