Nallı Masjid ( tr, Nallı Mescit), also known as ''İmam Ali Mescidi'' or ''Babıali Mescidi'', is a late 19th-century small mosque located at Ankara Street northwest of the historic

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building (which is the

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today), at

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quarter of Fatih district of old

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, Turkey.

History

It was built by İmam Ali Efendi, a relative of Ottoman religious scholar, poet and mystic saint

Akshamsaddin Akshamsaddin (Muhammad Shams al-Din bin Hamzah, tr, Akşemseddin) (1389, Damascus – 16 February 1459, Göynük, Bolu), was an influential Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Sunni Muslim Ulama, scholar, poet, and Sufism, mystic wali, saint. Biography He ...

(1389–1459) during the Ottoman Sultan

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(reigned 1444–1446, 1451–1481) in the 15th century. Originally, the mosque was situated within the yard of the Sublime Porte Building with one side on Ankara Street. It came to appearance when the traffic on the Ankara Street became limited due to the construction of

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. İmam Ali Efendi's grave is found behind the close Cevdet Pasha Library building. It was turned into a mosque after Grand vizier Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha's (1689–1758) brother Feyzullah Efendi built a minbar. The building burnt down during the Fire of Sublime Porte ( tr, Bab-ı Ali Yangını) in the 1800s. According to the inscription calligraphed by Mustafa İzzet Efendi, the mosque was rebuilt in 1869. A second inscription by Sami Efendi states its restoration in 1902.

Architecture

The mosque is designed in eclectic architectural style and some details are used which are normally seen in the

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architecture. It is painted today in red and white, although the original color was yellow and beige. It has a square-plan of dimensions. It has one dome sitting on an octagonal haunch. The mosque's only minaret was built in ashlar, and has one balcony. The mosque takes its name "Nallı" (literally: horseshoe) from reliefs of horseshoe figures found on the minaret. Istanbul asv2021-11 img35 Nallı Mosque.jpg, Interior view Istanbul asv2021-11 img34 Nallı Mosque.jpg, The mihrab IstanbulGovernor'sOffice (3).jpg, Nallı Masjid (left) next to the

, former headquarters of the

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References

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