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The
mosque,
which
was
started
to
be
built
in
the
decadent
years
of
Ottoman
architecture.
In
the
book
"hadikat-ül-cevâmî"
about
Istanbul
mosques:
"their
salaries
are
paid
from
his
own
foundation.
There
are
soup
kitchens
(charities),
tombs,
public
fountains
and
fountains,
as
well
as
cells
for
imams
and
muezzins,
around
which
madrasas,
soup
and
bread
are
assigned
to
lodges.
It
was
built
on
a
large
land
obtained
by
giving
various
donations
to
its
owners.
The
architect
is
Mehmet
Tahir
Ağa.
The
mosque
and
complex,
the
foundation
of
which
was
laid
on
Thursday,
April
10,
1760,
was
completed
in
3
years,
10
months
and
29
days
and
opened
for
worship
on
Friday,
March
9,
1764.
At
the
opening
ceremony,
the
third
khan,
the
sultan,
was
personally
found,
the
victims
were
slaughtered
and
distributed
to
the
poor.
According
to
a
rumor,
the
left
one
of
the
two
minarets
of
this
mosque,
which
was
built
on
a
building
or
cellar
from
the
Byzantine
period,
was
added
6
years
after
the
completion
of
the
mosque's
construction.