Rum Mehmed Pasha Mosque
Also known as: Rum Mehmed Pasha Mosque
mosque in İstanbul, Turkey
Key facts
- Built
- 1471
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Overview
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Rum Mehmed Pasha Mosque is an old Ottoman mosque in Üsküdar, a large and densely populated district on the Anatolian side of Istanbul. It stands on Şemsi Paşa Bostanı Sokağı in the Aziz Mahmut Hüdayi neighbourhood, close to the Bosphorus waterfront. Several other historic mosques of Üsküdar lie nearby, including the Şemsi Pasha, Yeni Valide and Mihrimah Sultan mosques. The building is recorded as Ottoman in style and as dating from 1471.
History
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According to our record, the mosque was built in 1471. It is described as the first mosque constructed on the Asian (Anatolian) side of Istanbul after the city's conquest and the fall of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.
From Wikipedia
The Rum Mehmed Pasha Mosque (Turkish: Rum Mehmet Paşa Camii) is an old Ottoman mosque located in a large and densely populated district of Üsküdar, in Istanbul, Turkey.
Rum Mehmed Pasha Mosque is located close to the Bosphorus waterfront and Şemsi Pasha, Yeni Valide and Mihrimah Sultan historical mosques located in the Üsküdar district. It is the first mosque to be built on the Asian (Anatolian) side of Istanbul following its takeover and collapse of the Eastern Roman Empire.
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Sources
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Wikipedia (id): https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Rumi_Mehmed_Pasha
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