The Rum Mehmed Pasha Mosque ( tr, Rum Mehmet Paşa Camii) is an old
Ottoman mosque
A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...
located in a large and densely populated district of
Üsküdar
Üsküdar () is a large and densely populated district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the Anatolian shore of the Bosphorus. It is bordered to the north by Beykoz, to the east by Ümraniye, to the southeast by Ataşehir and to the south by Kadıköy; w ...
, in
Istanbul
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,
Turkey
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.
Rum Mehmed Pasha Mosque is located close to the Bosphorus waterfront and
Şemsi Pasha
Şemsi Ahmet Pasha also known as Chamsi-Pasha; (born: 1492; died: April 28, 1580) was a prominent Ottoman statesman of Albanian originDanişmend (1971), p. 25. who occupied numerous high-ranking political posts, serving at different stages a ...
,
Yeni Valide and
Mihrimah Sultan historical mosques located in the Üsküdar district. It is the first mosque to be built on the Asian (
Anatolia
Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The re ...
n) side of Istanbul following its takeover and
collapse of the Eastern Roman Empire.
History
The mosque was built in 1471 for the
Grand Vizier
Grand vizier ( fa, وزيرِ اعظم, vazîr-i aʾzam; ota, صدر اعظم, sadr-ı aʾzam; tr, sadrazam) was the title of the effective head of government of many sovereign states in the Islamic world. The office of Grand Vizier was first ...
Rum Mehmed Pasha
Rum Mehmed Pasha ( ota, روم محمد پاشا; tr, Rum Mehmed Paşa; 1466–d. 1470) was an Ottoman statesman, known for being the grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1466 to 1469 and the main rival of Mahmud Pasha Angelović. As his na ...
, who was of Greek origin. The mosque combines architectural elements of Ottoman and Byzantine styles, built of stone and brick. It was restored in 1953.
Gallery
File:Rumi Mehmet Pasha Camii 0507.jpg, Rumi Mehmet Pasha Camii facade
File:Rumi Mehmet Pasha Camii 6271.jpg, Rumi Mehmet Pasha Camii side of son cemaat area
File:Rumi Mehmet Pasha Camii 6270.jpg, Rumi Mehmet Pasha Camii interior
File:Rumi Mehmet Pasha Camii 6268.jpg, Rumi Mehmet Pasha Camii minber and mihrab
File:Rumi Mehmet Pasha Camii 0509.jpg, Rumi Mehmet Pasha Camii view from back side
File:Rumi Mehmet Pasha Camii 6273.jpg, Rumi Mehmet Pasha Camii from the street
See also
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Islamic architecture
Islamic architecture comprises the architectural styles of buildings associated with Islam. It encompasses both secular and religious styles from the early history of Islam to the present day. The Islamic world encompasses a wide geographic ar ...
*
List of mosques
This is an incomplete list of some of the more famous mosques around the world.
List
See also
* Islamic architecture
* List of largest mosques
* List of the oldest mosques in the world
** List of mosques that are mentioned by name in the Q ...
*
Ottoman architecture
Ottoman architecture is the architectural style that developed under the Ottoman Empire. It first emerged in northwestern Anatolia in the late 13th century and developed from earlier Seljuk architecture, Seljuk Turkish architecture, with influen ...
References
Rum Mehmed Pasha Mosqueat ArchNet.org
External links
Images of Rum Mehmed Pasha Mosque
Religious buildings and structures completed in 1471
15th-century mosques
Ottoman mosques in Istanbul
Mosque buildings with domes
Üsküdar
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