Şeyh Raşid Mosque

Şeyh Raşid Mosque

Year Built
1919-1920
Commissioned By
Unknown
Architect
Unknown
Location
Fatih
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Changes After Construction

  1. The date of the structure’s renewed repair/reconstruction is Hijri 1338 / 1919–1920.

  2. The structure was a Qadiriyya Sufi Lodge until 1974; from 1974 onward, it has been a mosque.

  3. In the inscription arrangement over the graveyard, the dates Hijri 1336 and Hijri 1338 appear.

Featured Highlights

  • The structure is popularly known as Salı Tekkesi Mosque.

  • The structure is of reinforced concrete; the upper covering has a wide-eaved and tile-covered roof arrangement.

  • The harim ceiling is concrete; the mihrab is of plaster; the minbar and preaching pulpit are wooden.

  • The women’s gallery rests on a single wooden column within the harim.

  • The window arrangement consists of three tall windows on one façade and two lower-and-upper windows on the other façade.

  • The minaret is positioned on the entrance façade in a console/bay-window arrangement.

  • The inscription in the graveyard is arranged in 6 lines and 2 columns.

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