At a glance
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Anatolia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 3/5 · Help complete it
Summary
Kasım Pasha Camii was built in 1478 by Evliya Kasım Pasha, vezir under both Murat II and Mehmet II 1.
Form
A single-unit mosque of dressed stone, its eleven-metre dome on squinches set high in the walls and covered outside by triangular projections between the corners and the drum; the entrance is on the left beside the north-east minaret, and the building was partially restored in 1964 1.
For young visitors
A vezir built it in 1478 — its door sits on the left, next to its minaret.
Curatorial notes
- Source read: Freely, A History of Ottoman Architecture (2011), p. 99 (Kasım Pasha Camii).
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People and things also explored
Abu Dulaf Mosque, Samarra· Great Mosque of Adana· Ahi Çelebi Mosque, Istanbul· al-Aqmar Mosque, Cairo· al-Attarine Madrasa, Fez· Great Mosque of Samarra· al-Janad Mosque, Ta'izz· al-Mansur Mosque (Kasbah Mosque), Marrakesh
Sources
- John Freely, A History of Ottoman Architecture (2011) , p.99
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Kasım Pasha Mosque, Edirne”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/kasim-pasha-mosque-edirne/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.