At a glance
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Anatolia
- Review
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Summary
"Yarhisar Camii, on the slope of the Fourth Hill toward the Golden Horn, is probably the second-oldest mosque in the city, apparently predated only by Sağrıcılar Camii. According to the Register of Pious Foundations it was built in 1461; its founder Musliheddin Efendi was Judge of Istanbul in Fatih's reign." 1
'It was once a handsome edifice built entirely of ashlar, its square chamber domed on pendentives and preceded by a porch of two domes and three columns. Badly damaged in the great fire of 1917 which consumed most of the district, it was restored in 1954–6 with a thin brick-and-stone veneer, à la Byzantine, covering the original structure — an unfortunate restoration that obscures what was still attractive and is untrue to the spirit of the building.' 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) , p.151
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islam.museum contributors. “Yarhisar Mosque, Istanbul”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/yarhisar-mosque/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.