Mihrimah Sultan Mosque, Üsküdar

For the mosque in the Edirnekapı district of Istanbul, see Mihrimah Mosque.

Mihrimah Sultan Mosque
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Location
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Geographic coordinates	41°01′36″N 29°00′58″E
Architecture
Architect(s)	Mimar Sinan
Type	Mosque
Groundbreaking	1546
Completed	1548
Specifications
Minaret(s)	2
Materials	granite, marble

The Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Iskele Mosque, Jetty Mosque, Üsküdar Quay Mosque, Turkish: Mihrimah Sultan Camii, İskele Camii) is an Ottoman mosque located in the historic center of the Üsküdar municipality in Istanbul, Turkey.

The Mihrimah Sultan Mosque is one of Üsküdar's best-known landmarks and takes its nicknames from the ferry landing near which it stands. It is the first of two mosques built by Mihrimah Sultan, daughter of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and wife of Grand Vizier Rüstem Pasha. It was designed by Mimar Sinan and built between 1546 and 1548. It is a massive structure on a raised platform and already shows several hallmarks of Sinan's mature style: a spacious, high-vaulted basement, slender minarets, a single-domed baldacchino flanked by three semi-domes ending in three exedrae and a broad double portico. Mihr-î-Mah means Sun and Moon.

Gallery

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  Üsküdar Mihrimah Sultan İskele Mosque
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  Ablution fountain
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  The frontal view
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  Mosque detail
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  Interior view of the dome

See also

• Islamic architecture
• List of mosques
• Ottoman architecture
• Mihrimah Mosque (Edirnekapı)

References

• ArchNet. "Mihrimah Sultan Complex at Üsküdar". Retrieved 2009-10-20.

External links

• Images of Mihrimah Sultan Mosque