Zal Mahmud Pasha Mosque

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]

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

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  Zal Mahmut Pasha mosque exterior view from Selahi Mehmet Efendi Cami
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  Zal Mahmut Pasha mosque view from garden
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  Zal Mahmut Pasha mosque inside türbe
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  Zal Mahmut Pasha mosque exterior
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  Zal Mahmut Pasha mosque interior south to north
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  Zal Mahmut Pasha mosque interior
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  Zal Mahmut Pasha mosque interior view from first floor
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  Zal Mahmut Pasha mosque interior view from first floor
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  Zal Mahmut Pasha mosque top minber
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  Zal Mahmut Pasha mosque top mihrab
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  Zal Mahmut Pasha mosque tiles round mihrab

• List of Friday mosques designed by Mimar Sinan

• 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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