The Rum Mehmed Pasha Mosque () is an old
Ottoman mosque
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located in a large and densely populated district of
Üsküdar
Üsküdar () is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 35 km2, and its population is 524,452 (2022). It is a large and densely populated district on the Anatolian (Asian) shore of the Bosphorus. It is border ...
, in
Istanbul
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,
Turkey
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.
Rum Mehmed Pasha Mosque is located close to the Bosphorus waterfront and
Åžemsi Pasha
Sultanzade Åžemsi Ahmed Pasha, known simply as Åžemsi Pasha (; d. 5 March 1580), was an Ottoman nobleman and ''beylerbey'' who occupied several high-ranking posts, serving at various stages as the Ottoman governor-general of the ''beylerbeyliks' ...
,
Yeni Valide and
Mihrimah Sultan historical mosques located in the Üsküdar district. It is the first mosque to be built on the Asian (
Anatolia
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n) side of Istanbul following its takeover and
collapse of the Eastern Roman Empire.
History
The mosque was built in 1471 for the
Grand Vizier
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Rum Mehmed Pasha, who was of Greek origin. The mosque combines architectural elements of Ottoman and Byzantine styles, built of stone and brick. It was restored in 1953.
Gallery
File:Rumi Mehmet Pasha Camii 0507.jpg, Rumi Mehmet Pasha Camii facade
File:Rumi Mehmet Pasha Camii 6271.jpg, Rumi Mehmet Pasha Camii side of son cemaat area
File:Rumi Mehmet Pasha Camii 6270.jpg, Rumi Mehmet Pasha Camii interior
File:Rumi Mehmet Pasha Camii 6268.jpg, Rumi Mehmet Pasha Camii minber and mihrab
File:Rumi Mehmet Pasha Camii 0509.jpg, Rumi Mehmet Pasha Camii view from back side
File:Rumi Mehmet Pasha Camii 6273.jpg, Rumi Mehmet Pasha Camii from the street
See also
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Islamic architecture
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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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Ottoman architecture
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References
Rum Mehmed Pasha Mosqueat ArchNet.org
External links
Images of Rum Mehmed Pasha Mosque
Buildings and structures completed in 1471
Mosques completed in the 1470s
Ottoman mosques in Istanbul
Mosque buildings with domes in Turkey
Üsküdar
Mosque buildings with minarets in Turkey
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