The Defterdar Mosque, or the Defterdar Mahmut Efendi Mosque (), is 16th century
Ottoman mosque located in
Eyüp,
Istanbul
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,
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. It was commissioned by (chief finance secretary)
Nazlı Mahmut Efendi Nazlı is a common feminine Turkish given name. It means "delicate" or "gracious" in Turkish.
Etymology
Naz is a Persian word for "coy", "coquetr", and "lı" is a Turkish suffix meaning 'to have'. So it means "the one who is delicate and coy.
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(c. 1500–1546) and built by architect
Mimar Sinan
Mimar Sinan (; , ; – 17 July 1588) also known as Koca Mi'mâr Sinân Âğâ, ("Sinan Agha (title), Agha the Grand Architect" or "Grand Sinan") was the chief Ottoman Empire, Ottoman architect, engineer and mathematician for sultans Suleiman ...
in 1542. Instead of a
crescent
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In Hindu iconography, Hind ...
, this mosque has "ink pot and pen" on top of its dome, representing the profession of the founder of the mosque ( derives from , 'notebook, register', and the suffix , 'doer'). The original pair was broken by a storm in 1997. Ten years later, on 30 May 2007, a new inkpot and a pen assembled on top of the dome of the mosque.
[Cumhuriyet (Newspaper), 3 June 2007, page 15 ]
Gallery
File:Defterdar Mahmut Efendi mosque 8584.jpg, Defterdar Mahmut Efendi Mosque front
File:Defterdar Mahmut Efendi mosque 7253.jpg, Defterdar Mahmut Efendi Mosque from side with minaret
File:Defterdar Mahmut Efendi mosque 8585.jpg, Defterdar Mahmut Efendi Mosque interior
File:Defterdar Mahmut Efendi mosque 7252.jpg, Defterdar Mahmut Efendi Mausoleum
See also
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List of mosques
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Asia
* List of mosques in Asia
** List of mosques in Afghani ...
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Mimar Sinan
Mimar Sinan (; , ; – 17 July 1588) also known as Koca Mi'mâr Sinân Âğâ, ("Sinan Agha (title), Agha the Grand Architect" or "Grand Sinan") was the chief Ottoman Empire, Ottoman architect, engineer and mathematician for sultans Suleiman ...
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Ottoman architecture
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References
External links
Image of the Defterdar Mosque in EyüpSmall set of pictures
Religious buildings and structures completed in 1542
Mosques completed in the 1540s
Ottoman mosques in Istanbul
Mimar Sinan buildings
Eyüp
1542 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
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