Atik Valide - Sinan masterpiece in Üsküdar | Bali Paşa mosque by Sinan | Defterdar Mahmut Efendi | Drağman Yunus Camii by Sinan but ... | Edirnekapı Camii aka Mihrimah Sultan Camii | Fadil Mehmet Efendi mosque by Sinan | Ferruh Kethüda Mosque - minor Sinan | Piyale Paşa Camii or Tersane Mosque by Sinan | Gazi Ahmet Paşa aka Kara Ahmet Paşa Mosque , by Sinan | Gazi Iskender Pasha by Sinan | Haci Evhad Mosque by Sinan | Hadım Ibrahim Paşa mosque by Sinan | Haseki Mosque by Sinan | Hürrem Çavuş Camii by Sinan | Kasap Ilyas Mosque | Kazasker Abdurrahman Çelebi | Kiliç Ali Paşa mosque, by Sinan | Mimar Sinan Mescidi by Sinan | Molla Celebi Mosque | Mihrimah Sultan Mosque | Odabasi Behruz Ağa restored Sinan | Ramazan Efendi Mosque, last mosque by Sinan | Rüstem Paşa Mosque | Şah Sultan Mosque | Şehzade Mosque | Şemsi Ahmet Paşa mosque, Sinan treasure at the waterfront | Sinan Paşa mosque,by Sinan. | Sokollu Mehmet Mosque | Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Beyoğlu | Süleymaniye | Üçbaş Mosque - probable Sinan | Zal Mahmut Paşa

The Defterdar Mahmut Efendi mosque (Defterdar = Lord high treasurer) is ancient in foundation (it seems to be by Sinan), but it was wholly rebuilt in the 18th century. Strolling through Istanbul calls it “of little interest in itself” and I agree (though the setting is nice, in a small garden off a very busy road where traffic speeds along if is not stuck. In the garden is the founder’s open türbe, with a dome supported on arches with scalloped soffits, which I show also.

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