Ayazma Mosque
It is located in Üsküdar, between Salacak and Şemsipaşa on a hill before
Marmara overlooking Kızkulesi. It was commissioned by Sultan Mustafa the
Third in 1760-1761 for his mother Mihrişah Emine Sultan and his brother
Şehzade Süleyman. It is a work of Architect Mehmet Tahir Ağa. It got
this name since the mosque is where once Ayazma Palace and Gardens were
located.
It is one of the mosques under influence of European artistic style. One
can take the stairs to go up to the mosque from a three-gate courtyard.
The minaret has single balcony. Central dome which has 20 windows is
situated on four elephant legs. The floor is paved with marble. It has a
total of 86 windows. The mimbar is made of engraved colour marble and
the interior of the mimbar is made of red porphyry. There is Italian
encaustic tiling on the walls of the sultan maksoorah on the east side
of the building. There are inscriptions made by Calligrapher Seyyid
Abdullah and Calligrapher Seyyid Mustafa inside the mosque. It treasures
many graves. The fountain on the left corner is adorned with an epitaph
by Zihni the Poet.
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