Kasım Ağa Mosque, Istanbul
Also known as: Kasım Ağa Mosque, Istanbul
mosque in İstanbul, Turkey
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The Kasım Ağa Mosque (Kasım Ağa Mescidi) stands in the Derviş Ali neighbourhood of Istanbul's Fatih district, on Salma Tomruk Caddesi. It is a former Byzantine building that was converted into a mosque under the Ottomans, and it is also known as Kâsım Bey Mescidi. Its architecture combines Byzantine and Ottoman elements. The structure's original function is not firmly established, but it may have been part of a monastery whose main church is the present-day Odalar Mosque.
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Kasım Ağa Mosque (Turkish: Kasım Ağa Mescidi; also Kâsım Bey Mescidi, where mescit is the Turkish word for a small mosque) is a Byzantine building converted into a mosque by the Ottomans in Istanbul, Turkey. Neither surveying during the last restoration nor medieval sources have made it possible to find a satisfactory answer as to its origin and possible dedication. It is probable that the small building was part of the Byzantine complex and monastery whose main church was the building known in Ottoman era as the Odalar Mosque, whose dedication is also uncertain. The edifice is a minor example of Byzantine architecture in Constantinople.
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Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85_%D8%A2%D8%BA%D8%A7
Wikipedia (de): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kas%C4%B1m-A%C4%9Fa-Moschee
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kas%C4%B1m_Agha_Mosque
Wikipedia (id): https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Kas%C4%B1m_A%C4%9Fa
Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kas%C4%B1ma%C4%9Fa_Mescidi
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85_%D8%A2%D8%BA%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF