Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Üsküdar)

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

Mihrimah Sultan Mosque
Basic information
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Geographic coordinates	41°01′36″N 29°00′58″E / 41.02667°N 29.01611°E / 41.02667; 29.01611
Affiliation	Islam
Architectural description
Architect(s)	Mimar Sinan
Architectural 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.

Üsküdar Mihrimah Sultan İskele Mosque

The frontal view

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 Sultana, 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^{[citation needed]}: 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.

See also

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

References

• ArchNet. "Mihrimah Sultan Complex at Üsküdar". http://www.archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=7996. Retrieved 2009-10-20. 

External links

• Images of Mihrimah Sultan Mosque

Coordinates: 41°01′36.37″N 29°00′57.74″E / 41.0267694°N 29.0160389°E / 41.0267694; 29.0160389