List of 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. Some of these major mosques are also known as a selatin mosque, imperial mosque, or sultanic mosque, meaning a mosque commissioned in the name of the sultan and, in theory, commemorating a military triumph. Some mosques were commissioned by or dedicated to other members of the dynastic family, especially important women such as the mothers or wives of sultans. Usually, only a sultanic mosque or a mosque commissioned by a queen mother was granted the privilege of having more than one minaret.

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 II1435–1436
Üç Şerefeli MosqueEdirneMurat II1438–1447
Eyüp Sultan MosqueIstanbulMehmet II1458
Fatih MosqueIstanbulMehmed IIAtik Sinan1463–1471
Bayezid ComplexEdirneBayezid IIHayrettin1484–1488
Bayezid ComplexAmasyaŞehzade Ahmet1486
Bayezid II MosqueIstanbulBayezid IIYakup1501–1506
Gülbahar Hatun MosqueTrabzonSelim I?–1514
Yavuz Selim MosqueIstanbulSelim I-Süleyman IAlaüddin 1520/21–1527/8
Sultan Mosque ManisaHafsa Sultan1522
Şah Sultan MosqueIstanbulŞah SultanMimar Sinan1533
Haseki Sultan MosqueIstanbulHürrem SultanMimar Sinan1538–1539, complex completed 1551, expanded 1612–13
Şehzade MosqueIstanbulSüleyman IMimar Sinan1543–1548
Mihrimah Sultan Mosque Istanbul Mihrimah SultanMimar Sinan1543/4–1548
Süleymaniye MosqueIstanbulSüleyman IMimar Sinan1548–1559
Sulaymaniyya Takiyya MosqueDamascusSüleyman IMimar Sinan1559
Rüstem Pasha MosqueIstanbulRüstem PashaMimar Sinan1561–1563
Mihrimah Sultan Mosque Istanbul Mihrimah SultanMimar Sinan
Sokollu Mehmet Pasha MosqueIstanbul Ismihan SultanMimar Sinan
Selimiye MosqueEdirneSelim IIMimar Sinan1568–1574
Selimiye MosqueKarapınarSelim IIMimar Sinan1563
Selimiye MosqueKonyaSelim IIMimar Sinan 1570
Atik Valide Camii Istanbul Nurbanu SultanMimar Sinan1571–1583, expanded 1584–85/86
Muradiye MosqueManisaMurat IIIMimar Sinan1583–1586/87, complex completed 1590
Yeni Camii Istanbul Safiye Sultan
Turhan Sultan		Mimar Davut Ağa
Mustafa Ağa

Dalgıç Ahmed Çavuş		1597–1665
Sultan Ahmet Mosque IstanbulAhmet ISedefkar Mehmet Agha1609–1616
Çinili MosqueIstanbul Kösem SultanKoca Kasım Ağa1638–1640
Yeni Valide Camii Istanbul Gülnuş SultanHazerfan Mehmet1708–1710
Nuruosmaniye MosqueIstanbulMahmut I
Osman III		Mustafa Ağa
Simon Kalfa		1749–1755
Ayazma MosqueIstanbulMustafa III1757–1761
Lâleli MosqueIstanbulMustafa IIIMehmet Tahir Ağa1760–1783
Sultan Mustafa MosqueIstanbulMustafa III1763
Zeynep Sultan MosqueIstanbulZeynep SultanMehmet Tahir Ağa1769
Beylerbeyi MosqueIstanbulAbdülhamit IMehmet Tahir Ağa1777–1778
Emirgan MosqueIstanbulAbdülhamit I1781
Teşvikiye MosqueIstanbulSelim III
Abdülmecit I		Krikor Balyan1794–1854
Selimiye MosqueIstanbulSelim III1805
Nusretiye MosqueIstanbulMahmut IIKrikor Balyan1823–1826
Hırka'i Şerif MosqueIstanbulAbdülmecit I1847–1851
Dolmabahçe MosqueIstanbulAbdülmecit I - Bezmiâlem SultanGarabet Balyan1853–1855
Ortaköy MosqueIstanbulAbdülmecit IGarabet Balyan
Nigoğayos Balyan		1854–1856
Pertevniyal MosqueIstanbulPertevniyal SultanMontani or Sarkis Balyan1869–1871
Aziziye Mosque KonyaPertevniyal Sultan1872–1874
Yıldız Hamidiye MosqueIstanbulAbdülhamit IISarkis Balyan1884–1886

Mosques on the hills of Istanbul

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. Süleymaniye Mosque
  4. Fatih Mosque
  5. Yavuz Selim Mosque
  6. Mihrimah Sultan Mosque