Murat Pasha Mosque, Aksaray
The Murat Paşa Mosque (Turkish: Murat Paşa Camii) is a 15th century Ottoman mosque at Aksaray in the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey.
| Murat Paşa Mosque | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| Location | |
| Location | Aksaray, Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey |
  Location in the Fatih district of Istanbul | |
| Geographic coordinates | 41.010266°N 28.949001°E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | mosque |
| Groundbreaking | 1465 |
| Completed | 1471 |
| Specifications | |
| Dome(s) | 2 |
| Minaret(s) | 1 |
| Materials | brick, stone |
Architecture
It was commissioned in 1465/66 by Hass Murad Pasha (mod. Turkish Has Murat Paşa).[1] It was completed after his death by his brother Mesih Pasha, who was buried there.[2]
The mosque is designed in the Bursa style with the main space covered by a number of identical domes. This is an early Ottoman style which was soon abandoned in favour of the single large dome with smaller extensions. In this case, the main space is a 2 x 1 rectangle and is covered with 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.
See also
References
- Babinger 1952, pp. 202–203.
- 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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