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- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
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- Anatolia
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Overview
The Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque stands on the Marmara slope of the First Hill at Kadirga Limani near the Hippodrome; the grand vezir Sokollu Mehmed Pasha and his wife Esma Han Sultan, daughter of Selim II, built it in 979 AH/1571-1572 CE — among the most beautiful of Sinan's smaller mosques 1.
In the sources
Sokollu added a medrese and a dervish tekke behind the mosque per his deed of foundation 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. “Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/sokollu-mehmed-pasha-mosque/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.