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- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
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- Anatolia
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Overview
The Rustem Pasha Mosque is among the most beautiful of Sinan's vezirial mosques, standing in the ancient market quarter by the Golden Horn above the Galata Bridge; its foundation charter dates it to 968 AH/1561 CE, the year its founder died 1.
In the sources
Rustem Pasha rose to be Suleyman's grand vezir in 1544-1553 and again 1555-1561; the mosque is famed for its Iznik tilework 1.
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)
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Rüstem Pasha Mosque”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/rustem-pasha-mosque/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.