For other uses, see Murat Pasha Mosque.

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

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.

  • Entrance to the grounds of the mosque
    Entrance to the grounds of the mosque
  • The front facade of the mosque
    The front facade of the mosque
  • The entrance portal of the mosque
    The entrance portal of the mosque
  • Interior of the mosque, near the mihrab and minbar
    Interior of the mosque, near the mihrab and minbar
  • Interior of the two main domes of the mosque
    Interior of the two main domes of the mosque

See also

References

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

Sources

  • 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.