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Murat Pasha Mosque, Aksaray

Coordinates: 41°00′37″N 28°56′56″E / 41.010266°N 28.949001°E / 41.010266; 28.949001
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Murat Pasha Mosque
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Location
LocationAksaray, Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey
Murat Pasha Mosque, Aksaray is located in Istanbul Fatih
Murat Pasha Mosque, Aksaray
Location in the Fatih district of Istanbul
Geographic coordinates41°00′37″N 28°56′56″E / 41.010266°N 28.949001°E / 41.010266; 28.949001
Architecture
TypeMosque
StyleOttoman architecture
Groundbreaking1465
Completed1471
Specifications
Minaret(s)1
Materialsbrick, stone

The Murat Pasha Mosque (Turkish: Murat Paşa Camii) is a 15th century Ottoman mosque squeezed in between two busy roads linking Aksaray and Yusufpaşa in the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey.

Architecture

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The mosque was commissioned in 1465-66 by Hass Murad Pasha (mod. Turkish Has Murat Paşa) [1] and completed after his death by his brother Mesih Pasha, who was buried here.[2]

The mosque is designed in the early Ottoman style perfected in Bursa. The main space is a 2 x 1 rectangle covered by two identical domes, each 21 m (69 ft) high and 10.5 m (34 ft) in diameter. The mihrab and minbar are on the short side of the rectangle. The main space is approached via a narthex rather like those in Byzantine churches. This is preceded by a portico.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Babinger 1952, pp. 202–203.
  2. ^ Stavrides 2001, pp. 62 (note 190), 415–416.

Sources

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  • Babinger, Franz (1952). "Eine Verfügung des Paläologen Chass Murad-Pasa von Mitte Regeb 876 = Dez./Jan. 1471-72". Documenta Islamica Inedita (PDF) (in German). Berlin: Akademie-Verlag. pp. 197–210.
  • Stavrides, Théoharis (2001). The Sultan of Vezirs: The Life and Times of the Ottoman Grand Vezir Mahmud Pasha Angelović (1453–1474). Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-12106-5.