Şeyh Devati Mosque

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Construction Year:

1650-1651

Location:

Üsküdar, İstanbul

Ordered by:

Divitçi Sheikh Mustafa Effendi (Son of Kösem Sultan's steward Arslan Agha)

Architect:

Unknown

Changes After Its Construction:
  • It was repaired by Bahri Pasha during the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid II in 1886. A seven-line inscription prepared by the poet Ferik Kazım İbrahim Pasha was added to the main gate.
  • It underwent an extensive restoration in 2018.
Prominent Features:
  • The building known as the Şeyh Devati Mustafa Efendi Mosque has a square plan, cut stone, brick beams, a single balcony and a single minaret; its cone is covered with lead.
  • It has two large, pointed arched windows on three sides, receiving light from a total of eight windows.
  • The interior is decorated with hand-drawn decorations; the ceiling is covered with wood. The mihrab is in the form of a niche; the wooden minbar is plain, these mihrab and minbar are new constructions.
  • It has a double-framed courtyard gate made of cut stone. Examples of Ottoman tombstone art are exhibited in the courtyard. In the courtyard, there is a two-sided graveyard and a wooden two-story sheikh’s house with a fountain in the middle.
  • The shrine of Sheikh Mustafa Devati, located across the mosque, has a hexagonal plan, is made of stacked stone and has a wooden roof; it contains eight coffins.
  • On the outer side of the courtyard, in front of the graveyard, there is a fountain made of cut stone.
  • Sheikh Devati Mustafa Efendi Mosque is an important religious building that attracts attention with its historical and architectural features and served as a Jelveti lodge in the past.