Zal Mahmud Pasha Mosque

The Zal Mahmud Pasha Mosque (Turkish: Zal Mahmut Paşa Camii) is a 16th-century Ottoman mosque located in the Eyüp district of Istanbul, Turkey. It was designed by the imperial architect Mimar Sinan and completed in 1590.

Zal Mahmud Pasha Mosque
Zal Mahmud Paşa Camii
Zal Mahmud Pasha Mosque
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Location
LocationIstanbul, Turkey
Shown within Istanbul
Geographic coordinates41.044778°N 28.935821°E / 41.044778; 28.935821
Architecture
Architect(s)Mimar Sinan
TypeMosque
StyleOttoman architecture
Groundbreaking1577
Completed1590
Specifications
Dome dia. (outer)12.4 m (41 ft)
Minaret(s)1
Materialsalternating layers of ashlar and brickwork

History

The building of the mosque was jointly endowed by Shahsultan and her second husband, the Bosnian born vizier, Zal Mahmud Pasha. Both had died in 1577. Shahsultan was one of the daughters of the sultan Selim II and his wife Nurbanu Sultan. After the death of Shahsultan's first husband in 1574 she married Zal Mahmud Pasha who in 1553 under Suleiman I's orders had strangled Şehzade Mustafa, a half-brother of Selim II and Suleiman's eldest son.[1]

The mosque was designed by the imperial architect Mimar Sinan. Building work began in 1577 but was not completed until 1590, two years after Sinan's death.[2]

Architecture

The mihrab is surrounded by a border of Iznik tiles.[3]

See also

References

  1. Necipoğlu 2005, pp. 368-369.
  2. Necipoğlu 2005, p. 372.
  3. Necipoğlu 2005, p. 374.

Sources

  • Necipoğlu, Gülru (2005). The Age of Sinan: Architectural Culture in the Ottoman Empire. London: Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-86189-253-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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