Mosques commissioned by the Ottoman dynasty


The list below contains some of the most important mosques in modern-day Turkey that were commissioned by the members of Ottoman imperial family.

The table

In the table below the first column shows the name, the second column shows the location, the third column shows the commissioner, the fourth column shows the architect and the fifth column shows the duration of construction.
NameLocationCommissionerArchitectYears
Hüdavendigar MosqueBursaMurad I1365–1385
Beyazıt I MosqueBursaBayezid I1391–1395
Bursa Grand MosqueBursaBayezid I1396–1400
Eski Mosque EdirneSüleyman Çelebi
Mehmet I		Haci Alaeddin
Ömer İbrahim		1402–1414
Yeşil Mosque BursaMehmet IHacı İvaz1419–1421
Muradiye ComplexBursaMurat II1426
Darül Hadis MosqueEdirneMurat II1435
Muradiye MosqueEdirneMurat II1435–36
Üç Şerefeli MosqueEdirneMurat II1438–1447
Eyüp Sultan MosqueİstanbulMehmet II1458
Fatih MosqueİstanbulMehmed IIAtik Sinan1463–1471
Bayezid ComplexEdirneBayezid IIHayrettin1484–1488
Bayezid ComplexAmasyaŞehzade Ahmet1486
Bayezid II MosqueİstanbulBayezid IIYakup1501–1506
Gülbahar Hatun MosqueTrabzonSelim I?–1514
Yavuz Selim MosqueİstanbulSelim I-Süleyman IAlaüddin 1520/21–1527/8
Sultan Mosque ManisaHafsa Sultan1522
Şah Sultan MosqueİstanbulŞah SultanMimar Sinan1533
Haseki Sultan MosqueİstanbulHürrem SultanMimar Sinan1538–1539, complex completed 1551, expanded 1612–13
Şehzade MosqueİstanbulSüleyman IMimar Sinan1543–1548
Mihrimah Sultan Mosque İstanbul Mihrimah SultanMimar Sinan1543/4–1548
Süleymaniye MosqueİstanbulSüleyman IMimar Sinan1548–1559
Tekkiye MosqueDamascusSüleyman IMimar Sinan1559
Rüstem Pasha MosqueİstanbulRüstem PashaMimar Sinan1561–1563
Mihrimah Sultan Mosque İstanbul Mihrimah SultanMimar Sinanc. 1563–1570
Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosqueİstanbul Ismihan SultanMimar Sinanc. 1556/68-1571/72
Selimiye MosqueEdirneSelim IIMimar Sinan1568–1574
Selimiye MosqueKarapınarSelim IIMimar Sinan1563
Selimiye MosqueKonyaSelim IIMimar Sinan 1570
Atik Valide Camii İstanbul Nurbanu SultanMimar Sinan1571–1583, expanded 1584–85/86
Muradiye MosqueManisaMurat IIIMimar Sinan1583–1586/87, complex completed 1590
Yeni Camii İstanbul Safiye Sultan
Turhan Sultan		Mimar Davut Ağa
Mustafa Ağa

Dalgıç Ahmed Çavuş		1597–1665
Sultan Ahmet Mosque İstanbulAhmet ISedefkar Mehmet Agha1609–1616
Çinili Mosqueİstanbul Kösem SultanKoca Kasım Ağa1638–1640
Yeni Valide Camii İstanbul Gülnuş SultanHazerfan Mehmet1708–1710
Nuruosmaniye MosqueİstanbulMahmut I
Osman III		Mustafa Ağa
Simon Kalfa		1749–1755
Lâleli MosqueİstanbulMustafa IIIMehmet Tahir Ağa1760–1783
Sultan Mustafa MosqueİstanbulMustafa III1763
Zeynep Sultan MosqueİstanbulZeynep SultanMehmet Tahir Ağa1769
Beylerbeyi Mosque İstanbulAbdülhamit IMehmet Tahir Ağa1777–1778
Teşvikiye MosqueİstanbulSelim III
Abdülmecit I		1794–1854
Selimiye MosqueİstanbulSelim III1805
Nusretiye MosqueİstanbulMahmut IIKrikor Balyan1823–1826
Hırka'i Şerif MosqueİstanbulAbdülmecit I1847–1851
Dolmabahçe MosqueİstanbulAbdülmecit I - Bezmiâlem SultanGarabet Balyan1853–1855
Ortaköy MosqueİstanbulAbdülmecit IGarabet Balyan
Nigoğayos Balyan		1854–1856
Pertevniyal MosqueİstanbulPertevniyal SultanMontani1869–1871
Aziziye Mosque KonyaPertevniyal Sultan1872-1874
Yıldız Hamidiye MosqueİstanbulAbdülhamit IISarkis Balyan1884–1886

Mosques on the hills of İstanbul

Among those mosques in Istanbul some of them have been built on the traditional seven hills of the city.
  1. Sultan Ahmed Mosque
  2. Nuruosmaniye Mosque
  3. Bayezid II Mosque
  4. Fatih Mosque
  5. Yavuz Selim Mosque
  6. Mihrimah Sultan Mosque

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Selâtin mosques, by the usual definition, are mosques commissioned by a sultan who personally led a military campaign. They are large mosques with several minarets. Fatih and Süleymaniye are typical examples. However, this definition does not exactly cover the concept. Beginning by the 17th century, most sultans preferred to stay in the capital rather than campaigning. Ahmet I, who was a non-campaigning sultan, commissioned the Blue Mosques, one of the greatest mosques which had 6 minarets. This mosque is also considered a selâtin mosque.
Most of the mosques were commissioned by the sultans. But some mosques were commissioned by the other members of the dynasty; usually the mothers of sultans.