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Sofu Beyazıt Mosque

mosque in Edirne, northwestern Turkey

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Sofu Beyazıt Mosque is a historic mosque in the central district of Edirne. It is also known as Sarı Selim Mosque and as Sarı Cami, the name most used among local people. The building has a nearly square rectangular plan and is made of rubble stone, covered by a hipped roof of clay tiles. Its northwest entrance facade is plastered and painted yellow, and three separate repair inscriptions are set above the doorway. The Sarı Selim Mosque Fountain stands at the northwest corner of the building, while the Hatip Sokak Fountain adjoins the garden wall.

History

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According to the available sources, the mosque was built in 1402 by Sofu Bayezid of Amasya, a teacher of Çelebi Sultan Mehmed. After the structure fell into disrepair, it was rebuilt in 1543 as a small prayer hall (mescit) in the name of Şehit İskender of the Doğan lineage, as the first inscription above the door indicates.

In 1636 Habbaz Hacı Yusuf Ağa had a minbar installed, which turned the prayer hall into a full mosque. After a later fire, Ismail Ağa, chief gardener (Bostancıbaşı) of Edirne, had it rebuilt in 1749 on a sturdier footing than before. In AH 1255 (1839/1840) it was repaired by Seyyidîzâde Hacı İbrahim Ağa.

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Sofu Beyazıt Camii, Sarı Selim Camii veya Sarı Camii, Edirne il merkezinde Çelebi Sultan Mehmet'in hocası Amasyalı Sofu Bayezid tarafından 1402 tarihinde inşa ettirilen cami. Halk arasında Sarı Cami olarak bilinmektedir.

Sofu Bayezid tarafından yaptırılan bu cami zaman içinde harap olunca, kapısı üstündeki birinci kitabeden anlaşıldığına göre 1543 tarihinde Doğan soyundan Şehit İskender adına mescit olarak yaptırıldı. 1636 tarihinde Habbaz Hacı Yusuf Ağa adındaki kişi tarafından yapıya minber koydurularak mescitten camiye dönüştürüldü. Cami daha sonra yandığı için Edirne Bostancıbaşısı İsmail Ağa tarafından 1749 tarihinde eskisinden daha sağlam olarak yeniden inşa ettirildi. Hicri 1255 (Miladi 1839/1840) tarihinde Seyyidî-zâde Hacı İbrahim Ağa tarafından tamir edilmiştir.

Üzeri kiremit kaplı kırma çatıyla örtülü ve kareye yakın dikdörtgen planlı cami, moloz taşla inşa edilmiştir. Caminin kuzeybatı yönündeki giriş cephesi sıvalı ve sarı boyalıdır. Bu cephede yer alan giriş kapısının üzerinde üç ayrı tamir kitabesi bulunmaktadır. Caminin kuzeybatı köşesinde Sarı Selim Camii Çeşmesi vardır. Hatip Sokak Çeşmesi de caminin bahçe duvarına bitişik konumlanmaktadır.

Source: Wikipedia, article “Sofu Beyazıt Camii”; quoted unchanged under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence. Read more on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0

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